Kent, England’s beloved Catherine Bush turns 61 today. After a half-century of songwriting, the artist can look back proudly on a career that has balanced commercial success…… Read more “Kate Bush Albums Ranked Best to Still Pretty Wonderful”
Category: New Wave
New Order in Chicago – 1983 (free download)
A big Kangol tip to The Power of Independent Trucking for securing a copy of New Order’s legendary 1983 set at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago. I’ve written…… Read more “New Order in Chicago – 1983 (free download)”
Souvenir: A 36-year old album you should buy right now
The lead single from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s 13th studio disc drops today. “La Mitrailleuse” is a vintage slice of the electropop that made the Wirral,…… Read more “Souvenir: A 36-year old album you should buy right now”
That time I met Richard Kirk on Facebook
In 1985, right about this time of year, my friends and I navigated our way downtown to Toronto’s Concert Hall to see Cabaret Voltaire. I was…… Read more “That time I met Richard Kirk on Facebook”
New Order Albums Ranked Best to Worst
If you’d told my teenage friends and me that we’d one day watch a 56-year-old Bernard Sumner prance around Toronto’s posh Sony Centre stage singing: “How does…… Read more “New Order Albums Ranked Best to Worst”