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#NewWave / #PostPunk from that era, also #punk, #ItaloDisco, #NewBeat, #experimental, preferably from my own #vinyl collection.
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 19 - a song that feels warm:

Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette 🔥

#GraceJones #NewWave
Warm Leatherette
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Warm Leatherette · Grace Jones Warm Leatherette ℗ 1980 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1980-05-01 Producer: Chris…
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February 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 17 - a song referencing being young or growing old:

Eek-A-Mouse – Too Young To Understand

#Eek-A-Mouse #EekAMouse #reggae #dancehall
EEK A MOUSE ~ Too Young To Understand
Prod : Henry "Junjo" Lawes ~ GREENSLEEVE RECORDS ~ LP (Wa-Do-Dem, Track B5) ~ ©&℗ 1981, ℗ 1982 Shanachie Records Ltd ~ UK ~ Hot Milk Riddim ~ Mast : Utopia Studios ~ Rec : Channel One, King Tubby's…
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February 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 15 - a driving song:

Pylon – Driving School (1980)

#NewWave #PostPunk
Pylon - "Driving School" [Gyrate] [Remastered]
From 'Pylon Box,' available Now: http://newwst.com/pylonboxID
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
#otd 15 Feb 1977: #GlenMatlock quits the #SexPistols. #MalcolmMcLaren said it was because he liked the Beatles 🙄, but Matlock called it out as creative tension and burnout from a band getting too fake for his taste. #PunkDrama at its finest. 🔥
📸 Getty Images

#SexPistols #punk #PunkHistory
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Brian Eno discusses My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts #otd 12 February 1980 on radio station KPFA. Brian also shares some early versions of songs from the (then) upcoming album.

#BrianEno #DavidByrne #interview #sampling

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Brian Eno discusses My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (KPFA, 1980)
This is part of an interview Brian Eno did with Charles Amirkhanian on the radio station KPFA, focusing on his upcoming album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts", an experimental collaboration album with…
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February 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#BrianEno & #DavidByrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts was released in February 1981.

It was recorded 4 August 1979 til Oktober 1980, but the release was delayed while legal rights were sought for the large number of samples used.

#tribal #ambient #avantgarde #experimental #funk #sampling
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Strange New Wave
12 Feb 2015
Steve Strange (Steven John Harrington, *1959)

Welsh nightclub host (The Blitz), promoter, singer of new wave project Visage and posterboy of the New Romantic movement

~ heart attack

youtu.be/nVsrcmW3Yc8
February 12, 2024 at 5:49 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 11 - a song with a bird in the title:

Mussolini Headkick – The Eagle Has Landed (1989)

#MussoliniHeadkick #EBM #industrial
Mussolini Headkick - The Eagle Has Landed
from Themes for Violent Retribution (1989)
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 10 - a song from a concept album:

The Residents – The New Machine

From the concept album (what else? it's The Residents) Mark Of The Mole (1981)

#TheResidents #Residents #experimental #ConceptAlbum
The Residents - The New Machine
Mark of the Mole (1981)
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Post a banger not in English

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February 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 9 - a song with a primary colour in the title:

Frank Chickens – Yellow Detective (1985) 💛🟡⭐

#FrankChickens #electro #PopRock #SynthPop
frank chickens-yellow detective
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 8 - a song with a title relating to fire or heat:

Visitors – Electric Heat (1979)

#Visitors #PostPunk #NewWave
Visitors - Electric Heat (Deep Cuts UK 7inch)
1979 UK Post-Punk! Visitors - Electric Heat (Deep Cuts UK 7inch)
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 191

The B-52's – There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) (1979)

#B52s #NewWave

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February 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 9 - a song with a word that starts with "un" in the title:

Gene Farris – Unholy (1995)

#GeneFarris #house #techno #acid
gene farris - unholy
1995
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 6 - a song with the same title as a movie, book or tv show:

Barbarella – Barbarella (The Secret Chamber Of Dreams) (1992)

#Barbarella #RalfHildenbeutel #SvenVäth #techno #trance
The Secret Chamber of Dreams
Provided to YouTube by WAS Word and Sound Medien GmbH The Secret Chamber of Dreams · Barbarella, Sven Väth, Ralf Hildenbeutel The Art of Dance ℗ 1992 Cocoon Recordings Released on:…
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February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Boys Don't Cry by The Cure was released #otd 5 Feb 1980.

In 1980, this album was released only in the US, Canada, Australia and Germany. It combines eight tracks from the 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys with new material from the 78-79 era.

#TheCure #NewWave #PostPunk
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"The End of Modern-Day Gomorrah" was the legendary farewell party held at New York nightclub #Studio54 on 4 February 1980 #otd. The party marked the end of the #disco era. The owners #IanSchrager and #SteveRubell were jailed for tax evasion, large amounts of drugs and money were found in the walls.
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
#TrouserPress February 1981 feat. #ThePolice #Siouxsie #GangOfFour and #Rockpile who influenced #NewWave
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
#YoungMarbleGiants release their only studio album Colossal Youth in February 1980 on #RoughTrade Records (ROUGH 8).

👌"one of the most highly regarded indie cult post-punk recordings, with a unique hushed and minimal atmosphere" (Richie Unterberger).

#YMG #NewWave #IndiePop #PostPunk #minimal
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM