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hus week on Revenge of the 80s, we re-broadcast our Canadian music special
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will air a re-broadcast of our 1021 interview with Ginger Coyote, Founder and Editor of Punk Globe Magazine and lead singer of the White Trash Debutantes.
This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we dedicate Hour 2 of the show to classic alternative artists from Canada, featuring Men Without Hats, Spoons, Doug & the Slugs, Martha & the Muffins, Blue Peter, The Kings and more.
his week on a new Revenge of the 80s Radio, we dedicate Hour 2 to great Australian artists of the 80s.
One of the new wave movement’s most defining drummers passed on Monday. Alan Myers, who joined Devo in 1976 and was with the band for a decade, died from brain cancer.
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.
Morrissey’s publicist announced that continued health problems have forced the singer to cancel the rest of his U.S. tour.
Big Country announced their May concert dates in Europe as they continue to put together their Journey Tour 2013. After playing throughout April in the U.K. and Ireland, the band will perform 15 shows in 18 days on the mainland beginning on May 14 in Venue, France.
New wave party band The B-52s will lead a star-studded lineup at the Rewind the 80s Music Festival on August 16-18 at Henley-on-Thames in the U.K. Event organizers confirmed the group’s participation today.
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.
Enjoy holiday cheer from XTC, Squeeze, Molly Johnson, Mel Smith & Kim Wilde, Klark Kent, Band Aid, The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl and more.
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.
This week, we have a conversation with Johnette Napolitano. Concrete Blonde will tour the Eastern U.S. in December as the band has also officially released two new tracks, “Rosalie” and “I See the Ghost,”
This week, we play music from Stan Ridgway, Immaculate Fools, Noiseworks, Tears For Fears, Yaz, The specials, Wang Chung and more.
This week: classics from Fuzzbox, Wang Chung, Eurythmics, Icehouse, The Brains, The Communards, The Passions, Big Country 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
Our 9/28 Revenge of the 80s Radio podcast/syndication edit is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we have a conversation with rock icon Bebe Buell
Highlights from around the blogosphere:
A-ha frontman Morten Harket will be honored for his pro-environmental work at an annual ceremony as The Clean Tech Media Award will present the singer with the first Green Media Award.
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 re-air our September 2011 interview with August “Kid Creole” Darnell.
Aimee Mann says she will release a new album later this year. According to her website, Charmer, will be released on Septemner 18th thruogh Superego Records. It will be her eighth solo collection and first since 2008’s @#%&”! Smilers.
Months after completing their first North American tour in over 20 years, Men Without Hats releases their first full album in nine years, Love in the Age of War.
Check out our new Revenge of the 80s Radio store at Zazzle.com for cool merch: T-shirts, doggie shirts, ale steins, pillows, mousepads and more. Show the world your love for classic alternative music and the 80s with cool Revenge of the 80s stuff: http://www.zazzle.com/revengeofthe80s
This week, Maryam Zadeh, the current Tapps lead singer, is our guest. PLUS, our list of the Top 11 Horn/Sax solos of the 1980s
The recent passing of Men At Work’s Greg Ham, who was well-known for his woodwinds work on some of the band’s biggest hits, inspired me to look back into the classic alternative era for its eleven most memorable sax and horn solos:
Canadian new wavers Men Without Hats and Trans-X are set to release new albums in May.