1980s

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