If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

Synth-pop from the 1980s makes for the perfect tool when you want (or need) a heavy dose of nostalgia. There’s something about a keyboard and the relentless rhythm of a drum machine that amplifies the ...

Forty-five years after establishing a beachhead for synth-pop with its hit "Don't You Want Me," Human League has come back across the pond -- including a Wednesday, July 1 show at Northfield Park ...

Howard Jones has always been at the cusp of innovation. Whether it be the new wave sound he brought to the United States in the 1980s, his high-tech set-ups, or his measured interest in the ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just Can't Get Enough is very possibly Depeche Mode's poppiest hit, and arguably their most recognisable song. But it is also the ...

David Ball, who made up half of innovative English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, his bandmate ...

In 1986, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), formed in England, scored their biggest success in the U.S., with their pop-synth classic, “If You Leave.” Written by key members of the influential ...

After weeks of having fans on the verge of a meltdown with concept pictures and teaser trailers, BTS finally released “Butter,” their highly-anticipated 2021 single. One of their goals was to make a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Synth-pop musician Gary Numan disclosed that he has lost 90% of his hearing after five decades of performing with loud amplifiers, ...

One of the great local promoter success stories this year was the incredible turnout for Anything Box at Numbers in April. The project was the brainchild of Robert Ehlinger, who has parlayed his ...