The Room Premiere Magic Games on Retrofuturista
A Sleeping Grandad and the Spanish Armada in The Room’s New Single The Room premiere the single “Magic Games” on Retrofuturista, taken from their new … Read more
Genre: New Wave
New Wave releases, including artist info, release dates, and discography.
Genres: Alternative Rock | Ambient | Avant-garde | Darkwave | Electronica | Experimental Music | Garage Rock | Indie Rock | Industrial Music | New Wave | Noise Rock | Post-punk | Psych-folk | Psychedelic Rock | Punk Rock | Shoegaze | Synth Punk
Colin Moulding on XTC’s early days, 1970s Swindon and the Want It Bad EP
A conversation about bass, space and the art of leaving a gap. Transmission 433: Interview with Colin Moulding Colin Moulding picked up a bass guitar … Read more
Colin Moulding Premieres New Solo EP “Want It Bad” on Retrofuturista
The XTC songwriter’s new solo release lands on the 47th anniversary of ‘Making Plans for Nigel’ Colin Moulding, founding member and one of the creative … Read more
Interview with Sweeping Promises About ‘You Say I Romanticize’
Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal on eighteen years of making music together Transmission 418: Interview with Sweeping Promises Sweeping Promises are a post-punk duo from … Read more
The Room Return With “Things Have Learnt to Walk that Ought to Crawl”
Second single from the band’s third album, out September 4 on 9×9 Records The Room, the Liverpool post-punk group formed in 1979 by Dave Jackson … Read more
Jules Peters on Mike Peters, Rock and Roll, and Keeping The Alarm Alive
Twenty First Century Recordings and Virgin Music Group release Transformation on May 29, 2026; the album Mike Peters recorded between chemotherapy sessions and live shows … Read more
Candy Whips Takes On Heaven 17’s Debut Single 45 Years Later
Heaven 17’s Banned 1981 Single Gets a Synthpop Makeover from Candy Whips Candy Whips is the project of Wendy Stonehenge, and the latest release is … Read more
Chris Connelly on Fini Tribe, Sampling, and Setting Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre on Fire
Chris Connelly recalls the early years of Edinburgh’s most combustible post-punk unit Transmission 346: Interview with Chris Connelly/Fini Tribe Fini Tribe formed in Edinburgh in … Read more
The Human League, Soft Cell and Alison Moyet Are Touring North America Together This Summer
The Human League’s first North American tour in over a decade opens June 2 in San Diego alongside Soft Cell and Alison Moyet The Human … Read more
screensaver Return to Europe with Three Lens Approach and a Full UK and Germany Run
The Melbourne five-piece return to European stages in May 2026 behind their third album, Three Lens Approach, released on Poison City Records in November 2025 … Read more
The Alarm Release Transformation, Recorded in Mike Peters’ Final Months
“Live Today” is Peters’ final video, shot on a northern English beach at dawn Mike Peters, the Welsh musician who spent over four decades as … Read more
Interview: Jah Wobble & Jon Klein on AI, Social Collapse, and Making Post-Punk Fast
“First We Play, Then We Talk”: Jah Wobble & Jon Klein on Their New Album Automated Paradise Transmission 327: Interview with Jah Wobble & Jon … Read more
Fast Money Music releases There Are No Words single on March 6 2026
New Fast Money Music track features John Waugh and Steffan Halperin The mechanical exhaustion of interpersonal breakdown defines There Are No Words, the March 6, … Read more
Killing Joke Extremities! Rarities and Steve Albini Sessions
Killing Joke Extremities! Launching February 2026 The “Black Cassette” recordings, a series of demos tracked by Killing Joke at Steve Albini’s residence in Chicago, form … Read more
Interview with Vivabeat: From Whisky a Go Go to FM Station
Mick and Marina Muhlfriedel on the L.A. punk-to-funk transition Transmission 319: Interview with Vivabeat Formed in Los Angeles in 1978, Vivabeat emerged from a convergence … Read more
Cult Epics Premiere of Rozz Williams Romeo’s Distress in Los Angeles
Christian Death original members reunite for Nico B film screening On April 18, The United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles hosts the premiere of … Read more
The Church announce North American summer 2026 tour dates
Steve Kilbey and The Church confirm rescheduled US concert dates The North American leg of The Church’s “The Singles / 1980 – 2025” tour begins … Read more