new wave

New Wave is a rock n' roll sub-genre that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980's, due largely to its heavy presence in videos shown on MTV.

First perceived as a slightly safer, more watered-down version of punk rock, the earliest New Wave practitioners were a rag-tag bunch of roots rockers like Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, and so-called "skinny tie" bands like the Cars and the Knack.

By the eighties however, New Wave came to be an all-purpose term characterizing anything that wasn't disco or metal. New Wave came to mean everything from the retro rock of the Romantics, Joan Jett, and the Go-Gos to the synth pop of Human League, Flock Of Seagulls, and Duran Duran.

At about the same time, a new breed of fashion conscious English metal bands like Def Leppard rose to prominence, that was tagged the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (or NWOBHM), which only further confused things. By the end of the eighties, with MTV's influence in decline and new genres like grunge emerging, New Wave's prominence had begun to fade.

Today, New Wave is largely viewed nostalgically by its fans, who nonetheless continue to blog about it at sites like Lost Bands Of The New Wave Era and the New Wave Diva.

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• Punk Rock – for room 101 – I think not!

  
  Tim Garratts Blog — Authority: 111
  I have seen the new edition of Room 101 a couple of times in the last few weeks; the format is nowhere near as good as the original (what was I saying about originals last week?). But a few weeks ago Danny Baker was guest and suggested that Punk Rock went into room 101. I have a lot of time for Mr Baker – I ...
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• Pearls of the Deep (1966)

  
  Bonjour Tristesse — Authority: 89
  Pearls of the Deep • Perlicky na dne (1966) Genre: Anthology Director: Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Jan Nemec, Evald Schorm Starring: Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek, Milos Cirnácty, Frantisek Havel, Josefa Pechlátová, Václav Zák, Vera Mrázková, Vladimír ...
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• FRC’s Looking Back Friday – Breathless (1960)

  
  FrontRoomCinema — Authority: 488
  This week’s looking back is being taken over by Sam Fragoso, here he looks at Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless Jean-Luc Godard’s trendsetting French New Wave film,  Breathless , is about a million strokes of genius. It’s a sexy, hypnotic, and electrifying crime caper, entangled into an idealistic romance. The ...
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• Dubstep Dance, Take Me Away

  
  Radicalfilms.co.uk — Authority: 106
  In memory of my Grandfather’s life as he prepares for the great adventure into the next. I’ve watched this to many soundtracks: my favourites were Mix Master Mike, DJ Shadow (Endtroducing), and Electronic Broadcast Network (particularly Mach-10 and Get Down).
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• The Party and the Guests (1966)

  
  Bonjour Tristesse — Authority: 109
  The Party and the Guests • O slavnosti a hostech (1966) Genre: Drama Director: Jan Nemec Starring: Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusák, Jiri Nemec, Karel Mares, Evald Schorm Language: Czech Duration: 71 min. Rating: 7.8   Summary: Distinguished by being banned forever in its ...
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• Disorder, Joy Division (1979)

  
  Le Mellotron — Authority: 109
  Unknown Pleasures , sûrement un des albums de new-wave les plus édité et ré-édité, et surtout le symbole de toute une génération early 80′s. Premier album studio du groupe de Ian Curtis faisant suite à leur EP An Ideal For Living , Unknown Pleasures est enregistré en avril 79 dans les studios ...
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• Organ (1965)

  
  Bonjour Tristesse — Authority: 109
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• Morrissey to Tour the Philippines! Huh?

  
  Cebu and Davao Journey — Authority: 111
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• Das Kleine Chaos: 1966 Short Film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  
  Candlelight Stories - Fiction, Movies, Games, Audio, Books and News for all Ages — Authority: 102
  Here’s a 1966 short crime film by a young and learning Rainer Werner Fassbinder . The great and too-soon-departed German filmmaker actually plays one of the three young criminals who decide to invade a woman’s home to terrorize and rob her. The film is relentlessly cool and begins at around the 3 minute mark to ...
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• The future sure looked better when we were in the past, didnt it?

  
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• The Ethics of Drug Testing in The Workplace

  
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• The Indie Anthology 1: essential songs

  
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• World of Midgard MMORPG 3rd beta on the way, what to expect and not to expect.

  
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• Lost Hits of the New Wave #9

  
  WELCOME TO HELL ~ by Glenn Walker — Authority: 104
  "Dont Change" by INXS I was a big INXS fan, before they made it really big, and once they did, I kinda got sick of them. Honestly if I ever hear "The Devil Inside" again, Ill hit someone. A lot of their stuff in hindsight is a bit dated, but I still like the early stuff. And Michael Hutchence is still missed. ...
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• CLASSIC COLUMB: IF… (1968)

  
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• Eighties New Wave From The Children Of God Cult

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 600
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• Eighties New Wave From The Children Of God Cult

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 147
  The apocalyptic, kidnapping and brainwashing California-based cult known at various times as Children of God, Family International, Family of Love, and the Family apparently stumbled upon a knack for catchy power pop melodies for a brief period in the 1980s. The result was a string of music videos concerning subject ...
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