“Featuring Fairlight and reverb-soaked vocals, ‘Pendulum’ is a nod to the ‘80s dark underground,” adds the band’s Mat ...
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The Who's Last Great Song

Ever wondered what made "Eminence Front" such a standout track for The Who? Join me as I dive into the story behind their last great song, exploring how it captured the spirit of the '80s with its ...
Synths, Static and Limo Scene Words by Ambar Ramirez Paul Vranesh and Mason Bonner met more than a decade ago, bound by mutual friends and a shared love for all things analog — neon lights, cassettes, ...
Do you have a favorite queer band that you feel never got the love and attention it deserved? Honestly, there are probably ...
The 1980s were heady times for synthesizers and drum machines. Ushering out the distorted three-chord guitars and traditional ...
Grab your Walkman headphones and steer that Delorean straight for the golden age of hip-hop, metal, and indie rock.
Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...
Directed by Ti West, this slow-burn thriller leans into everything that made '80s horror so memorable: grainy visuals, unsettling atmosphere, and tension that builds until it's almost unbearable.
Selena Gomez drops “In The Dark,” a retro-inspired dance-pop track for Nobody Wants This Season 2 soundtrack, fusing 1980s ...
The “Strut” singer had creative relationships with Prince and Nile Rodgers and experimented in different genres. A pair of ...
Tame Impala, the one-man musical project of Kevin Parker, released a new album “Deadbeat” Oct. 17. Following Parker’s 2020 ...
Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.”  Almond announced his musical partner’s death Thursday.