The synthesizer might well have been invented before the 1970s; indeed, early, and frankly ridiculous claims to its origins go back hundreds of years, but more sensible suggestions cite the 1960s as ...

Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

Every generation naturally feels as if the music of their youth was the best era of them all. As more time elapses, however, it becomes hard to deny the oversized influence and enduring appeal of the ...

Who doesn’t love the synthesizer? Once considered the newest, hippest piece of tech to enter the world of music, this electronic musical instrument has evolved and changed quite a bit through the ...

Without a huge crossover pop hit or abandoning the feather-light synth-pop sound that made them club favorites in the ’80s and early ’90s, Book of Love had taken their career about as far as it could ...

Imagine tearing across the water in a cigarette boat along Miami Beach, or training tirelessly for a climatic dance/fight tournament, or gazing heartbrokenly upon a neon-lit cyberpunk cityscape from a ...

The first UK No. 1 to use a drum machine plays host to one of the most recognisable synth parts ever. We re-create its ...

The album cover for Architrave's "Panic Joy" showcases the artwork "Spirale d'or I" by Bassam Geitani. A still from the music video for Architrave’s song, “Parthenogenesis.” Since releasing its first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Performing Arts has revealed the lineup for four of its returning series. Dance, music, ...

Let’s get right to it, then. Local lords of darkwave Urban Heat don’t wait to bring the fire, so neither will I. Urban Heat builds from the teasing tiptoes of their first several singles and fully ...