Rounding-out our homage to Ministry’s underground 80s days, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re going all the way back to ...

The post Iggy Pop Goes Synth Pop on New Single “Strung Out Johnny”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Iggy Pop is back today with another new single called “Strung Out Johnny.” Likely to the ...

Howard Jones has always been at the cusp of innovation. Whether it be the new wave sound he brought to the United States in the 1980s, his high-tech set-ups, or his measured interest in the ...

People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players ...

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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Fishing for trends at the South by Southwest festival is an often futile, dopey task, with nearly 2,000 distinct and divisive musical acts vying for attention in venues across the city ...

As with many strains of music, the ’80s U.K. synth-pop scene can be traced back to David Bowie. In 1976, Thin White Duke-era Bowie released Station To Station, which embellished his soul-boogie ...

When a new Aretha Franklin single would drop in the '60s, Franklin's most hardcore fans rejoiced. That thrill is back, because Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Save Me" -- which generously samples ...

When Stuart Murdoch was performing alone at Glasgow open mics in the mid-Nineties, the young singer-songwriter barely considered longevity. “I always imagined that me as a person might be able to ...

When most Americans think of Australia, marsupials, "Mad Max," Foster's Beer or images of Paul Hogan brandishing a Bowie knife probably spring to mind. But there's another Aussie sensation that ...