If you’ve been around long enough, you might fondly remember those special times when you just knew you were in the middle of music history being made. The early 90s is a great
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The use of “New Wave” as a musical descriptor first appeared in the early 70s and eventually became interchangeable with “punk.” A bit confusing, but things were very fluid back then. Towards the
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One of the most useful terms in the history of music is “New Wave.” It’s the catch-all term for the music of the late 70s and early 80s that came in the wake
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[More summer encores. New shows begin the weekend after Labour Day. Rest assured, though, I’m already working on them, too. -AC] Humans have already tried to make sense of the universe by putting
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If you’ve been around long enough, you might fondly remember those special times when you just knew you were in the middle of music history being made. The early 90s is a great
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It’s a face of life that there are periods where everything old is new again. There may be no better example of this in the arts than Broadway. Old productions are always being
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Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored has delivered another graphic bound to revive some long-dormant memories in those who remember the original days of punk and New Wave. From the mid-70s, Toronto formed the
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In the endless parade of “everything old is new again” sounds, there’s an emerging genre that resurrections the production sounds and styles of the 80s. Although we’ve seen similar genres pop up–synthwave, retrowave,
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That headline is 100% accurate. The Lure, a new feature from first-time director Agnieszka Smoczynska, follows the fortunes of two mermaids (Golden and Silver) who somehow end up in a New Wave band
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All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and the people who believe in them to propel our music forward. This is
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America had a hard time with this thing called “punk,” so the more easily digestible elements were marketed as “New Wave.” This still confused a lot of people as evidenced by this 20/20
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