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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• Favourite Fab Gigs: Dutch Uncles

  
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  Back in February, we interview ed Stockport’s Dutch Uncles. It feels like forever ago, but we instantly knew this was a band to keep an eye on. With much love for their record Out of Touch in the Wild , AMBY cannot wait for the band to tour into North America. To get a little taste of a Dutch Uncles gig, and the ...
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• New Wave Show

  
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  There is an interesting Mixcloud show you may want to start following called The Notorious New Wave Show ( link ). Instead of a DJ mix it’s more like a proper radio show with the host Gina Achord announcing the song titles and artists. I really like her track selection. “Tonight we have the exclusive track from ...
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• I Monster — Swarf

  
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  I was thinking out loud to myself a few weeks ago, wondering if I Monster was planning on releasing new music any time soon. So I Googled ‘em and found out that they do indeed have a new album — Swarf — and it’s availible to stream/download off Bandcamp . The best way I can describe I Monster, a duo from ...
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• Blondie :: Heart of Glass (Oliver & Thee Mike B Remix)

  
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  This Oliver /Mike B Remix of Blondies classic track "Heart of Glass" has been floating around in my Facebook feed the last few days and for good reason, its a good one. Not only is it a great remix, but they are also giving away the track as a free download . Thats a winning combination right there. Check ...
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• Win Tickets to the Ocean Blue with the Orange Peels at the Satellite – May 18. 2013

  
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  Playing since 1986, The Ocean Blue headlines a sold out show at The Satellite on Saturday, May 18. The Ocean Blue combines synthesizer based new wave hooks with bluesy saxophone solos and high tinsel guitars to produce a unique sound. Their sound can be described as a genre between new wave and grunge. They were ...
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• Madonna – Has To Be

  
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  More Mixes Here including: SP!N’s Outer Mix Madonna’s in Green Velvet Edit Club Mix – Extended Album Mix Alternative Hub Mix – Instrumental Guyom’s Lady M Show Mix – SP!N’s Club Mix Ornique’s Alternate Mix – SP!N’s Extended Mix
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• Night Enginge – I’ll Make It Worth Your While

  
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  Far more people need to listen to NIGHT ENGINE. I would say they sound like David Bowie singing with Gang of Four, feat. Nile Rodgers on guitar – what a [...] Visit www.bushwah.net for the whole story.
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• 2013 Art of the Portrait: The Vendor Room

  
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  Like kids in a candy store, artists busy sampling treats in the vendors room (at the Richeson Booth) At 4:00 PM on April 25th, at the same moment the Art of the Portrait conference officially began, the doors to the Expo Hall opened, and fleet footed attendees ran straight to their favorite vendors to pick up ...
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• Tesla Boy release new single “M.C.H.T.E.”

  
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  The new wave trio TESLA BOY, one of Russia’s best-known synthpop bands of these days, released a new single entitled M.C.H.T.E.. The disco-infected track is powered by heavy kick drums and a sound design that reminds of early DEPECHE MODE dance classics. The song is from their forthcoming second album, The Universe ...
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• Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars

  
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    Artist: Bruno Mars Genre: New wave, funk, reggae rock Label: Atlantic, Elektra Lyrics: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence ‘Locked Out of Heaven,’ recorded by Bruno Mars for his second studio album ‘Unorthodox Jukebox.’ The song was a commercial success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for six ...
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• Before & After: Album Art 7

  
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  Before - Andy Warhols Exposures (1979/1980) After - The Psychedelic Furs Talk Talk Talk (1981)
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• The Mother and the Whore (1973) at Cinémathèque

  
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  Written by Nur Farhana, Jaya Khidir and Lee Zong Heung Title: The Mother and the Whore (1973) Duration: 215 minutes Classification: R21 – Sexual Scenes and Nudity Format: 35mm French with English subtitles Screened at the National Museum of Singapore Cinémathèque as part of the World Cinema Series A few ...
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• There is only a brief window of time in musical history that...

  
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  There is only a brief window of time in musical history that anything sounding like this could even happen. Sure enough, this album from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, apparently the finest new wave Tennessee had to offer, landed smack dab in the middle of that range - 1980. Bonus - it comes with a poster! Many of ...
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• Celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema: a quiz

  
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  By Alana Podolsky On 3 May 1913, Raja Harishchandra , the first Indian feature-length film, premiered. Since then, India’s film industry, mostly known as Bollywood but operating outside of Bollywood’s Mumbai base as well, has become the world’s most prolific film industry: 1,325 films were produced in 2008. ...
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• Free MP3 Downloads #24

  
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  Every week Bynar picks some of the best indie rock / alternative / post-punk / shoegaze / gothic / electronica releases that are offered as free or name-your-price downloads by the artists themselves and are legally free to download . Today’s MP3 round up includes tracks by bands such as Cygnets , Fan-Tan , ...
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• The Cremator (1969)

  
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  The Cremator • Spalovač mrtvol (1969) Genre: Horror • Drama • ComedyDirector: Juraj HerzStarring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Miloš VogničLanguage: CzechDuration: 95 min.Rating: 8.6 Summary:Prague, the late 1930s. A period of tense atmosphere and widespread fear. Where diligent ...
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• New Wave Concern Modern English and The Alarm Hit Manila (Press Release)

  
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  After a much-awaited clamor from the new wave fanatics in the Philippines, it can now be said “the long wait is over”. For the first time in the Philippines, DMC PHILIIPINES brings to you two of UK’s New Wave /Rock Band performing live in Manila. The MODERN ENGLISH BAND, back to back with an alternative rock/new ...
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• What Presence! The Rock Photography of Harry Papadopoulos now available

  
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  Harry Papadopoulos began his photographic career outside the Apollo in Glasgow, flogging photographs to gig-goers. He soon moved to London, and from 1979 to 1984 worked as a staff photographer for Sounds , for which he provided countless front covers. During those five years he covered Blondie, David Bowie, Devo, Joy ...
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• It was 33 years ago today: New Yorks lost new wave radio station, PIX 102, signs off the air

  
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  Starting with a one minute commercial for the long gone Soho record store, Rocks In Your Head, check out this incredible video comp of station IDs and commercials for a short lived (but loved by those who listened & remember) New York City radio station, PIX 102, located at 101.9 on your FM dial. An idea that was ...
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• La Femme Accident

  
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  La Femme are dark wave surfers from Paris that ride waves of synths and guitars into a globally warmed tropical Berlin. Yes folks like D.I. predicted, they are finally hanging 10 in East Berlin. The future has spoken and it is now…or was it then? Time travel always confuses me. This groop has read their share ...
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