These new wave vocalists defined the sub-genre. If you want to be reminded of what made this sub-genre so great, revisit ...

New Wave reset musical culture while also dropping loads of unforgettable gems. These four songs shouldn't be dismissed in ...

New Wave music kicked off in the '80s with an unstoppable force. Born of the '70s era punk, the genre really flourished in both New York and London. Following the death of Joy Division's lead singer ...

New Wave helped give late 1970s and early 1980s rock an alternative edge. Artists in this sub-genre weren’t afraid to explore the fringes of rock and pop, blending the two for a distinctive sound that ...

Before she commanded the stage as new wave’s “Queen of Quirk,” Lene Lovich was a self-described Wednesday Addams — a strange, quiet kid whose eccentric streak would become her signature. Now 76, the ...

At first, it's surprising to hear that Collective Soul has made a new album, channeling the spirits of new wave music as an inspiration. But when you start to think about the Atlanta group's own radio ...

Band ABC after a performance in Scotland on July 26, 2025. ABC is a new wave pop band. Photo courtesy of @abcmartinfry on Instagram Welcome back to British Invasion, the column that dives into British ...

A year before Sire Records founder Seymour Stein coined the term “new wave” to describe the pop-flavored punk bands emerging in 1977, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers had already launched the ...

It’s been more than 46 years since the ’80s began, and much of the musical firmament of that time – from boomboxes to an MTV that played music videos from Duran Duran, the Go-Go’s and the Cars – is ...