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New Wave Pop Rock

ALBUMS: The Wizard of If

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 David Richman 0 Comments 2022, Capitol Records, Davey Faragher, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Steve Nieve, The Boy Named If

On his excellent new album with The Imposters, Elvis Costello reconnects with his inner Angry Young Man

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Bad Religion: Damned To Be Free

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bad Religion, Brett Guerwitz, Brian Baker, Elvis Costello, Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, King Crimson, The Dead Boys, The Jam, The Ramones

Looking back on 40 years of the punk legends’ first classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

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ALBUMS: Elvis Costello en Español

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments Cami, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Juanes, La Marisoul Hernandez, Natalie Bergman, Nina Diaz, Sebastian Krys, Spanish Model, This Year's Model, UMe

English has been the lingua franca of pop music, but Spanish Model shows that it doesn’t have to be

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Art Pop Elvis New Wave Rock

ALBUMS: Punch The Clockface

December 27, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments Cole Porter, Concord Records, Elvis Costello, Hey Clockface, Le Quintette Saint Germain, Steve Nieve

On his latest solo outing, Elvis Costello still surprises, mixing at least two distinct styles for a complicated look at the passing of time and more

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Elvis Costello: The Man Who Took Liberties

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Girls Talk, The Buzzcocks

Looking back at 40 years of the New Wave icon’s first singles collection

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Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

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Happy Birthday, Elvis Costello

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Happy Birthday, Jim Sullivan, Orpheum Theatre, Saturday Night Live

Jim Sullivan recounts his years in conversation with the man born Declan MacManus 66 years ago today

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1980: The Year Huey Lewis Started Spreading The News

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1980, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Clover, Elvis Costello, Huey Lewis and the News, Johnny Colla, Mario Cipollina, My Aim Is True, Sean Hopper

Celebrating 40 years of a most auspicious eponymous debut

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New Wave Pop Reggae Video

MTV Killed the VIDEOSTAR

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Carey Budnick 2 Comments 999, AC/DC, Bad Manners, Barbara Jones, Body Talk, Buggles, Can’t Get Enough Of You, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Elvis Costello, Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, Feels Like I’m In Love, Genesis, Hanging Around, Hazel O’Connor, Human League, Imagination, In And Out Of Love, In The Air Tonight, Intuition, Japan, Johnny And Mary, Just Can’t Get Enough, Just When I Need You Most, Kelly Marie, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Korgis, Leo Sayer, Linx, My Simple Heart, No Reply At All, Obsessed, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Quiet Life, Robert Palmer, Sky, Star, Stevie Nicks, The Three Degrees, Thunder In My Heart, Tina Turner, Toccata, Tunnel Of Love, Video Killed The Radio Star, VIDEOSTARS, Walking In The Sunshine, Whitney Houston

An inside look at the world’s very first music compilation for video cassette

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Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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Alternative Rock Pop

Building Quirky Birdhouses: They Might Be Giants’ Flood at 30

April 6, 2020April 18, 2020 Jordan Blum 1 Comment 1990, Arto Lindsay, Elektra, Elvis Costello, Flood, John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Madness, Malcolm In The Middle, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Quentin Tarantino, The Teardrop Explodes, They Might Be Giants, Tiny Toons Adventures

Why we need the levity of John Flansburgh and John Linnell’s college radio classic now more than ever

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New Wave Pop Power Pop

Say Hello, (New) Wave Goodbye: Mad Love at 40

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment 1980, Asylum Records, Billy Steinberg, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Linda Ronstadt, Mad Love, Mark Goldenberg, Peter Asher

Linda Ronstadt started the 1980s trying to figure out new wave. Kinda.

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Young Men Take A Look At Your Lives

March 6, 2020March 9, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Elvis Costello, Free Four, Help the Aged, Neil Young, Old & In The Way, Old Man, Picture Book, Pink Floyd, Pulp, She's So Cold, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Magnetic Fields, The Rolling Stones, When I'm Sixty Four, When You're Old and Lonely

10 songs about aging in rock ‘n’ roll from legendary acts in the prime of their youth

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Get Happy!! Turns 40

February 25, 2020March 3, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Armed Forces, Bruce Thomas, CBS Records, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Get Happy!!, My Aim Is True, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, This Year's Model, Trust

How Elvis Costello’s soul searching about face expanded the New Wave lexicon in 1980

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Power Pop Punk Remembrance Rock

Farewell Kim Shattuck

February 17, 2020February 21, 2020 Jack Rabid 3 Comments Angry Samoans, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Kim Shattuck, Leaving Trains, No Holiday, Paul Collins’ Beat, Ronnie Barnett, Roy McDonald, The Coolie, The Fastbacks, The Kinks, The Muffs, The Ramones, The Saints, The Who, Troggs, Zeros

A tribute and a belated, rescheduled interview with Muffs bassist Ronnie Barnett, on her life and their band’s final album, No Holiday.

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