Tag: New Wave

Stewart Copeland Releases Re-Imagining Of Police’s Greatest Hits With Ricky Kej

August 29, 2023

Stewart Copeland, famous drummer and former member of legendary English rock band The Police, released a re-imagining of the group’s greatest hits last week, on August 25th, alongside Indian producer Ricky Kej and a suite of other international artists. Featuring musicians from almost every continent (sorry Oceania and South America), the epic new album retains the same sound the Police brought to the world forty years ago, while the new artists put their own twist on it.

Nouvelle Vague – Celebrate 15 Years Anniversary Live At Union Chapel

April 16, 2020

AGMP presents NOUVELLE VAGUE, 15 years Anniversary Tour.

THICK AS THIEVES – From The Jam’s Bruce Foxton On Weller, Buckler And Reviving ‘Setting Sons’ For A 40th Anniversary Tour

September 16, 2019

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the best part of half a century, you’ll know Bruce Foxton as one-third of one of the best bands Britain has ever produced.

She Past Away – ‘Disko Anksiyete’

June 30, 2019

She Past Away are a Turkish duo who are making waves across the United States with their blend of bracing post-punk and marvellously grim…

WISH YOU WERE HERE – London’s One Eyed Wayne Spread Their Wings On New Album ‘Saucy Postcards Super Creeps’

April 9, 2019

Hornsey’s favourite monocularly monikered new wavers One Eyed Wayne are back with the follow up to their well received debut Attack of the Luxury Flats. But, while…

HEЯITAGE ‘Speak Life’ With Cover Of Damian Marley Track And #SpeakLifeChallenge

October 26, 2018

HEЯITAGE are currently completing a debut set with producer Tommy D Daugherty, who’s worked with the likes of Prince, Tupac, and Snoop Dogg among others, and it’s currently scheduled with a release date for early 2019.

WHAT YOU NEED – Brix And The Extricated Lay The Ghost Of Mark E Smith On New Album ‘Breaking State’

September 24, 2018

Following hot on the heels of its predecessor Part 2, Breaking State shows Brix and the Extricated staying true to their post-punk roots, while expanding their…

HIGH FLYING BIRDS – A Flock of Seagulls’ Bassist Frank Maudsley On The Return Of The 1980’s Fab Four

July 31, 2018

With their futuristic sound and frontman Mike Score’s outlandish haircut, A Flock of Seagulls were as synonymous with the eighties as yuppies, ET and DeLorean cars.
They achieved rapid fame – perhaps too rapid in retrospect – and burned brightly but briefly – the original quartet releasing just two albums. before imploding in a whirl of breakdowns and inter-band rivalries.

80’s Icons, A Flock of Seagulls, Announce First New Recordings With All Original Four Members Since 1984!

May 9, 2018

A Flock Of Seagulls are as well known for their hairstyles as for their hit single, ‘I Ran’, but legions of their fans from their early days, as well as those who have joined their musical cult in the years since, recognise that their musical influence on countless bands has been under-appreciated for far too long.

MAKING PLANS – XTC’s Colin Moulding And Terry Chambers Ponder Live Shows After DIY Great Aspirations EP

February 22, 2018

XTC fans have been rather spoiled with new product of late, after years of relative inactivity since the band ground to a halt in…

The Blue Wave Pavilion To Release Double A Side ‘Song Of Cedric’/’Food For Yourself’ 29 November

November 20, 2017

Four piece post-punk new wave band, The Blue Wave Pavilion are started live performances back in June at the Brudenell Social Club, in their home-base of Leeds. Opening for All We Are, the band have gone on to do a headline show at Manchester’s Night & Day Café, as well as an opening slot for Himalayas at Leeds’ Lending Room, which also featured This Feeling.

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – The Vapors Play Triumphant London Comeback Show At Dingwalls

November 9, 2016

It’s easy to be snide and cynical about events like this – why should a bunch of so-called one-hit wonders deserve a headlining tour…