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  1. The existence of new wave creates a false dichotomy with post-punk, where post-punk is the 'artsy' one and new wave is the 'commercial' one. While this is not necessarily true (the distinction between the two is even more meaningless than the one between punk and post-punk), the two can generally be seen as the two sides of the same coin.

  2. New Wave / Post-Punk Revival. During the late '90s and early 2000s, a rash of bands -- including Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes, and the Rapture -- surfaced with clear indebtedness to post-punk and new wave, bearing inspirations like Blondie, Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Wire. While this led journalists and music fans to talk about a ...

  3. The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward. Acts associated with these revivals are found in the list of post-punk revival ...

  4. New Wave / Post-Punk Revival. During the late '90s and early 2000s, a rash of bands -- including Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes, and the Rapture -- surfaced with clear indebtedness to post-punk and new wave, bearing inspirations like Blondie, Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Wire. While this led journalists and music fans to talk about a ...

  5. New wave. New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop -oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of punk culture ". [4] It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock. [29][30] Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an ...

  6. May 6, 2021 · On thrilling debut albums by Squid, Dry Cleaning and Black Country, New Road, the aftershocks of '80s post-punk tremble against stark new realities in British and Irish life.

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  8. Nov 11, 2022 · T he ’80s have always been a generation that I was fascinated by — it still remains crazy the sheer breadth of its influence on today’s music. Its development of the post-punk new wave style ...

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