new wave Archive
16 Apr 2018
Album Review: Gary Numan – Dance
Casual listeners’ knowledge of Gary Numan’s body of work often doesn’t extend his hit single “Cars,” a track from his 1979 solo debut The Pleasure Principle. And that’s unfortunate, because […]
20 Nov 2017
Pylon Reenactment Society: Living Musical History
Pylon might not have achieved the fame and notoriety of fellow Athens-based bands like R.E.M. and the B-52’s, but the funky new wave group was a beloved part of the […]
28 Oct 2017
Ten 100-word Reviews: Archival/Reissue Releases
With a great deal of my time these days spent working on my new book and various artist interviews, I tend to amass a backlog of albums for review. To […]
11 Aug 2017
New Music Review Roundup, Part 3
Today I wrap up three days’ worth of reviews of new music. Dig if you will. The Pollyseeds – Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1 As far as I know, none […]
21 Jun 2017
Album Mini-review: Peter Hook & the Light — Unknown Pleasures Tour 2012
Peter Hook was the bassist, multi-instrumentalist and (occasional) singer in two of the more influential bands of the last several decades. These days he’s capitalizing on the enduring popularity of […]
22 Mar 2017
Quick Takes, Part Three
Today I take a quick look at ten archival releases of note. Tim Buckley — Wings: The Complete Singles 1966-1974 The music of Tim Buckley (yeah, late father of the […]
02 Feb 2017
Album Mini-review: Love and Rockets — Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (Blu-Ray)
File next to: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Psychedelic Furs One of the problems with hit records is that they’re often too representative of the era in which they were made. […]
26 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: Reissue/archival Releases
I love new music, but I’m also attuned to keeping up with the latest in reissues and archival releases. Sometimes those feature some of my favorite artists; other times they […]
23 Dec 2016
Album Mini-review: Game Theory – The Big Shot Chronicles
File next to: The Three O’Clock, Guided by Voices Scott Miller‘s quirky Game Theory was one of 1980s college rock’s (the precursor to alternative/indie rock) most criminally overlooked groups. But […]
15 Feb 2016
A Look Back at “Now Wave Sampler” (1979)
I’m not ashamed of my age: for most of 1979 I was fifteen years old. Living in the suburbs of Atlanta – even then very much a “car city” – […]