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Cover of the Day: Kindness, "Swingin' Party"

By Jim Allen

Spooky synth-pop revision of Replacements classic

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Music News

Track of the Day: James and Evander

By Stewart Mason

Bedroom-synth duo preview debut album

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Music Feature

Memory Motel: The Secret Folkie Pasts of New Wave Heroes

By Jim Allen

The acoustic-strumming past of New Wave pioneers.

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Music Review

One Second of Love

Nite Jewel

Wiping away the grime to reveal pop perfection.

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Music News

Austra debuts new video

By Stewart Mason

Beautifully austere song gets suitably creepy visuals.

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Music Review

Rapprocher

Class Actress

No really, do you love the 80s?

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Music Review

Player Piano

Memory Tapes

Chillwaver branches out but loses emotional impact.

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Music List

Guest List: Elk’s Inspirations

While recording his debut album Let's Get Married (available now… >>

Music Review

I Heart California

Admiral Radley

Dream-pop supergroup out for a good time.

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Music Review

Well Done Europe

The Chap

Quirky Brits go slightly more accessible.

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Music Review

Something for Everybody

Devo

New wave pioneers back on track decades later.

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Music Review

Before Today

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

Longtime underground hero steps into the marketplace.

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Music Review

Swim

Caribou

One foot on the dancefloor, one in the chill-out room.

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Music Review

Head First

Goldfrapp

Break out the neon jumpers and party like it's 1984.

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Music Profile

New Romantic

By Jim Allen

Defiantly glamorous hedonistic positivity in reaction to punk’s nihilism

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Music Review

The Liberty Singles

Classix Nouveaux

Synth hooks, post-disco dance-rock beats, and pure-pop sensibilities

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Music Review

Romance Is Boring

Los Campesinos!

Welsh septet widen their musical horizons, not always for the… >>

Music Review

It's Blitz!

Music Group

New York trio trades guitars for synthesizers on dancefloor-ready third… >>

Music Profile

Sparks

By Stewart Mason

Singularly inventive duo with one of rock's most varied catalogues.

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Music Review

Rage In Eden

Ultravox

A darker, more intense follow-up to its airy, elegant predecessor

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Music Review

Vienna (Ultravox)

Ultravox

High-water mark for synth-pop, Futurism, and the New Romantic movement

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Music Review

Psychic Chasms

Neon Indian

The heartfelt background music for the '80s teen romance that… >>

Music Review

Odd Blood

Yeasayer

Brooklyn buzz band changes their game.

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Music Review

Life of Leisure

Washed Out

Like an old OMD record that’s been pulled off the… >>

Music Review

Hands

Little Boots

Early '80s synth pop in a thoroughly modern pure-pop context

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Music Profile

Little Boots

By Stewart Mason

Singer-keyboardist Victoria Hesketh cheekily updates classic early '80s synth pop

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Music List

Top 25 College Radio Albums Of 1984

By Stewart Mason

As we all know, Top 40 radio achieved perfection in… >>

Music Profile

Ryuichi Sakamoto

By Jim Allen

Synth-pop pioneer and multi-talented composer.

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Music Review

The Golden Age of Wireless

Thomas Dolby

Possibly the finest synth pop album ever made, simultaneously futuristic… >>

Music Profile

Thomas Dolby

Often incorrectly thought of as a one-hit wonder, Thomas Dolby… >>

Music Profile

Talk Talk

By Ryan Reed

A career built out of defying expectations.

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