New Wave Archives

WHAM! – Last Christmas (40th Anniversary EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 13, 2024

One of the most successful Pop acts of the ‘80s, WHAM!’s 1984 album Make It Big certainly lived up to the title’s implications. Their second full-length album, Make It Big, hit number one in both the US and the UK while including four singles massive singles (“Wake ... Read More

Crowded House - Gravity Stairs album cover

Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 5, 2024

A unique unifying various elements, when New Zealand’s Split Enz split in 1984, no one could have imagined the enormous success of its offshoots. However, a year after the breakup, Vocalist/Guitarist Neil Finn and Drummer Paul Hester would form the internationally renowned act Crowded House. ... Read More

Tears for Fears - Songs For A Nervous Planet album cover

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeDecember 3, 2024

Tears for Fears – a band that probably does not need an introduction – is back with a new album. For those who are not all too familiar with them, here is a short introduction – Formed in England back in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland ... Read More

U2 - How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb album art

U2 – How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb (Album Review)

Jackie KnightowlJackie KnightowlNovember 26, 2024

It is hard to believe, but it has been twenty years since U2 released their highly acclaimed How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Released on November 22, 2004, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb arrived with a mass of excitement. A heavier Rock sound than ... Read More

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

Scout HinsonScout HinsonNovember 15, 2024

If you know The The, you know about the ballads of the most popular release, 1983’s Soul Mining. Some quintessential ’80s Post-Punk Synth-Pop from Britain, leading man Matt Johnson had success only a few years after he formed the band in the late ’70s. Now ... Read More

The Police - Synchronicity 40th anniversary

The Police – Synchronicity (6-Disc Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2024

What do you get when you join three different musicians with three entirely different outlooks on what music is and how to create it? If you said The Police, you would be right… but that answer probably comes to you more quickly than an understanding ... Read More

New Wave

WHAM! – Last Christmas (40th Anniversary EP Review)

Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (Album Review)

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

U2 – How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb (Album Review)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

The Police – Synchronicity (6-Disc Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set Review)

WHAM! – Last Christmas (40th Anniversary EP Review)

Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (Album Review)

Tears for Fears – Songs For A Nervous Planet (Album Review)

U2 – How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb (Album Review)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

The Police – Synchronicity (6-Disc Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set Review)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Stigmata (1999)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Flash Gordon (1980)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Visiting Hours (1982)

Developing Artist Showcase – Absolight

Developing Artist Showcase – Vipërwitch

Developing Artist Showcase – Vermilia

Interview – Vincent Pastore

Interview – George Nolfi

Interview – Maddie Hasson

Stir of Echoes (4K Ultra HD Steelbook Review)

Skid Row – Live in London (Live Album Review)

Caddo Lake (Movie Review)