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Marc Almond spreads four decades of Soft Cell’s irresistible “Tainted Love” around House Of Blues

The project that put English synth pop stars Soft Cell on the international map, “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret,” just turned 40 and vocalist Marc Almond is marking the [More…]

Peter Hook & The Light illuminate seminal Joy Division albums, open with New Order

Innovative and distinctive bassist Peter Hook had the fortune of not only founding seminal gothic rockers Joy Division, but also having lightning strike a second time after [More…]

Martin Fry shoots that “Poison Arrow” towards ABC’s anniversary for “The Lexicon Of Love”

No act of the 1980s embodied slick pop sophistication more than ABC, who’s original front man Martin Fry is still leading the band with a voice dipped in buttery soul and [More…]

He’s a beauty: Fee Waybill examines The Tubes from the “Outside Inside” prior to Park West

Wild, wacky, weird and wonderful are just a few words that would appropriately fit but still fall short of fully describing the unclassifiable theatrical rock enigma and [More…]

Tears For Fears: “The Tipping Point” Tour at Hollywood Casino Amp

Click here for a review of Tears For Fears at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. For additional information on Tears For Fears, visit TearsForFears.com. Upcoming concert [More…]

Tears For Fears shouts, lets “The Tipping Point” out, guests Garbage as great

In the painstaking 17-year wait between actual albums, Tears For Fears started and stopped recording on several occasions when music business pressures clashed with their [More…]

Australian activists Midnight Oil scream goodbye, but not before a galvanizing call to “Resist”

So many acts coast exclusively on nostalgia when it’s time to retire from the road, but Midnight Oil isn’t just any band, especially one that would ever rely on past [More…]

“Beds Are Burning” and Midnight Oil will tour no more after “Resist” comes to the Riviera

For a band that’s always boasted the battle cry, “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees,” it’s only fitting that Midnight Oil’s farewell to [More…]

Curt Smith reveals how Tinley Park-prepping Tears For Fears reached “The Tipping Point”

Given the constant presence of synth-pop and alternative architects Tears For Fears, either with the ageless singles “Shout,” “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” [More…]

XTC’s Terry Chambers sends City Winery into English pop EXTC after four dormant decades

Few UK acts of the early 1980s are as revered as XTC, who despite never having fully exploded in America, nonetheless had a string of brilliantly crafted singles that clearly [More…]