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This week, we will play another new track from Andy Prieboy, who was our guest last week, “Your Side of Town.” We also play classics from INXS, Balance, Pseudo Echo, The Divinyls, Midnight Oil, Minimal Compact, Tony Carey, Gleaming Spires and more.
We posted our list of the top 10 crime-related songs of the classic alternative era on our Examiner page. The list includes tracks from The Pogues, The Police and Kate Bush
This week, we talk with Peter Flerl of the Australian early 80s band Plan B.
Spandau Ballet announced today on their website that they will be featured in an upcoming movie.
Depeche Mode’s 13th studio album, “Delta Machine.” is now available in North America.
80s icons Tony Hadley and Kim Wilde hopped a British Airways plane on Sunday to play an acoustic gig for fliers and staff. They set a world record as they performed at an altitude of 43.000 feet.
Power pop fans from all over the New York-Metro area crowded The Cake Shop on Friday and Saturday night to celebrate the guitar-driven musical genre at Power Pop-A-Licious 2 with The Paul Collins Beat and a heavy-hitting lineup of long-established and up-and-coming bands.
Fans looking forward to new wave icon Adam Ant’s first new album in 17 years endured a few obstacles before Adam Ant is The Blueblack Hussar in Marrying The Gunner’s Daughter became a reality today.
This Week, we catch up with Midge Ure on his U.S. tour as he makes a stop in Woodstock, NY. We will also play music from Visage, Blondie, Icehouse, Annabella Lwin, Kime Wilde, The Sunnyboys, Amazulu, Trans-X and more.
This week, we air an encore broadcast of our October interview with Andy Prieboy, where we talk about his latest single, “The Death of New Wave.â€
Enjoy holiday cheer from XTC, Squeeze, Molly Johnson, Mel Smith & Kim Wilde, Klark Kent, Band Aid, The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl and more.
As the Mayan calendar closes out on December 21, 2012 and some fear the end of the world is nigh, we put together a list of the top classic alternative songs of the 80ss:
This week: our End of the World special and guest Linda Jo Rizzo
Midge Ure is our guest on this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio. Plus. music from Debora Iyall, The Undertones, Camper Van Beethoven, The Time Bandits, A Flock of Seagulls, The Boomtown Rats and more.
During their European tour earlier this year, Nikki Corvette and The Romeos sing the praises of some delicious gelato in this video (credit: BAMMagazine’s channel on Youtube):
This week, we play music from Stan Ridgway, Immaculate Fools, Noiseworks, Tears For Fears, Yaz, The specials, Wang Chung and more.
The top 11 classic-alternative Halloween songs
This week, play music from Yazoo, King, The Cockroaches, A Flock of Seagulls, The Hoodoo Gurus, Let’s Active, Voice of the Beehive and more
Revenge of the 80s Radio welcomes its newest radio affiliate, Q107FM in Peoria, Illinois.
Today, Robin Lane uses her talents to help others with the various music outreach programs she originated under her Songbird Sings organization umbrella. Her new record company, Funzalo Records, recently released recordings of some of Lane’s standout tracks in a compilation titled The Deli Platters Versions.
Highlights from around the blogosphere:
This week, Suzi Quatro is our very special guest. We will also play tracks from her 2011 album, In the Spotlight.
Men Without Hats will hit the road beginning September 5th in San Diego.The band plans to play classics and songs from their new album, Love In the Age of War.
Longtime ska musician Andy Keys Clark conveys his longtime admiration for classic rock and soul band Dexy’s Midnight Runners with “When Dexy’s Ruled the World,†a tribute single from his new album, The Prophecy.
This week, we feature a new song from ska artist Andy Keys Clark, who pays homage to one of the most inspirational and unique bands of the 1980s, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, with the single, “When Dexy’s Ruled the World.”
This week, Taco Ockerse is our guest. Plus, learn how you can win tickets to see Bow Wow Wow, Gene Loves Jezebel and Dale Bozzio live at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill in NYC on August 21, 2012. We will also play classics by INXS, The Housemartins, Kirsty MacColl, ABC, Jimmy Barnes and more.
This week, we feature a conversation with Haircut 100 bassist Leslie Nemes. Plus, classics from Simple Minds, Wall of Voodoo, The Divinyls, Julie Brown, The Korgis and more.
Alt-rock heavy-hitter Hugh Cornwell today gave fans a preview of the artwork and track list for his forthcoming album, Totem and Taboo
We at Revenge of the 80s Radio welcome our new affiliate: Rock 103FM in Central Illinois. The station plays music of the 70s and 80s (with a little 60s sprinkled in) and is an excellent flashback to the days of great personality radio.
This week, we re-air our September 2011 interview with August “Kid Creole” Darnell.