The 1980s were a somewhat odd decade for music, and that includes these R&B/funk gems that found a way to be great against ...

This song might have come out in 1978, but it certainly captured the energy of 1980s new wave synth-pop. In fact, in 1980, Grace Jones recorded a cover of “Warm Leatherette” that became a massive new ...

But from all that experimentation came some really great songs—tracks that despite the odds will last throughout the decades. And that’s just what we wanted to highlight here below. Indeed, these are ...

New wave was the music movement that merged edgy rock and raucous punk with a synth-driven adhesive, uniting all the best elements of the decades that came before into a buoyant, edgy sound. Late ...

Can you name these iconic 1980 hits from just one lyric? The year 1980 brought new wave energy, post-disco grooves, and unforgettable rock anthems to the airwaves. From Giorgio Moroder’s sleek ...

In the late 1980s, Elizabeth Ai liked to pile into a car with her not-that-much-older uncle and aunts and ride around Orange County, California, blasting New Wave music and getting away from their ...