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Glenn Tilbrook Squeezes Into 65

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2015, 2022, 65th birthday, Argybargy, Babylon and On, Chris Difford, Cool For Cats, Cradle to the Grave, Glenn Tilbrook, interview, New Wave, Paul McCartney, Squeeze, The Beatles, The Deathray Davies, The Kinks

Read a previously unpublished interview with the New Wave legend

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You Always Said We’d Still Be Friends: 40 Years of OMD

April 13, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy McCluskey, Enola Gay, If You Leave, New Wave, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pretty In Pink, Synthpop

As Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark embark upon a massive anniversary tour, singer Andy McCluskey talks with Rock & Roll Globe about the synth-pop duo’s illustrious career

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Indie Rock New Wave Power Pop

It’s Just A Jenny Thing

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, American Canyon, Ehren Baker, Matt Easton, Mike Phillips, New Wave, Shyam Rao, Star Search, The Jenny Thing

Berkeley New Wave favorites from the 90s return with a new, progressive sound on American Canyon

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New Wave Punk Rock

‘Have A Nice Death’: Chrissie Hynde at 70

September 7, 2021September 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 70th Birthday, Boston, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, New Wave, Orpheum Theatre, Pete Farndon, Pretenders, Punk, Ray Davies, Stockholm, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Pretenders

Looking back on over 40 years of seeing the fiery Pretenders frontwoman on stage

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How Landscape’s Subversive Synth-Pop Helped Shape the ‘80s

March 9, 2021March 15, 2021 Jim Allen 6 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Blitz, Einsten A Go Go, Jazz, Kraftwerk, Landscape, New Romantic, New Wave, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Yellow Magic Orchestra

Follow the journey from jazz to New Romantic as “Einstein a-Go-Go” turns 40

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Indie Rock New Wave

Paul Darrah and the Power of “Poof Pop”

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 1 Comment 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

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Argybargy at 40: When Squeeze’s Geeky Gambit Went Global

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, Argybargy, Chris Difford, England, Glen Tilbrook, New Wave, Pulling Mussels From A Shell, Squeeze

Four decades ago Difford and Tilbrook made the New Wave safe for nerds

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock

What A Fool Believes

January 18, 2019January 19, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, New Wave

Joe Jackson on looking sharp and looking forward

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Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, New Wave

Elvis Costello and The Imposters present Look Now

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Q: Are We Not Men is 40?

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1978, 40th Anniversary, Devo, Gerard Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, New Wave

A: By Devo it is!

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Elvis At 64

August 25, 2018June 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Columbia Records, Elvis Costello, New Wave, Punk, The Attractions

A Boston critic looks back and the fire and the fury of early Costello… and talks to the man about those days

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Hip Hop Punk Rock Soul

Happy Birthday Madonna!

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Birthdays, Madonna, MTV, New Wave, Pop

The Material Girl turns 60 today

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Elevating the ‘80s at the Risk of Ridicule

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments A Flock of Seagulls, Mike Score, MTV, New Wave, Synthpop

On A Flock of Seagulls with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

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40 Years of More Songs About Buildings and Food

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, New Wave, Punk, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

How their classic second album provided Talking Heads with an unexpected breakthrough

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A Roadblock Is The Mother Of Invention

July 23, 2018July 25, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments MTV, New Wave, Prog Rock, Synthpop, Thomas Dolby

A conversation with Thomas Dolby

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