A lot of events unfolded throughout the year of 1982. The British overcame Argentina in Falklands war, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial sparked the imagination of all ages in theaters, and the British New Wave music scene was in full swing. The latter of these bulletin points...
The outfit formed by Kevin Barnes (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist) in 1996, in Athens, Georgia, United States, Of Montreal has long proven to be among the more prolific of Alternative Rock. Currently consisting of Barnes and Clayton Richlik (drums, keyboards, guitar, bass), Jojo Glidewell (keyboards), Davey Pearce...
The fourth remains their most celebrated album primarily because it was Echo & the Bunnymen at the peak of their sonic glory, when the band that was formed in 1978, in Liverpool, England, still consisted of Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar), Will Sergeant (lead guitar), Les...
In the New Wave scene, Fiction Factory’s “(Feels Like) Heaven” remains one of the most distinguishable and loved among the genre’s enthusiasts. Unfortunately, its massive popularity eclipsed the band’s other equally lovable tracks, even making many journalists and casual listeners dismiss Fiction Factory as a...
As the pioneering, 1979-forming, England-originating band Modern English progressed, its music became more instrumentally intricate and Classical-inspired. To classify the band at that point as New Romantic was very befitting. The third album, Ricochet Days, may be regarded as the peak of the band’s musicality—a...
The ubiquitous A Flock of Seagulls inadvertently became the poster band of New Wave music primarily because of the flamboyant hairstyle of its members, particularly the so-described waterfall bangs of its frontman, during their heyday in the 1980s. However, to the initiated and to those...
For enthusiasts of what is widely recognized now as New Wave music, to not have No Sense of Sin by The Lotus Eaters in their record collection is certainly a grave sin of omission. Why not, when the album is an epitome of what truly...
After years of silence, Spandau Ballet re-emerged as an active band in 2009, going on to tour, write new music, and capture the excitement of fans worldwide. Then, in July of 2017, the news hit that original Vocalist Tony Hadley had said farewell to the...
When Vocalist Tony Hadley left the reformed Spandau Ballet in 2017, fans of the iconic English New Romantic/Sophistipop band were devastated once again. After all, Spandau Ballet had already undergone a similar falling out in 1990 due to a royalty dispute among members; then they...
Back at the dawn of the 1980s, there was a fresh sound on the music scene, a new wave if you will. Carrying over from the late 1970s, when pioneering Electronic bands such as Kraftwerk emerged, New Wave had a broad umbrella. Varied in approach,...
