The Police

Art Pop Experimental New Wave Rock 

Andy Summers: Exploring Vertiginous Canyons

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2024, A Series of Glances, Andy Summers, EP, Eric Burdon, Soft Machine, Synchronicity, The Animals, The Police, Vertiginous Canyons

Talking with the legendary Police guitarist about his unique new EP, the Synchronicity box and the prospect of retirement

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New Wave Records Rock 

The Police Unveil Synchronicity Reissue Project

May 29, 2024June 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1983, Andy Summers, Box Set, Polydor, Stewart Copeland, Sting, Super Deluxe Edition, Synchronicity, The Police, Universal Music Enterprises

Updated version of the trio’s 1983 masterpiece will come in a variety of formats 

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Heavy Metal Rock 

Crown of Barbed Wire: Lars Ulrich Turns 60

December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments ...And Justice for All, 60th birthday, Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker, James Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Joey Ramone, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Lollapalooza 1996, Master of Puppets, Metallica, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Ride The Lightning, Stewart Copeland, The Police, The Rolling Stones

Looking back on 35 years’ worth of interviews with the famed Metallica drummer

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New Wave Pop Punk Reggae Rock 

So Lonely: The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour at 45

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Andy Summers, Gordon Sumner, Outlandos d’Amour, Roxanne, So Lonely, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

Looking back on the band’s blueprint for future success

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New Wave Rock 

Tea in the Sahara: The Police’s Synchronicity at 40

June 17, 2023June 18, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1983, Andy Summers, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Stewart Copeland, Sting, Synchronicity, The Police, Wrapped Around Your Finger

Looking back on the trio’s final studio album

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Joshua Lewis Been “Thinkin’ About You”

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Boise, Built To Spill, Friction, Idaho, Joshua Lewis, single, The Police, Thinkin' About You

Boise, ID-based Built To Spill collaborator shares video for new single

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Uncategorized 

Famous Quotes Vol. 33 (1/3): July 2022

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Ani DiFranco, Belly, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Julian Cope, Kristin Hersh, Mike Peters, Saint Julian, Sting, Tanya Donelly, Teardrop Explodes, The Alarm, The Police, Throwing Muses

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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New Wave 

Story of the Ghost: Celebrating 40 Years of a Classic Police Album

October 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Andy Summers, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Ghost in the Machine, Hugh Padgham, Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

1981’s Ghost in the Machine underscores the trio’s fast ascent to superstar success

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jazz Pop Progressive Rock 

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 10: August 2020

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Cherie Currie, Famous Quotes, Fiction Plane, Jim Sullivan, Joe Sumner, Little Feat, Lowell George, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Rickey Medlock, Sting, The Police, The Runaways

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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adblock Dub/Reggae Punk 

The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019October 18, 2021 Addie Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth

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