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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.
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”.
Oct 13, 2020 · The following albums were collectively chosen by Paste music writers and editors. New Wave music meant a lot of things in the late 1970s. ... The B-52’s remains a lost classic of post-punk/New ...
Punk/New Wave Styles. Find Punk/New Wave Albums, Artists and Songs, and Hand-Picked Top Punk/New Wave Music on AllMusic.
May 21, 2023 · Features. Louder. A beginner's guide to new wave in five essential albums. By Stephen Hill. published 21 May 2023. From punk rock to pure pop, new wave saw it all: here, the story of how it happened, told by the records that defined the genre. (Image credit: Press)
May 5, 2020 · By Scott Rowley. last updated 5 May 2020. After punk came a new wave of bands determined to do things differently, and often sounding very unalike. We round up 10 of the best new wave and post punk albums ever made. New wave and its ugly twin sister, post-punk, are two terms used and abused with abandon when describing the music that followed ...
Both punk and new wave wanted to get back to the focus and drive of early rock, largely in reaction to the excesses of the mid-’70s—the ponderous rhythms, smoke machines and seemingly endless...
