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Paul Darrah and the Power of “Poof Pop”

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments Bryan Ferry, David Sylvain, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Japan, LGBTQ, New Wave, Poof Pop, Roxy Music, Tenant From Zero, The Thompson Twins

The sole proprietor of Brooklyn New New Romantic act Tenant From Zero on the sounds that define his being

Art Pop Remembrance

LISTEN: Five Years Without Bowie

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment Adrian Belew, Ben Monder, Bjork, Blackstar, Brian Eno, CAN, Cluster, David Bowie, David Sanborn, Donny McCaslin, Durutti Column, Echo and the Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, Japan, Jason Lindner, Kraftwerk, Lester Bowie, Mark Guiliana, Mott the Hoople, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nile Rodgers, Pat Metheny, Philip Glass, Pulp, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T.Rex, The Smiths, Tim Lefebvre

Celebrating the Thin White Duke on his death day with an exclusive new mix

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

Progressive Rock

Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree’s ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ at 25

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1995, Dark Side of the Moon, David Gilmour, Delirium Records, Fear of a Blank Planet, Japan, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Richard Barbieri, Steven Wilson, The Incident, The Orb, The Sky Moves Sideways

In 1995, the band released its third official album, an exemplar of the kind of ethereal space rock that would win over fans of Pink Floyd’s post-Syd Barrett and pre-The Dark Side of the Moon period

Experimental Pop

ALBUMS: OOIOO’s Nijimusi Explodes With Joy

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Jennfer Kelly 0 Comments 2020, Boredoms, Japan, Nijimusi, OOIOO, Thrill Jockey, Yoshimi P-We

Yoshimi P-We’s Boredoms offshoot makes intricate ecstatic chaos from traditional rock instruments