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New Wave Super Friends

homunculus — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:55:58 -0800

The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends by Butcher Billy. [Via]

Say you love me or I’ll kill you!

Rory Marinich — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:21:22 -0800

Jun Togawa is sort of like what you'd get if you crossed Kate Bush and Mike Patton. Togawa, who became known in Japanese culture after appearing in a bidet commercial, was half of the electro-cabaret band Guernica, which sometimes sounded very classical and sometimes sounded very new wave and sometimes much stranger. Somewhat more straightforward is her rock outfit Yapoos, which similarly varies quite a bit in sound and style. Her solo work, unsurprisingly, is quite melodramatic, with some very interesting arrangements, both parodically poppy and funky. I particularly like her covers of All Tomorrow's Parties by the Velvet Underground, Brigitte Fontaine's Comme à la Radio, and – weirdly – Pachelbel's Canon.

Turning all your joy to pain, in pursuit of learning.

timsteil — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:25:02 -0800

Into Tomorrow, is a documentary about Paul Weller.

A free and curious woman!

obscurator — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:28:56 -0800

Known affectionately as the Grandmother of the French New Wave, documentary filmmaker Agnes Varda has captured alien, and familiar aspects of life in China [1957], Cuba [1963] and her own memory of of life in France. DOC Alliance is currently screening 17 of Varda's documentary works until February 17th. Black Panthers Daguerreotypes Diary of a Pregnant Woman Documenteur Elsa La Rose La Pointe Courte L'Univers de Jacques Demy Mur Murs Quelques Veuves de Noirmoutier Salut les Cubains The Beaches of Agnes The Gleaners and I The So-Called Caryatids Two Years Later Uncle Yanco Women Reply: Our Bodies, Our Sex Ydessa, The Bears and Etc.

Welcome To New Wave Theatre

Room 641-A — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:54:18 -0800

In 1980, director David Jove created New Wave Theatre, an L.A.-based music show showcasing live performances by California hardcore punk rock bands. Jove tapped former Billboard editor Ed Ochs to co-write, and musician Peter Ivers to host and interview the guests. The low-budget show provided the perfect setting to showcase the DIY attitude of groups such as Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, FEAR, and Bad Religion, as well as many lesser-known bands. Originally airing on local public access channel 18, it was later broadcast as part of USA Network's Night Flight (previously) line-up. In 1983 Ivers was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment, which ended the show's run. LIVE PERFORMANCES 45 Grave - Evil Angry Samoans - Steak Knife/Pictures of Matchstick Men/Inside My Brain + interview Bad Religion - Bad Religion/Slaves/Oligarchy + interview Castration Squad - A Date With A Jerk + interview Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets The Clique - Lifeline/(Do It For) Mommy + interview Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia Earth Lies Burning - Another Six Year Old + interview FEAR - New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones + interview The Fibonaccis - The Narcissist + interview Gun Club - Fire Spirit Kaos - Nuclear Nightmare Legal Weapon - Future Heat + interview The Mentors - Get Up and Die + interview Red Wedding - So We Make History + interview Suburban Lawns - Janitor + interview Surf Punks - My Beach + interview U.X.A. - Paraoia Is Freedom

Talking Heads: Live in Rome 1980 full concert

BoringPostcards — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:57:49 -0800

Talking Heads, Live in Rome, 1980 The Talking Heads concert film you haven't seen: the show that would eventually be recorded in the (awesome) concert film Stop Making Sense 3 years later, recorded while it was still a bit weird and uncertain. And therefore, wonderful. Several individual songs from this show were compiled a few years ago in an excellent post by Meatbomb.

Get off your arse!

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:29:51 -0800

The Way They Were (SLYT... 1:07:45 'The tape fails there!')... an old Granada / Channel 4 program that was a compilation of Tony Wilson's So It Goes a show that featured performances from some of the best British Punk and New Wave bands of the time.

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Dean358 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:58:29 -0800

"Reagan's president elect...." 30+ years ago Heaven 17 released their first single, (WE DON'T NEED THIS) FASCIST GROOVE THANG. Stop your good time dancing, 'cause here they are three decades later (still) performing it at Abbey Road studio and sounding pretty fine. Turn volume up before playing.

Not Punk

freshwater — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:31 -0800

In which a commercial humorously describes The Human League and Huey Lewis as Punk.

WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing

Trurl — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:40:36 -0800

WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing covered a range of cultural issues and was widely known for its innovative use of graphic art. Started as a simple one-man operation that included artwork and text solicited from friends and acquaintances, the production, team, and circulation of the magazine would grow over the years. Its content also evolved to cover a wider expanse of stories that captured a smart and artsy Los Angeles attitude that was emerging at the same time as punk, but with its own distinct aesthetic. The magazine’s energetic creativity and flair for the absurd would remain a constant. As design problems arose, solutions were often improvised on the spot, creating a quirky and prescient editorial sensibility that remains one of WET's most enduring legacies. Its layout and design helped to catalyze the graphic styles (NSFW) later known as New Wave and Postmodern.

The future sure looked better when we were in the past, didn't it?

ashbury — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:49:21 -0800

Most people have heard of Daniel Lanois for his production work with U2 and Brian Eno but he started his climb to fame with a little band called Martha and the Muffins who had a monster hit song. Martha and the Muffins created their biggest hit, Echo Beach in 1980 without his help but when his sister Jocelyn joined the band in 1981, it came to be that he produced their album This Is the Ice Age, on which you would find another awesome song, Women Around the World at Work and Swimming. Saxophone player Andy Haas, an integral part of the Muffins, left the band in 1982 after having "issues" with his bandmates. Martha and the Muffins changed their name to M+M and put out another song to reach the charts, Danseparc in 1983, and Black Stations/White Stations in 1984. Time passed with another minor hit and not much more but the group never formally broke up. Singer Martha and guitar Mark got married, had a child, moved from Canada to England and back. In 2010 they released Delicate. Their time had come and gone, but the track Drive shows that they still know how to make half decent music. Other goodies There were two Marthas, Johnson and Ladly. Martha Johnson sang lead and had the voice on most if not all of their hits. Ladly moved on to work with Peter Gabriel, Robert Palmer, Roxy Music, The Associates, OMD, and was New Order's Peter Saville's girlfriend. That's her painting on the cover of their 1981 EP Factus 8. For the curious - An interview The meaningless - Mojo's list of 100 singles you must own, Echo Beach at #67 and the only Canadian band on the list. The odd fact - On a gazillion compilations, but a strange and pointless tidbit, novelist Ian Banks has it on his own personal collection CD. And what's he up to today? Andy Haas and his saxophone moved to NYC and is currently in avant-gard jazz band Radio I-Ching. And what happened to...? Jocelyne Lanois went on to help form Canadian folk/rock band Crash Vegas (that's not her in the video - that's the wonderful Michelle McAdorey). Jocelyne played on Sarah McLachlan's album Solace as well as Martha and the Muffins latest album.

Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Rodney Bingenheimer documentary

planetkyoto — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:25:25 -0800

In Southern California in the 1980s, KROQ had this weird un-DJ-like guy named (seriously) Rodney Bingenheimer, who came on late at night on Sundays and played punk records and new bands like Blondie, The Ramones, X, Joan Jett, Devo and Cheap Trick. Did this weirdo really have some influence? A 90-minute 2004 documentary now on YouTube, Mayor of the Sunset Strip (Part 1) tells his story, and it's weirder than you may have imagined. Literally abandoned at age 16 by his autograph-hound mother in front of Connie Stevens' L.A. home, Bingenheimer embedded himself in the L.A. music scene and never left. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Diva"

Trurl — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:31:11 -0800

The French romantic thriller “Diva” dashes along with a pellmell gracefulness, and it doesn’t take long to see that the images and visual gags and homages all fit together and reverberate back and forth. It’s a glittering toy of a movie... This one is by a new director, Jean-Jacques Beineix... who understands the pleasures to be had from a picture that doesn’t take itself very seriously. Every shot seems designed to delight the audience. - Pauline Kael, 1982 "La Wally" "Sentimental Walk"

"It's called 'New Wave Rock'" - Hugh Downs

shannonm — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:21:54 -0800

'New Wave' means a loud rock and roll dance band like The Ramones, it means the angry punk politics of The Clash, and it also means the sort of intellectual art rock typified by The Talking Heads. A 20/20 segment from 1979 explores the origins and influence of New Wave, including live footage and brief interviews with The Clash and Talking Heads, as well as short clips of Levi and the Rockats, The Ramones, and Klaus Nomi. [via slicing up eyeballs and jukeboxgraduate.]

New Wave Time Warp

escabeche — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:57:43 -0800

New Wave Time Warp is a tumblr featuring video of songs exactly thirty years after their release. Thirty years ago today: Pete Shelley, Homosapien.

Stop Motion Live Transmission

jivadravya — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:42:33 -0800

Playmobil Joy Division Performs "Transmission" (SLYT)

He has the pipes

Askiba — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:02:22 -0800

In defense of Simply Red. A look at Mick Hucknall, and the 25 years since the band's debut Picture Book.

New Wave and the New Age: a Blondie Songwriter's Mystic Trip.

darth_tedious — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:51:44 -0800

Touched By Your Presence, Dear: Ex-Blondie songwriter and bassist Gary Lachman (aka "Gary Valentine") blogs (and is interviewed) about his books on Jung, Steiner, Ouspensky, and Sixties mysticism, and his time spent toiling in the fields of Crowleyana and The Gurdjieff Work.

I want to be Forever Young

hippybear — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:49:48 -0800

In April 1984, an unknown band's first single pushed Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax" off the top spot in the German music charts. Big In Japan marked the beginning of Alphaville's lengthy career. When Marian Gold, Frank Mertens Google Translate page, and Bernhard Lloyd Google Translate page first performed (as Forever Young), they only had a small handful of songs, many of which they would later record as Alphaville. After forming an artist collective in Münster and working on music in their off-hours, they finally renamed themselves as Alphaville and began shopping around their demo tape. WEA quickly signed them, and released Big In Japan in January of 1984. After the success of that single, the band quickly got to work on a full album, to be released later that year. Forever Young was a giant success, charting in most of Europe and making a minor splash in the US. The album's new wave synthpop was well received, and eventually yielded three more singles: Sounds Like A Melody, Forever Young (easily their most famous track), and The Jet Set (video has odd synch issues).

Forever Young: A Victory Of Love, Summer In Berlin, Big In Japan (album version), To Germany With Love, Fallen Angel, Forever Young (alternate video), In The Mood, Sounds Like A Melody, Lies, The Jet Set (album version). Bonus Tracks: Forever Young (1984 Dance Version), Sounds Like A Melody (1984 Extended Mix), The Jet Set (1985 Extended Version).

Alphaville spent most of 1984 promoting Forever Young and its singles across Europe, and by the end of the year, Frank Mertens was burned out and left the group. He was replaced by Ricky Echolette, and the band began to build their own studio and quickly went to work on their second project. While the first album had been performed nearly entirely on a Roland TR 606, a Korg MS-20, and an ARP Odyssey, the band was determined to expand their sound. And also to expand their ambition -- while Forever Young was a collection of singles, the next work would be a cohesive work. Afternoons In Utopia began life as a double concept album, but after the studio balked, it was whittled down and finally released in 1986 as a single album length. A curious mystic journey across space and time, involving some of Timothy Leary's and John Lilly's concepts (specifically Space Migration-Intelligence Increase-Life Extension [S.M.I².L.E.] and dolphin communication), Afternoons In Utopia features nearly 30 guest musicians. It yielded five singles: Dance With Me, Universal Daddy, Jerusalem (television appearance - not official video), Sensations, and Red Rose.

Afternoons In Utopia: IAO (International Aquarian Opera), Fantastic Dream, Jerusalem (album version), Dance With Me, Afternoons In Utopia (version incorporates IAO's acapella intro with main song), Sensations (album version), 20th Century, The Voyager, Carol Masters, Universal Daddy, Lassie Come Home, Red Rose, Lady Bright. Bonus Tracks: Dance With Me (1986 Extended Version), Dance With Me (Paul Van Dyk Long Run), Dance With Me (Sebastian Komor Remix 2009), Sensations (1986 Extended Mix), Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix).

The cast of characters and recurring themes in Afternoons In Utopia played into Alphaville's desire to create a multi-media musical based on the project. This ambition never was fulfilled, as the band seemed to have already moved on toward their newest project -- a music based motion picture. To date, aside from a New Years Eve concert before their career had even begun, Alphaville had not actually played any concerts. They were hoping to bypass the need to tour by taking a tip from the Beatles' playbook -- create a media event for fans to watch instead, allowing them to explore ideas they'd had since their days as part of the Nelson Project art collective. While they began the new album, a collection of tracks from their first two albums was released in East Germany, selected specifically to avoid any of the social commentary which was prevalent on both albums. The Breathtaking Blue was finally released in 1989, to very little fanfare. WEA refused to do much promotion for the album (beginning the band's long feud with their music label), and the distinct shift in style was a shock to Alphaville's fans. Producer Klaus Schulze (of Tangerine Dream) worked with the band on a collection of tracks which were much more jazz influenced than anything on either of their first two albums. Recorded leisurely at Luna Park, the studio the band had finally completed, it again boasted a huge roster of guest musicians, and used a lot more "real" instruments than ever before. It was also one of the first albums to be released in the short-lived CD+G format, with lyrics and panning images playing while listening to the album. The Breathtaking Blue featured three singles: Romeos, Summer Rain, and Mysteries Of Love. It was soon accompanied by the 1990 collection of short films, Songlines, with each track featuring a contribution from a different international director. (One of these films, Middle Of The Riddle, would win the Best Animated Short Oscar™ in 1989 with a different edit and soundtrack.) Songlines enjoyed a short cinema tour around Germany in early 1990, and was later released on VHS and Laserdisc.

The Breathtaking Blue: Summer Rain, Romeos (album version), She Fades Away (album version), The Mysteries Of Love, Ariana, Heaven Or Hell, For A Million (album version - edited video from Songlines), Middle Of The Riddle, Patricia's Park, Anyway.

Alphaville was beginning to feel the strain of lack of studio support and flagging sales, and the band began to pursue individual interests. In 1992, Marian Gold released his first solo album, So Long Celeste (And I Wonder, One Step Behind You, Sweet Needles Of Success), and the greatest hits album First Harvest 1984-92 was released, featuring original tracks and single mixes from the first three Alphaville albums. After a five year break, Alphaville was back with 1994's Prostitute, the last album they would record at Luna Park Studio. Their most political and musically-diverse album, it received zero promotional support from WEA, which led to the band eventually breaking ties with the label. Prostitute both puzzled and thrilled fans, some of whom were alienated by the continuing departure from the band's synthpop roots, and others who delighted in the musical and lyrical breadth the album achieved. It featured two singles, Fools and The Impossible Dream.

Prostitute: The Paradigm Shift, Fools, Beethoven (not available), Ascension Day (fan video), The Impossible Dream (less-than-ideal sound quality), Parade (fan video), Ain't It Strange (not available), All In The Golden Afternoon (not available), Oh Patti / Ivory Tower, Faith, Iron John (fan video), The One Thing (fan video), Some People, Euphoria, Apollo. Bonus Track: Fools (1994 Twelve Inch).

In 1995, well over a decade after Forever Young's New Year's Eve concert, Alphaville finally embarked on their first actual tour. Their live band at first only included Marian Gold from the studio line-up, although Bernhard did begin touring with the band shortly. Ricky didn't tour for personal reasons. The three-year long tour took the band all over Europe and parts of Asia and gave them a presence they had never had before, and they were soon performing new material intended for their next album. Meanwhile, Marian released another solo album, United (Caroline (fan video); Feathers And Tar; Say It Ain't So, Joe (Murray Head cover); Five Years (David Bowie Cover), Cosmopolitician(fan video) ). By 1997, Ricky Echolette had left the band to pursue private interests, and the remaining duo of Marian and Bernhard released their fifth album, Salvation in 1997 (1999 in the US). Released on the band's own NAVIGATOR label, the album was a return to Alphaville's synthpop roots, and coupled with their lengthy tour returned the band to popularity in many countries. Three singles were released from Salvation: Wishful Thinking, Flame (fan video), and Soul Messiah.

Salvation: Inside Out, Monkey In The Moon, Guardian Angel, Wishful Thinking, Flame (fan video), Point Of Know Return (not a Kansas cover), Control, Dangerous Places, Spirit Of The Age, Soul Messiah, New Horizons, Pandora's Lullaby. Bonus Tracks: Life Is King, Wishful Thinking (Physical Mix).

In 1999, the band released Dreamscapes, an 8-CD collection of remixes, demos, b-sides, and unreleased tracks. An unprecedented box set, it pulled together tracks from across Alphaville's history, and contained a whopping 9.5 hours of material. [Ed. note -- much of this material can be found online, but I will not include it here.] It yielded one single (Elegy[fan video]) and fleshed out the band's development for fans and kicked off a 17-country tour and was documented in their live album and video, 2000's Stark Naked And Absolutely Live, recorded mostly in (of all places) Salt Lake City, UT. Soon followed a companion album to Dreamscapes (another 4 CDs in 2003 under the name of CrazyShow, and a remix album (2001's Forever Pop). Alphaville continued to tour relentlessly, mostly in Europe, feeding their continuing fan base that has been with them for over twenty years at this point. Bernhard has left the band and the name Alphaville continues with Marian Gold. The story of Alphaville continues with the October 2010 release of their new album Catching Rays On Giant. The first single has been making the rounds in Germany already. Here, finally, is the current single I Die For You Today (radio recording). Bonus Reading: Cosmic Meadows - The Alphaville Encyclopedia (featuring lyrics for songs, all personnel and groups associated with Alphaville, etc), Those Were The Days - 20 Jahre Alphaville (extensive German .pdf history of the band), Moonbase (Official Alphaville website -- very flash intensive)

I don't even drive!

The Whelk — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:46:31 -0800

In the mid 80s Honda produced a series of commercials for its popular scooter series by employing a motley collection of (mostly musical) celebrities. DEVO - Grace Jones (with Adam Ant) - Miles Davis - Loud Reed (or his music anyway) - Jim McMahon - Sandra Bernhardt

'80s Obscura

puny human — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:59:31 -0800

Obscure, overlooked, early '80s new wave/electro/artpunk. JOHN FEKNER CITY SQUAD: Player on left. Try 2 4 5 7 9 11. Or better just listen to them all. Eighties synth wave doesn't get much better than this. Sound collage at the next level. Throbbing synths + icy guitar: Beautiful Skin - Harsh distraction. Gods of psychedelic coldwave, Lives of Angels (Gallis Pole). Trees: Sleep Convention. And Necropolis of Love (yes, that is how we danced in the eighties).

RIP Larry Cassidy, frontman of Section 25, dead at 56

Unicorn on the cob — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:21:35 -0800

Section 25 frontman Larry Cassidy, 56, has died. The news was first reported by journalist and punk musician John Robb on his blog; at this time, no cause of death has been released. Larry and his brother, Vincent, formed Section 25 in 1977 and were signed to Factory Records. Highly influenced by Joy Division, the band's first single, "Girls Don't Count," was produced by Larry's mentor and friend, Ian Curtis. However, their biggest and most influential single was arguably "Looking From a Hilltop" from the 1984 album, From The Hip. The single was a radical departure from previous releases, especially since the vocals were sung by Larry's then-wife, Jenny, who died of cancer in 2004. Section 25 disbanded in 1986, but re-formed shortly before Jenny's death to record Part-Primitiv. Despite taking a long break from music after the collapse of the Factory label, Larry stayed busy, touring with friend and former label mate Peter Hook in 2008 and releasing Nature + Degree in May 2009. Larry and Vincent were working on another CD release, Retrofit, at the time of his death and had played a gig together in Brussels December 12, 2009. Larry's daughter, Bethany, recently joined the band and sung vocals on new and old tracks -- including the ones originally sung by her mother, Jenny.

Duty Then for the Present

anazgnos — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:56 -0800

Currently gearing up for their first new album in 20 years (previously), Devo are making their new single "Fresh" available for free download for the next 24 hours. As part of their comeback effort, Devo performed last night at the Olympic Victory ceremony - having been required, with 72 hours notice, to change their video presentation when their original program was deemed "not appropriate". Devo, Inc. COO "Greg Scholl" has been issuing public service announcements regarding Devo's renewed corporate partnership with Warner Bros. They've been employing focus groups to vet their new material and image. They're running a "color study" on their website to guide their visual approach, which may have had something to the change of their iconic "energy domes" from red to blue for the Olympics performance.

ART/new york

vronsky — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:48:44 -0800

Paul Tschinkel is the producer and director of the series called ART/new york. -- After showing video pieces in New York galleries, he turned to the fledgling New York cable system (Manhattan Cable downtown and Warner Cable uptown), producing a half hour weekly arts program - a gallery on television. From 1974 to 1979 Paul Tschinkel's Inner- Tube was devoted to conceptual and narrative video art pieces. In 1979, Tschinkel turned from taping in his studio in Soho to recording and producing live Punk/New Wave music from New York clubs. This program, which ran from 1979 to 1984, presaged MTV and was the seminal Rock& Roll show that featured music from CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Max's Kansas City and many other venues in New York. It presented many young bands like the Ramones, Mink de Ville, The Cramps, The Heartbreakers, The Dead Kennedy's among many others. Johnny Thunders, Klaus Nomi, Jayne County ll Julian Schnabel, Lee Krasner, Malcolm Morley ll JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT Interview ll The Dead Boys ll Mink DeVille and Paul Shapiro ll Klaus Nomi (1982) ll Robert Mapplethorpe ll more here ll full dvd's available at ART/new york

Its called Wipeout...WHY DON'T YOU SHUTUP ?

celerystick — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:22:05 -0800

Alan Vega live... It's not Billy Idol, Elvis, or Springsteen, its just Alan Vega and "Its called Wipeout...why don't you shut up"