... to the Byrds, Peter Buck's paisley guitar parts provide the pop counterbalance to ... Me Under Pressure") into one of the defining albums of the 1980s - one that's ...
... to go along with my A to Z column this week about the 1980s- local 'zine ... sniff) Streetside Records ad, right near a well-placed barb about why Iggy Pop isn't ...
... by a song by Phil Wilson of the June Brides -- a legendary 1980s British pop band whose "We Belong" Bunnygrunt covered for a tribute, which I wrote about here. ...
... version of the Knack's "My Sharona." The song's very kicky and power-pop-indebted. (It's also 2:40 long only.) The sneaky guitar reminds me of 1980s U2, big ...
... 13 on the US pop charts and was eventually certified platinum. ... to make the album sound "hip and contemporary," and have a "very mid-1980s character with ...
... other posts this week, Trent Reznor was a busy man in the 1980s before forming ... back, Hot Tin Roof incorporated all of my favorite things: jangle-pop, Brit gloom ...
... four Top 20s the Go-Go's scored back in the early- to mid-1980s were present ... to accomplish nothing but the churning out of pure and perfect pop songs, surely ...
... A few pop songs peek out from the murk, but the focus of Admire (and ... dirge, this time driven by jagged guitars that feel very reminiscent of 1980s dark-wave. ...