New wave got its start in the late '70s with flinty records by Elvis Costello, Graham Parker and Joe Jackson, then was refined into the new decade by forward-thinkers like the Cars, Roxy Music, Gary ...
Njerae leads the new wave’s charge. Her breakout track ‘Aki Sioni’ is officially Kenya’s most-streamed song of 2025, driven ...
It’s a miracle! It’s a mir-ra-cal! And New Wave dreams are made of summer shows and reissues. Celebrate New Wave Summer with a series of local concerts and landmark album anniversaries. From Culture ...
As synthesizers and drum machines became more affordable in the 1980s, novel technology became as common in new wave groups as guitars were in the punk and rock and roll bands that preceded them. This ...
Let’s set the wayback machine to 1982. The term “new wave” had finally become synonymous in the United States with synth-heavy dance pop with a little bit of the post-punk edge left in it. MTV was ...
Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of ...