The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

The post Ministry Play Early Synth-Pop Songs for First Time in 40 Years at Cruel World Fest: Photos + Video appeared first on Consequence. Ministry went back to their synth-pop roots at the Cruel ...

Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

THE GOOD: British electronic legends and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Depeche Mode returns with its 15th (first in six years). THE BAD: Just bittersweet. “Mori” is the band’s first release since the ...

Howard Jones has always been at the cusp of innovation. Whether it be the new wave sound he brought to the United States in the 1980s, his high-tech set-ups, or his measured interest in the ...

British synth-pop, was a sub-genre of New Wave music that first emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Queer bands like The Communards, Pet Shop Boys, and Erasure embraced the sound and helped ...

Following on from their fantastic shows in 2024, the timeless Synth-Pop geniuses of The Human League will return to New Zealand in February 2027 with their highly anticipated Generations: The Greatest ...

Conan Gray has successfully traversed most terrain in the indie-pop landscape of what he so appropriately deems “Crush Culture” in a track on his debut EP Sunset Season. Having mastered the alluring ...

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