New wave was the music movement that merged edgy rock and raucous punk with a synth-driven adhesive, uniting all the best elements of the decades that came before into a buoyant, edgy sound. Late ...

That atmospheric soundscape, that chilly synth, the cinematic vibe of it all. “The Chauffeur” by Duran Duran was unique for its time, and many of the song’s elements can be heard in dream pop and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Belinda Carlisle is one of the most enduring ’80s New Wave icons, and a recent stripped-down a cappella performance of her 1987 ...

In the mid-80s, new wave, the subgenre that combined fun pop hooks with synth sounds, took over the charts. Here are a few songs from this era that we still blast today. When “Take On Me” was merely a ...