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Annie Lennox – Why?
too sweet for rock and roll | December 25th 2009
Annie Lennox, Scottish singer, from Aberdeen Tagged: Annie Lennox, blue eyed soul, December 25 birthdays, Eury, Eurythmics, Grammy winner, new wave, Oscar winner, pop, pop/rock, singer, singer-songwriter, UK Music Hall of Fame read more
Santogold – Lights Out
what2listen | December 23rd 2009 by Vladimir
Lyrics: Lights out Shoot up the station TV’s dead where’s there to run Watch everybody come undone Lights out We’ll make it easy We’ll make it fun Won’t let them see now, how they had won Still I wait another round Darl read more
POLYSICS announce U.S. tour dates
Imprint TALK | December 22nd 2009 by sada ueki
J-pop new wave band POLYSICS have announced dates for their upcoming U.S. tour! Might catch them when they roll by San Diego. Go check them out! 01/28 – Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA 01/29 – The Roxy Theatre – Los read more
Lebatman [Milk Run + Company]
aerial noise | December 22nd 2009
Stadtkind aka Lebatman from Italy keeps pumping out new beats like there’s no tomorrow. He produces electro disco-house with an 80s synth feel. Absolutely great stuff. The newest in Milk Run stays with Lebatmans established style. It combi read more
Billy Corgan carries a torch for David Bowie
Rock Torch | December 22nd 2009 by Randy Abramson
Billy Corgan and David Bowie The Quote (on David Bowie’s 1977 album, Low): ”The touchstone of what I would call the modern futurism in rock — and a feeling and a sound that is yet to be fully realized. It’s still emerging in the y read more
Bande á Part (1964)
Reel Slave | December 22nd 2009 by Fritz
Category: MoviesGenre: French New WaveCurious, imaginative, amusing, deep..etc..I enjoyed it. The theme is original, and I haven't yet seen a film like this before. Memorable scenes include the dance scene and the scene in complete silence. If t read more
[December, 1989] The End of the 80’s As We Know It
The Diary Project | December 21st 2009 by Damiella
May the new decade bring better fashion and music choices. 12/31/89 Dear Journal, New Years Eve!! I can’t wait until later tonight! I am going to my cousins house for a party. (Anna’s) Yesterday Mitchell didn’t call me so I went shopping and read more
New Boots And Panties!! – Ian Dury
Sons, Filmes & Afins | December 21st 2009 by Rodrigo Nogueira
Ian Robins Dury (12 de maio de 1942 – 27 de março de 2000), foi um cantor, compositor, bandleader e ator britânico muito famoso na década de 1970, durante a era punk e new wave do rock. É mais conhecido por ser o fundador e vocalista da Ian D read more
CELEBRATE THE NUN - MEANWHILE (1988)
MI CORAZÓN OSCURO | December 21st 2009 by Richy
Este fin de semana, camino al trabajo, saqué del baúl de los recuerdos este disco, que lo tenía abandonado hace mucho tiempo. Toda una joya dentro de la movida “Synthpop”, no podía si no, subir este disco, que como ya se imaginarán, se t read more
ORIGINAL MIRRORS
MARCAS CARDEAIS | December 20th 2009 by rui
Os Original Mirrors provavelmente serão lembrados por uma razão: o futuro líder dos Lightning Seeds, Ian Broudie pertenceu á banda. Os Original Mirrors formaram-se em Liverpool, Inglaterra, 1980, após o colapso do grupo Deaf School em 1976, (con read more
Our Christmas Special Is Now Availble as a Podcast
Revenge of the 80s Radio | December 20th 2009 by Chris Cordani
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Revenge of the 80s Radio. The podcast edit of our 2009 Revenge of the 80s Christmas Special is up and available at the end of this post. In addition to all-time favorite classic alternative yule-tide tracks, w read more
Winter Weekend Woolly Wah Wah!
GaragePunkNYC | December 18th 2009 by DJ SHIMMY
Let's skip the usual Christmas banter... ok honey? Instead, let's get to the booking chaos that is this weekend. Hope you've got an unlimited, baby. You'll need it!TONIGHT (FRIDAY):Start early with Chandler & Vignault's semi-acoustic thingy plu read more
Tonight: The Revenge of the 80s Christmas Special
Revenge of the 80s Radio | December 18th 2009 by Chris Cordani
Click here to listen live between 7-9pm Eastern US Time You can also get the show from our flagship station website: www.wtbq.com. Check the bottom of this post for other affiliates’ dates and times. It’s the time of year for celebr read more
The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 2
NBT Independent Music | December 18th 2009 by martin smit
Part Two Part One Can Be Found Here: http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-nbt-wonderful-ones-2009-part-1/ You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009 read more
The NBT Wonderful Ones 2009 Part 1
NBT Independent Music | December 18th 2009 by martin smit
Part One Part Two can be found here: http://nbtmusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-nbt-wonderful-ones-2009-part-2/ You can see pictures of Most of the artists mentioned year on our special visual page http://nbtmusic.jalbum.net/NBTWonderfulOnes2009/ read more
now playing…
Billy Suede: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | December 17th 2009 by Billy Suede
“hello to you hello to me yeah i really care i’ll see you all around sometime i hope that i’m not there today’s news is yesterday’s news you don’t remember you forget that’s the way the stories all go” read more
Walter Jones [I Am Loved]
aerial noise | December 16th 2009
Walter Jones is an up and coming producer versed in disco house, new wave and electro. He is posted above in a photoshop’d edit of himself. I use the term “up and coming” rather loosely because in terms of other DFA-signed arti read more
For Those Who Helped Us Rock, We Salute You
Dufmanno's Blog | December 15th 2009 by Kelly
We're with the band. Or at least we like to pretend we are. It’s been over twenty years since I last ran screaming down an alley after a hastily retreating tour bus hollering for its occupants to validate my existence with a wave or a sm read more
Coming Friday, 12/18: The Revenge of the 80s Christmas Special
Revenge of the 80s Radio | December 15th 2009 by Chris Cordani
Currently, I am working on the 2009 Revenge of the 80s Christmas Special, which will be filled with classic alternative Christmas music. Along with the holiday favorites from the 80s, we will have a new song by Kip, Caron and Michele of The Little read more
ever the optimist…
Billy Suede: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | December 14th 2009 by Billy Suede
“I want to pretend, I want to pretend The shape of the past could walk in the present tense I’m shaking my head, you’ve certainly said I don’t like you much now” I don’t know if I’ve stated my love for Austr read more
merry christmas from chris and neil…
Billy Suede: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | December 14th 2009 by Billy Suede
“It’s something That look in your eyes tonight Like magic it’s changing everything in sight I hear it all around me every day in the music that you play” The new EP from the Pet Shop Boys is out tomorrow via Astralwerks. I read more
on a lazy sunday, look into the clouds…
Billy Suede: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | December 13th 2009 by Billy Suede
Just a lazy, rainy Sunday here in Brooklyn… While I’m bored, I figured I’d try to brighten the day a little bit for myself and share it with you. Here’s a recent single from The Sound Of Arrows called Into The Clouds. Jus read more
Para escuchar...
La Isla de Encanta | December 13th 2009 by laisladencanta
...NEW ORDER Bizarre Love Triangle [Brotherhood](Inglaterra, Qwest, 1986) read more
Television – Marquee Moon
too sweet for rock and roll | December 13th 2009
Tom Verlaine, American singer/guitarist of Television Tagged: December 13 birthdays, new wave, punk rock, rock, Television, Tom Verlaine read more
Our 12/11 Podcast is Up, Featuring New Music by Adriana Kaegi, Lo…
Revenge of the 80s Radio | December 12th 2009 by Chris Cordani
The podcast for our 12/11/09 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the end of this post. This week, we played the World Radio Premiere of Adriana Kaegi’s new single, “I’ve Been Going Out,” which the Original & read more
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Content is the king | December 12th 2009 by stefano
Elio e le storie tese l’avevano chiesto a gran voce sei anni fa, cantando sulla falsariga di una marcetta anni trenta: «Litfiba, tornate insieme, vi ricordate di quell’epoca che fu? Litfiba, non vi conviene una carriera da Renzulli e da read more
I Litfiba risorgono, ma la sorpresa la farà Maroccolo
Content is the king | December 12th 2009 by stefano
Elio e le storie tese l’avevano chiesto a gran voce sei anni fa, cantando sulla falsariga di una marcetta anni trenta: «Litfiba, tornate insieme, vi ricordate di quell’epoca che fu? Litfiba, non vi conviene una carriera da Renzulli e da read more
Head Over Heals by Tears for Fears
Silence Nogood | December 12th 2009
I know what you’re thinking… what pop bullshit is up on here? Well, it is pop, but it isn’t shit. During my early years (when I pimped the pajama pants) all I listened to was Tears for Fears, along with Earth, Wind & Fire, mi read more
Cowboys International - Many Times (Revised)
This Scene Is Dead | December 11th 2009 by Jonathan Bird
Man am I enjoying Cowboys International! Certainly the big buzz band ’round my manner right now, thats for sure. Of course as usual this is for me a 2009 discovery, which is a pretty massive 30yrs after the release of their debut record back i read more
Leo Patch – New Wave Part 3
PES Patch: Pro Evolution Soccer | December 11th 2009 by gee
Installation: * Delete old kitserver and put new kitserver in your instalation directory on PES2010 in C/progam files/konami/pro evolution soccer 2010/. * Copy the files from new folder save to your My docoments/konami/pro evolution soccer 2010/save read more
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