Personal Archives – Page 6 of 16

January 20, 2024

Blue Plate Special: Danse Society

The Danse Society is (was) an English gothic rock band that originated in 1980. Initially known as Y? and then...

January 13, 2024

Blue Monday is a landmark song by the British rock band New Order. Released as a 12-inch single on March...

January 6, 2024

Radiohead, an influential English rock band formed in 1985, is known for its experimental music that has significantly shaped alternative...

December 30, 2023

If you are a fan of the industrial music genre, then you need to check out the video Before Nine...

December 16, 2023

As we go into the holidays, I thought I’d put together a short playlist of some of the songs that...

December 9, 2023

Dead Can Dance, an Australian neoclassical darkwave band from Melbourne, was formed in August 1981 by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan...

November 4, 2023

After hooking up a new (vintage) rack stereo system (I’ll share more on that in the future), I found myself...

October 21, 2023

Another band that shaped my teen years, The Smiths were founded in Manchester, UK in 1982, consisting of iconic figures:...

October 14, 2023

In the summer of 1988, I was listening to euro-techno and dance music (mostly Ultravox and Depeche Mode) and was...

October 7, 2023

The Beat, also known as the English Beat in North America and the British Beat in Australia, was a prominent...