Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

There is something about early '80s songs that have the power to transport us to a simpler, more care-free and wild time: In 1981, the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, the Cold War was ...

Every generation naturally feels as if the music of their youth was the best era of them all. As more time elapses, however, it becomes hard to deny the oversized influence and enduring appeal of the ...

Charles Kelley of Lady A is releasing his second solo album, "Songs for a New Moon," on June 25, 2025, featuring an '80s synth-pop sound. Inspired by artists like Peter Gabriel and Hall and Oates, ...

British synth-pop, was a sub-genre of New Wave music that first emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Queer bands like The Communards, Pet Shop Boys, and Erasure embraced the sound and helped ...

Although this song was technically released in 1990, it’s close enough to embody the ’80s era. The use of synth in the song aligns with other synth songs in Stranger Things that create a slightly ...

Ah, the ‘80s. The decade of decadence. The era of the mass media revolution and music technology evolution. On television, the hair got bigger, makeup got more glammed, pretty people populated more ...