1980s

Prog rock – not for me, mate. As I mentioned in the review of So, the whiff of middle-aged, socially […]

I’m not into prog-rock – it carries the whiff of slightly overweight middle-aged men who hand paint small plastic models

Robert Smith, lead singer of goth rock band The Cure, put it like this: “Duran Duran (…) loved us, and

To continue the discussion from the Remain in Light review about classifying late 70s / early 80s music; are Tears

In the Remain in Light review, I suggested that the defining feature of new wave music is the synthesiser –

So what exactly is “new wave” music? And what is its relationship to this thing called “post-punk”? Am I expected

Madonna, Prince, and Michael Jackson are typically said to comprise the (un)holy triumvirate of world bestriding 80s pop universalism, the

Purple Rain sounds like futuristic jazz music; a unique, somewhat chaotic, almost sci-fi blend of pop, rock, funk, R’n’B, and

I grew up with the Sting of the 90s, the messianic, humanitarian spiritual guru singing orientalist dance songs and talking

In my imagination, the 60s and the 90s are decades of eternal sunshine, characterised by an upbeat, optimistic spirit and