The debut solo album from one-half of British experimental pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma goes heavy on the synthesizers and the ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

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 ...

Rounding-out our homage to Ministry’s underground 80s days, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re going all the way back to ...

Charles Kelley of Lady A is releasing his second solo album, "Songs for a New Moon," on June 25, 2025, featuring an '80s synth-pop sound. Inspired by artists like Peter Gabriel and Hall and Oates, ...

Depeche Mode has never shied away from dealing with tough topics. While the band might be primarily known for its dance hit “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode has managed to keep up a pop beat ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Morten Harket, frontman of the famous Norwegian band A-ha, has Parkinson’s disease. The 65-year-old singer opened up about his diagnosis and treatment in an article on the band’s website. “I’ve got no ...