Strange New Wave
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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
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
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 19 - a song that feels warm:
Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette 🔥
#GraceJones #NewWave
Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette 🔥
#GraceJones #NewWave
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18 - with a fabric or metal in the title:
Revolting Cocks – Stainless Steel Providers
#RevoltingCocks #RevCo #industrial #IndustrialDance #EBM
Revolting Cocks – Stainless Steel Providers
#RevoltingCocks #RevCo #industrial #IndustrialDance #EBM
Revolting Cocks - Stainless Steel Providers Official Video RevCo
The promotional video for "Stainless Steel Providers" from 1990's tastefully titled, "Beers, Steers & Queers." The clip is off of the long out-of-print Wax Trax! "Black Box" video compilation, but is…
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February 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18 - with a fabric or metal in the title:
Revolting Cocks – Stainless Steel Providers
#RevoltingCocks #RevCo #industrial #IndustrialDance #EBM
Revolting Cocks – Stainless Steel Providers
#RevoltingCocks #RevCo #industrial #IndustrialDance #EBM
#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
#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 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
#Eek-A-Mouse #EekAMouse #reggae #dancehall
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 16 - a song for a rainy day:
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
#TheJesusAndMaryChain #AltRock #shoegaze #IndieRock #PostPunk
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
#TheJesusAndMaryChain #AltRock #shoegaze #IndieRock #PostPunk
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains (Official Music Video)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains (Official Music Video) from the album 'Darklands' (1987)
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February 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 16 - a song for a rainy day:
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
#TheJesusAndMaryChain #AltRock #shoegaze #IndieRock #PostPunk
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
#TheJesusAndMaryChain #AltRock #shoegaze #IndieRock #PostPunk
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. 🔥
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#SexPistols #punk #PunkHistory
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#SexPistols #punk #PunkHistory
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
#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. 🔥
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#SexPistols #punk #PunkHistory
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#SexPistols #punk #PunkHistory
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13 - a song with something sweet in the title:
Chris 'N' Cosey And... – Sweet Surprise (1985)
#Chris&Cosey #ChrisAndCosey #ChrisCarter #CoseyFanniTutti #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox #DaveStewart #NewWave #SynthPop
Chris 'N' Cosey And... – Sweet Surprise (1985)
#Chris&Cosey #ChrisAndCosey #ChrisCarter #CoseyFanniTutti #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox #DaveStewart #NewWave #SynthPop
Sweet Surprise
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Sweet Surprise · Chris & Cosey
Sweet Surprise
℗ 1985 Conspiracy International
Released on: 1985-12-31
Producer: Chris Carter
Producer: Cosey Fanni…
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February 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13 - a song with something sweet in the title:
Chris 'N' Cosey And... – Sweet Surprise (1985)
#Chris&Cosey #ChrisAndCosey #ChrisCarter #CoseyFanniTutti #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox #DaveStewart #NewWave #SynthPop
Chris 'N' Cosey And... – Sweet Surprise (1985)
#Chris&Cosey #ChrisAndCosey #ChrisCarter #CoseyFanniTutti #Eurythmics #AnnieLennox #DaveStewart #NewWave #SynthPop
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
youtu.be/teeSlBcO7-s?...
#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
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
youtu.be/teeSlBcO7-s?...
#BrianEno #DavidByrne #interview #sampling
youtu.be/teeSlBcO7-s?...
#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
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
#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
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
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
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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
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
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
#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 (1989)
#MussoliniHeadkick #EBM #industrial
Mussolini Headkick - The Eagle Has Landed
from Themes for Violent Retribution (1989)
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February 11, 2026 at 5:45 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 (1989)
#MussoliniHeadkick #EBM #industrial
#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
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)
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February 10, 2026 at 6:30 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
From the concept album (what else? it's The Residents) Mark Of The Mole (1981)
#TheResidents #Residents #experimental #ConceptAlbum
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 (1985) 💛🟡⭐
#FrankChickens #electro #PopRock #SynthPop
frank chickens-yellow detective
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February 9, 2026 at 5:41 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 (1985) 💛🟡⭐
#FrankChickens #electro #PopRock #SynthPop
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 8 - a song with a title relating to fire or heat:
Visitors – Electric Heat (1979)
#Visitors #PostPunk #NewWave
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)
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February 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 8 - a song with a title relating to fire or heat:
Visitors – Electric Heat (1979)
#Visitors #PostPunk #NewWave
Visitors – Electric Heat (1979)
#Visitors #PostPunk #NewWave
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 191
The B-52's – There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) (1979)
#B52s #NewWave
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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
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 191
The B-52's – There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) (1979)
#B52s #NewWave
youtu.be/3xCUCZ5axqY?...
The B-52's – There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) (1979)
#B52s #NewWave
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#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)
#GeneFarris #house #techno #acid
gene farris - unholy
1995
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February 7, 2026 at 5:29 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)
#GeneFarris #house #techno #acid
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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
Barbarella – Barbarella (The Secret Chamber Of Dreams) (1992)
#Barbarella #RalfHildenbeutel #SvenVäth #techno #trance
The Secret Chamber of Dreams
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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
#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
Barbarella – Barbarella (The Secret Chamber Of Dreams) (1992)
#Barbarella #RalfHildenbeutel #SvenVäth #techno #trance
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
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
"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.
#TrouserPress February 1981 feat. #ThePolice #Siouxsie #GangOfFour and #Rockpile who influenced #NewWave
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
#TrouserPress February 1981 feat. #ThePolice #Siouxsie #GangOfFour and #Rockpile who influenced #NewWave
#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
👌"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
#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
👌"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