The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

The truth is that synth-pop can be many things. Sure, it must be synth-driven, and the era begins in the late 1970s, but the ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

The post Ministry Play Early Synth-Pop Songs for First Time in 40 Years at Cruel World Fest: Photos + Video appeared first on Consequence. Ministry went back to their synth-pop roots at the Cruel ...

Few sub-genres of music are as timeless and inventive as the world of synth-pop. One could say that the electronic movement is having a renaissance in 2023—as it seems like every artist working today ...

THE GOOD: British electronic legends and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Depeche Mode returns with its 15th (first in six years). THE BAD: Just bittersweet. “Mori” is the band’s first release since the ...

British synth-pop, was a sub-genre of New Wave music that first emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Queer bands like The Communards, Pet Shop Boys, and Erasure embraced the sound and helped ...

Tall and blond and beautiful, goofily engaging others while still very much in love, Camp Crush carry just enough of their sustained romantic fulfillment to their concerts that we’re glad the ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

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