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Thomas Dolby Adds Extra London Show This August
by Josh Sharpe - August 20, 2024 Already selling-out the city’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire later this month, Dolby has now added a second date in the capital. Billed as ‘Thomas Dolby… The Encore!’, the electronic pioneer will be taking the stage at Islington’s O2 Academy on 24th August....
40th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Dolby's 'The Flat Earth' Coming This Month
by Josh Sharpe - June 17, 2024 In celebration of 40 years of The Flat Earth, BMG is releasing an expanded, 40th Anniversary Edition of the album. As well as the complete tracklisting from the original record, the special release of the anniversary edition includes live tracks, rare mixes and alternate versions of songs from the i...
Totally Tubular Festival Adjusts Lineup for Summer 2024
by Josh Sharpe - June 06, 2024 The 80’s New Wave tour TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL kicks off Tuesday, June 25 in Seattle, WA and the tour organizers have announced a line-up change: “You can’t have a Totally Tubular Festival without The Tubes, so we’ve just added the iconic band from San Francisco to the lineup.” ...
Thomas Dolby Sets UK Tour Dates This Summer With Support From Martin McAloon
by Michael Major - March 08, 2024 Confirming appearances at Newcastle O2 City Hall (16th August), Manchester's O2 Ritz (17th August) and London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (22nd August), the shows will provide a rare opportunity to see the celebrated musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and professor, revisiting his inspiring ...
Totally Tubular Festival to Debut Summer 2024: Everything to Know About the 80's New Wave Tour
by Michael Major - January 04, 2024 Experience the nostalgia of the 80s with iconic music and performances from your favorite New Wave artists. The artists performing on the 2024 tour include THOMAS DOLBY, THOMPSON TWINS' TOM BAILEY, MODERN ENGLISH, MEN WITHOUT HATS, THE ROMANTICS, BOW WOW WOW, TOMMY TUTONE (select markets), and THE P...
Body Of Light Announce New Album 'Bitter Reflection'
by Michael Major - March 14, 2023 Working with Telefon Tel Aviv co-founder Josh Eustis in Los Angeles, Body Of Light incorporated an expanded array of live instrumentation – piano, bass, saxophone, acoustic guitar – in addition to vintage Akai samplers, Moogs, and archaic hardware to Bitter Reflection, giving the albm an eclectic, u...
JJ's Music Retaliation Releases New Album 'My Blue Beat'
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2021 As well as the self-titled single, the long-awaited comeback album from JJ's Music Retaliation also features nine other pieces, including: 'We Have to Make it Better Every Day,' 'You Can't Treat Me Like That Anymore' and 'Slim Beat.'...
Musician Matthew Seligman, Bassist For David Bowie and The Camera Club, Has Died Due to Complications With Coronavirus
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2020 Musician Matthew Seligman has died due to complications with coronavirus at age 64....
Hustle & Drone Announce New Album 'What An Uproar'
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 12, 2019 This October Portland-based band Hustle And Drone will release their new album What An Uproar. Today, the band released the first single 'Stranger' from the forthcoming release. The track premiered at PopMatters and can also be shared at Spotify. About the song, PopMatters says, 'With crystal-clear ...
Martin Gore To Receive Moog Innovation Award at Moogfest
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 23, 2019 Musical pioneer Martin Gore's masterful electronic meditations on the human condition have illuminated the connection between transformative sound and pure emotion for decades. A founding member of the band Depeche Mode, Gore's sensual electronic compositions and introspective lyrics have resonated ...
Moogfest 2019 Announces Thomas Dolby for Three Appearances
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 26, 2019 Moogfest 2019 reveals the latest additions to its performance lineup plus details of its daytime programming for its 15th anniversary celebration in Durham, N.C., April 25–28. ...
String Quartet Ethel Celebrates the Circus at BAM 11/14-17
by Tori Hartshorn - October 16, 2018 As part of the string quartet's 20th anniversary season, ETHEL returns to BAM with Circus: Wandering City, a multimedia musical journey into the history of the iconic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that explores and honors the complex relationship between circus troupes, their performers,...
VIDEO: Showtime to Premiere NEW WAVE: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Documentary March 30
by Macon Prickett - March 08, 2018 U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Cure - over half a billion records sold, but you might have never heard of them if not for a small suburban radio station on Long Island, NY called WLIR 92.7. NEW WAVE: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, premiering on SHOWTIME...
ETHEL String Quartet Announces Winter/Spring Season
by Julie Musbach - December 19, 2017 String Quartet ETHEL, known for their enlivened playing and consistently groundbreaking redefinition of concert music, announces their upcoming Winter/Spring 2018 season. Described as an adventurous quartet with a rock band's zest by the New York Times and deemed a genre unto itself by the Villa...
Mr. Flannery and His Feelings Release New Video 'Pushing Up' on Huffington Post
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2017 Feelings, Mr. Flannery would tell you, are complicated things. Happiness, sadness? Leave the simple stuff to the amateurs. No, Mr. Flannery And His Feelings are after something a little subtler, a little more thoughtful, and ultimately, more provocative: gray areas, moments of ambivalence, aches, su... |