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New Wave

New Wave 

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, 2021March 29, 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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jazz New Wave 

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

March 9, 2021March 15, 2021 Jim Allen 5 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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New Wave Pop 

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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Pop Punk Rock 

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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Pop Punk Rock 

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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Punk Rock 

Elvis At 64

August 25, 2018November 5, 2020 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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Rock 

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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Punk Rock 

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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Rock Uncategorized 

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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Rock 

Fiction Plane

July 23, 2018July 25, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1980s, MTV, New Wave, Synthpop, Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey

Thompson Twin Tom Bailey takes his time with new solo endeavor

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