Believe It or Not: The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas a Solo Artist?
While the Strokes remain on hiatus, Julian Casablancas is stepping out on his own. How does his new album stack up against his band's music?...
Category "Lost in the ’80s"
Lost in the ’80s: Thrashing Doves, “Beautiful Imbalance”
John C. Hughes might have flown off to the corporate great beyond, but thanks to Jon Cummings, Lost in the '80s is back with a look at London's Thrashing Doves....
Lost in the ’80s: Fields of the Nephilim
My colleague John Hughes has graciously let me take the wheel today for this edition of Lost in the ’80s. Fields of the Nephilim were the gothedelic deathrock cowboys of...
Lost in the ’80s: Kate Bush, “Experiment IV”
That isn't a dog whistle you hear -- it's that chick in the leotard over there. She's Kate Bush, and this week, John C. Hughes is Lost in the '80s...
Lost in the ’80s: The Top 15 New-Wave Songs — Ever!
This week John C. Hughes has prepared a special edition of Lost in the '80s for all you zombies. Are you ready for the top 15 new-wave songs ... ever?!?...
Lost in the ’80s: Kim Wilde, “Select”
Ah, Kim Wilde...how fondly the children of the '80s remember thee. In this week's Lost in the '80s, John C. Hughes flashes back on the synth-lovin' blonde bombshell....
Lost in the ’80s: Spandau Ballet, “Through the Barricades”
We know this much is true: John C. Hughes is Lost in the '80s again, and this time, he's reminiscing about Spandau Ballet....
Lost in the ’80s: Culture Club, “Mistake No. 3″
It must have sucked to be a non-Boy George member of Culture Club. Well, except for Jon Moss, who was actually sucking a member of Culture Club. Okay, cheap shot. ...
Lost in the ’80s: The Darling Buds, “Pop Said”
They were ignored by the American public and later victimized by Madonna, but this week -- thanks to John C. Hughes and Lost in the '80s -- the Darling Buds...
Lost in the ’80s: The Fixx, “Deeper and Deeper”
The most rock-radio acceptable of the new-wave acts (with the possible exception of the Cars and the Police), the Fixx were always unfairly slammed as a producer’s band, the mere...
Lost in the ’80s: Big Country, “Look Away”
John C. Hughes is still Lost in the '80s -- but with classic tracks like Big Country's "Look Away" on the stereo, who can complain?...
Lost in the ’80s: Freddie Mercury, “Love Kills”
In 1984, famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder got it into his head that Fritz Lang’s silent 1927 masterpiece Metropolis needed to be restored with colored tint, a new edit, and...
Lost in the ’80s: The Unforgiven, “I Hear the Call”
It never hurt to have a visual hook to get on MTV in the ’80s. From Bananrama and Dexys Midnight Runners’ hobo-chic, to Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran’s new romantic...
Lost in the ’80s: Ultravox
The recent release of a cleaned up and remastered Ultravox greatest hits compilation (including a bonus DVD with all the Midge Ure-era videos) got me thinking about how much I...
Lost in the ’80s: Thompson Twins
There are certain acts and albums I absolutely adored in my younger days in the ’80s that I don’t quite care for now. One of these groups is the Thompson...
Lost in the ’80s: Wide Boy Awake
Here’s an example of a great song that couldn’t be confined to a B-side. Wide Boy Awake was Adam & the Ants bassist Kevin Mooney’s first project after splitting from...
Lost in the ’80s: Peter Godwin, “Baby’s in the Mountains”
We’ve talked about Peter Godwin’s great lost art-rock combo, Metro, in a Lost in the ’70s post in the not-too-distant past, but most people who have a passing knowledge of...
Lost in the ’80s: Shakespears Sister, “Break My Heart/Run Silent”
When Siobahn Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, most people probably never expected to hear from her again. For Fahey to return to music with a goth look fronting a Siouxsie...
Lost in the ’80s: Total Coelo
As much as I adore the inherent goofiness that is new wave — the guyliner, the overwrought posing, the one-finger keyboard technique — sometimes I must admit some acts come...
Lost in the ’80s: Devo, “That’s Good”
Now, I know what you’re thinking. How can one of Devo’s most famous songs outside of “Whip It” be Lost in the ’80s? How can a song whose video was...
Lost in the ’80s: Carly Simon, “Why”
Before singer/songwriter Carly Simon attempted to fully embrace the excess of the ’80s with a misguided stab at New Wave, she released this single in 1982 from the soundtrack of...
Lost in the ’80s: The Tubes and Olivia Newton-John (?!)
All right, let me stop all you young ‘uns right there — 1980′s Xanadu is not a great movie, a lost treasure, or an overlooked masterpiece of fun. It’s a...
Lost in the ’80s: Les Rita Mitsouko
French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to...
Lost in the ’80s: Face To Face, “10-9-8″
Big things were planned for Boston’s Face To Face in 1984. Signed to Epic, the New Wave group was pushed heavily by the label as the next big music sensation. ...
Lost in the ’80s: Jules Shear, “Whispering Your Name”
I gave Jules a quick once-over a little over three years ago, so I think it’s high time I spotlighted another track of Shear beauty, this one from his stellar...
Lost in the ’80s: Dexys Midnight Runners
A quickie today, folks – I’m getting ready to move in with my betrothed, and I’m currently surrounded by boxes of stuff. Moving is such a hassle, but I can’t...
Lost in the ’80s: Paul McCartney, “So Bad”
Oh, some things just write themselves, don’t they? I kid, I kid. “So Bad” is an overlooked little gem from the Paul catalog, released in the States as the follow-up...
Lost in the ’80s: The Wild Swans
This has been a week of happy endings for me, and I’m not referring to a trip to the massage parlor (this time). Y’see, twenty-odd years ago, I bought one...
Lost in the ’80s: Phil Seymour, “Talk to Me”
Remember when power-pop singles could actually be hit singles? Ah, them’s was the days. The Romantics, Cheap Trick, the Raspberries, the Dwight Twilley Band … Oh, about the Dwight Twilley...
Lost in the ’80s: Marilyn, “Baby U Left Me (In The Cold)”
Lest you think Paris Hilton or any of the various Kardashians invented “Famous for Being Famous,” let me point you to Peter Robinson, better known to UK tabloid readers as...