Went back and tweaked my DCAU peeps casual looks
-Minor edits to Chemi

-Kristoffersen I filled his eyes. Typically Asian DCAU chars have empty bracket eyes but this will let me be more expressive

-Lastly Juno I redid her face, changed her outfit colour and gave her darker skin!
#DCAU #NewWavers

Magazine ad from 2002 with photos of a New Romantic club kid with an exuberant hairstyle. Text reads, Planet Earth Thanksgiving. A New Wave Feast with All the Trimmings! Your Menu. Thursday, Nov. 28th. The Main Course: DJ Dave Roberts spins New Wave, Punk & Ska till 4am Appetizers: Pretty Boys. Pretty Girls. Elegantly Seasoned with Glitter, Eyeliner & Safety Pins. Side Dishes: Spiky Hair. Skinny Ties. Wild Dancing. Mad Glamour. Dessert: Warm Devo Cobbler with a Delicate Ramones Sauce! Flaming Duran Duran Pudding Surprise! No Turkeys Were Harmed in the Making of This Ad. Neo, 2350 North Clark. No cover before 12 with ad.

I remember having fun writing the copy for this one. Vintage Nightspots magazine ad for Thanksgiving new wave dance night with DJ Dave Roberts, at Planet Earth Chicago back in 2002. #NewWavers

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

Soft Cell inspired so many other great synthpop acts by demonstrating that synths didn't have to sound chilly & robotic—instead they could be warm, sensual, and even dirty.

As the article notes: Andy Bell of Erasure claimed they “never would have existed” had Soft Cell not existed first. #NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: Altered Images, "Don't Talk to Me About Love" (1983). "Happy Birthday" or "I Could Be Happy" may be better known, but this is my fave by Clare Grogan & Co. DJ Dave Roberts made it a staple at his Planet Earth new wave nights—it was always a fun time on the dance floor. #NewWavers

Bonus: "Cold Love" (1982), one of my favorite Phil 'n' the Blanks songs that doesn't have an actual video, from their terrific second album Lands and Peoples. That edgy, spiky guitar riff just cooks. #NewWavers

🧵 #SaturdayNewWave: "Head Screwed On" (1983) by Chicago's homegrown #NewWavers, Phil 'n' the Blanks. Their energy was right on the line between punk & new wave, reminiscent of bands like Devo, The B-52's, and Romeo Void. I bet their budget for this video was about 50 bucks—but the song is fantastic.

I will add that only New Zealand could have produced this, and that's high praise

#NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: Men Without Hats are back with a new song! This is a lot of fun with just the right degree of self-aware tongue-in-cheekiness, I think. #NewWavers

Basic Elements Live (042223) Basic Elements · Album · 2025 · 7 songs

OUT NOW • B.E. Live EP • Captured during our 2023 homecoming show in Phoenix, AZ • The set includes live versions of our released singles, plus two new songs, and features Dan Konopka of OKGo on drums.

Out now on all platforms. Long live the #newwavers

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Amanda Lear ... what a wild charisma she has.

I'll sell you dreams and new desires
I'm trading hopes, I'm open late
I am the night, I am your fate
So follow me
Just follow me

#NewWavers

#newwavers #musicsky #music #nowplaying #80s #newwave

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#SaturdayNewWave: Aztec Camera, "Good Morning Britain." In 1990, Roddy Frame teamed up with Mick Jones of Big Audio Dynamite and The Clash for this absolute scorcher—with lyrics that feel as relevant today as they did then. "The past is steeped in shame/but tomorrow's fair game ... " #NewWavers

“Our love is the faith that keeps on burning…”
For Mike Peters, an inspiration, a fighter. Rest in STRENGTH. 🖤🎶 #newwavers #80smusic

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The Cure, live in Orange. Shake Dog Shake. \m/

#musicsky #indiemusic #music #newwavers

#SaturdayNewWave: The Korgis, "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" (1980). This has had some high-profile covers (I especially love the Dream Academy's version from 1987)—but none quite equal the magic of the original. Apex video moment: the violinist serenading a clowder of moonlit cats. 🐈‍⬛ #NewWavers

This is an excellent spelunking of the hidden depths of The B-52s' "Rock Lobster"— including its origin and some of its ripple effects. #NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: Pete Shelley, "Homosapien" (1981). His first single as a solo artist, post-Buzzcocks. I still remember seeing this video on MTV as a high school kid, circa 1982, and thinking: how is he getting away with this? How is something this joyfully queer on television? Sublime. #NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: Icehouse (aka Flowers), "We Can Get Together" (1980). One of my all-time favorite videos. Not only a fantastic song with just the right blend of edgy synths, jagged guitars, and catchy hooks—but they scooped a-ha on the animated-sketch visual style by several years. #NewWavers

Always and forever a #newwavers #80smusic lover! ♥

“And the world comes tumbling down…”

🖤🎶 #newwavers #80smusic #darkwave #goth

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#SaturdayNewWave: Blondie, "Atomic" (1980). Fourth single from their 1979 album Eat to the Beat. "Joyfully apocalyptic" is a difficult mood to pull off, but I think Ms. Harry & Co. achieve it here. Plus I'm a sucker for that trash-bag wearing, robot-dancing era of punk & new wave. #NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: "The corporation's boiling over / everybody's taking over ... " Wall of Voodoo's best song, IMO: "Back in Flesh," from their standout appearance in Urgh! A Music War (1981). Originally from their debut album Dark Continent. "Well, you can't tell me what to do!" #NewWavers

... but he's a liar, and I'm not sure about you.

#NewWavers

#SaturdayNewWave: Erasure, "Love to Hate You" (1991), from their flawless fifth album Chorus. There are so many great Erasure videos to choose from, but I feel like they really outdid themselves with this one for sheer spectacle. Also the mood of it feels ... timely. #NewWavers

“You wear guilt
Like shackles on your feet
Like a halo in reverse…”

🖤🎶 #newwavers #newwave #darkwave #goth

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“When you think your chance is passing by…”

🖤🎶 #newwavers #darkwave #goth

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#SaturdayNewWave: Grace Jones, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (1981). Third single from her legendary album Nightclubbing—and as I once wrote elsewhere*, perhaps the bubbliest little ode to rear entry ever recorded. This always packed the floor at DJ Dave Roberts's Planet Earth new wave nights. #NewWavers

How Bad Do U Want Me Lady Gaga · MAYHEM · Song · 2025

Listening to Lady Gaga’s latest “Mayhem” and my ears detected a Yazoo instrumental sample (“Only You”) on “How Bad Do U Want Me”?!! Do you hear it too?

🖤🎶 #newwavers #80smusic #darkwave #LadyGaga #Mayhem

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a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a computer . ALT: a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a computer .

Kudos to whoever selects the music for “Severance” episodes @benstiller.redhour.com. I was thrilled to hear The Cult’s “Fire Woman” close out this week’s episode!!

🖤🎶 #newwavers #80smusic #darkwave #goth

“The soft and the black and the velvety…”

🖤🎶 #newwavers #80smusic #darkwave #goth #TheCure @thecure.com

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