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Tag Archives: new wave
BE-BOP DELUXE – Modern Music
June 1, 2020

Harvest 1976 / Esoteric 2019 With jet-age life getting worse, British band start to part with glory and move into sunset eternity. Self-referencing is a neat rock trope that crops up occasionally, yet making a discourse meta is almost unheard … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged Be-Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson, glam rock, new wave
BE-BOP DELUXE – Sunburst Finish
June 3, 2019

Harvest 1976 / Esoteric 2018 Half in anger, half in sadness, English purveyors of secret prophesies serve up their greatest work without selling their souls down the river. The second half of the ’70s saw, as oxymoronic as it may … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged Be-Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson, glam rock, new wave
LOCATE YOUR LIPS – For Kenny
April 9, 2019

Happy Growl 2019 From the dark reaches of the ’80s and out of Wisconsin, unconventional trio take an angst-ridden trip into their psyche. With their blend of punk spikiness and new-wave spunk this band wouldn’t have looked out of place … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged live, Locate Your Lips, new wave, punk
HOW WE LIVE – Dry Land
February 1, 2017

Portrait 1987 / Esoteric 2016 Fruitful promise unfulfilled: future prog figure’s first shot at big time that never came. Today, Steve Hogarth’s name is synonymous with MARILLION, but it would be futile to look for art rock on the only … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged How We Live, new wave, Steve Hogarth
THE EMPTY HEARTS: a new wave new supergroup
May 9, 2014

Upper echelon creative collaborations appearing every other day haven’t seen so much of new wave artists’ involvement – perhaps, because of their music’s insular nature. Yet THE EMPTY HEARTS are exactly that, as the band’s name suggests, even though it was … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Blondie, Empty Hearts, Ian McLagan, new wave, The Cars, The Chesterfield Kings, The Romantics