The Chicago singer’s fourth album treats a lost social grace as pop architecture, with the fault line buried under the chorus.
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The Chicago singer’s fourth album treats a lost social grace as pop architecture, with the fault line buried under the chorus.
The British musician behind “Always Something There to Remind Me” and “Promises, Promises” helped shape early ’80s synth-pop and crossed paths with Tears for Fears before his own duo reached the charts.
Alysha takes faith into gothic electronic territory on new single “Take It or Leave It,” co-produced with Matt Rist. The video, directed by Ché Deedigan, places a contemporary freestyle routine inside a church.
Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller return with a new single that trades rock-star glamour for the awkward freedom of small-town life, wrapped in a glossy new wave production.
The Skinny Girl Diet frontwoman’s new wave recession-pop concept album arrives on One Little Independent Records this August, shaped by profound personal loss and a sharp societal critique.
The Akron band’s tightly wound performance at the SNL50 special was another step in a goodbye that started in 2022.
The band delivered a politically charged finale, pairing the song with imagery of a tattered American flag and a sardonic national anthem.
Four defining acts of the 80s new wave and synth-pop era will share a stage this summer for a cross-continent amphitheater tour.
