If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

Howard Jones has always been at the cusp of innovation. Whether it be the new wave sound he brought to the United States in the 1980s, his high-tech set-ups, or his measured interest in the ...

Lorde's comeback track What Was That hits like a jolt of electric blue after nearly four years of silence - a shimmering synth-pop burst that takes the heartbreak baton from Melodrama and sprints with ...

When a new Aretha Franklin single would drop in the '60s, Franklin's most hardcore fans rejoiced. That thrill is back, because Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Save Me" -- which generously samples ...

As with many strains of music, the ’80s U.K. synth-pop scene can be traced back to David Bowie. In 1976, Thin White Duke-era Bowie released Station To Station, which embellished his soul-boogie ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Fishing for trends at the South by Southwest festival is an often futile, dopey task, with nearly 2,000 distinct and divisive musical acts vying for attention in venues across the city ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

“Don’t worry,” announces the warped robot voice at the start of Prince‘s 1999. “I won’t hurt U. I only want U2 have some fun.” Is this the voice of God? Or Prince‘s synthesizers talking back to him?