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Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 34: August 2022

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Annabella Lwin, Billy Currie, Bow Wow Wow, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Malcolm McLaren, Richard Lloyd, Steve Earle, Television, Ultravox, Warren Cann

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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jazz New Wave 

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

March 9, 2021March 15, 2021 Jim Allen 7 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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New Wave 

How Ultravox Created The ’80s With Vienna

August 5, 2020March 24, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Billy Currie, Classix Nouveaux, Connie Plank, Duran Duran, Midge Ure, Spandau Ballet, Steve Strange, Ultravox, Vienna, Visage

One band’s reinvention became the New Romantic mission statement

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Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock 

Quiet Life At 40: How Japan Traded Glam Rags for the New Romantic Crown

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Jim Allen 9 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Classix Nouveaux, David Sylvain, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Life in Tokyo, Mick Karn, Quiet Life, Robert Fripp, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground, Ultravox

At the end of 1979, David Sylvian’s arty crew was born anew

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Holiday Pop 

Feed The World: Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” at 35

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 5 Comments 1984, 35th Anniversary, Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Do They Know It's Christmas?, Midge Ure, The Boomtown Rats, Ultravox

An exclusive chat with Midge Ure on co-writing the all-star charity single

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