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The existence of new wave creates a false dichotomy with post-punk, where post-punk is the 'artsy' one and new wave is the 'commercial' one. While this is not necessarily true (the distinction between the two is even more meaningless than the one between punk and post-punk), the two can generally be seen as the two sides of the same coin.
Nov 20, 2019 · Bands like Blondie or Talking Heads are considered by some to be punk, by others to be new wave or post-punk. For the sake of avoiding confusion, I will first focus on the distinction between punk and new wave, then the distinction between new wave and post-punk. A Brief Look into Punk
New Wave / Post-Punk Revival. During the late '90s and early 2000s, a rash of bands -- including Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes, and the Rapture -- surfaced with clear indebtedness to post-punk and new wave, bearing inspirations like Blondie, Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Wire. While this led journalists and music fans to talk about a ...
Jul 8, 2022 · Punk lit the match that unleased years of musical evolution. On part one of this series on post-punk music, we look at the rise of a pseudo-genre called New Wave.
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New wave, category of popular music spanning the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Taking its name from the French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s, this catchall classification was defined in opposition to punk (which was generally more raw, rough edged, and political) and to mainstream “corporate”.
- Stephen Seddon
New Wave design was influenced by Punk and postmodern language theory. [2] . But there is a debate as to whether New Wave is a break or a natural progression of the Swiss Style. [3] . Sans-serif font still predominates, but the New Wave differs from its predecessor by stretching the limits of legibility.
New wave. New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop -oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of punk culture ". [4] It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock.
