The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Post Punk Explosion, part 1: New Wave
If you’ve been around long enough, you might fondly remember those special times when you just knew you were in
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New Wave
Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term New Wave, part 2
The use of “New Wave” as a musical descriptor first appeared in the early 70s and eventually became interchangeable with
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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term New Wave, part 1
One of the most useful terms in the history of music is “New Wave.” It’s the catch-all term for the
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: A guide to genres, part 1
[More summer encores. New shows begin the weekend after Labour Day. Rest assured, though, I’m already working on them, too.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 912: The Post Punk Explosion, part 1: New Wave
If you’ve been around long enough, you might fondly remember those special times when you just knew you were in
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 883: Alt-rock revivals 5 – New Wave
It’s a face of life that there are periods where everything old is new again. There may be no better
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Retro fun: Punks, New Wavers and Alt-rock types who played Toronto back in the day.
Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored has delivered another graphic bound to revive some long-dormant memories in those who remember the
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New Genre Alert: New Retro Wave. Gawd, the Over-Produced Music of the 80s is Back.
In the endless parade of “everything old is new again” sounds, there’s an emerging genre that resurrections the production sounds
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This Movie is About a Group of Man-Eating Mermaids Who Form a New Wave Band
That headline is 100% accurate. The Lure, a new feature from first-time director Agnieszka Smoczynska, follows the fortunes of two
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 761: The History of Indie Rock, Part 2
All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and
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Timewarp Fun: A 20/20 Profile of New Wave from 1979
America had a hard time with this thing called “punk,” so the more easily digestible elements were marketed as “New
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