The New Wave Music Podcast

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 4, Episode 63 Sparks are at it again, so of course we're going to take a listen to their new 2023 release, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. And if the most you know of The Vapors is "Turning Japanese," well, you aren't alone. When we discovered they had a 2020 album, Together, we decided we better check it out...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 4, Episode 62. For this episode we take a listen to the 2023 album Quaker City Quiet Pill from punk satirists The Dead Milkmen. Plus, we had a chance to talk with Dean Clean, drummer for the band.  We discuss the bands history,  their distinct humor and all about the new album. The Dead Milkmen: http://www.deadmilkmen.com/ Purcha...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 4, Episode 61 Josie Cotton has a brand new album, 2023's Day Of The Gun, so what better time to talk with her?  We discuss the controversy surrounding "Johnny Are You Queer," what she's been doing over the years and stories about this very diverse new album. Day of the Gun album: https://josiecottonmusic.bandc...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 4, Episode 60 For the start of our fourth season we had the opportunity to talk with David Newton, guitarist for The Mighty Lemon Drops.  We discuss that bands history, his influences and much more. But before that, we delve into David's latest band, David Newton And Thee Mighty Angels and the 2020 album A Gateway To A Lifet...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 59 On this episode, we're going to take a listen to the 2020 album Citizens Of Boomtown from The Boomtown Rats, followed by two EPs from Nik Kershaw, named Songs From The Shelf Vol. 1 (2022) and 2 (2023). And in music news, we discuss a recent Hoodoo Gurus concert we attended,  new singles from Pretenders, Lloyd C...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 58 We've reviewed albums for many artists that haven't released new material in many years, sometimes decades, and that will be the case with this episode. First up we're going to listen to the newest from Everything But The Girl and their 2023 release Fuse, and after that we'll discuss the latest f...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 57 It's been a while since we had a New Music Spotlight, so with this special episode we're going to talk to Matt and Austin of new wave influenced indie band Indigo Waves. We'll discuss their beginnings, the synths they use, unique song titles, their love of the film Ghost and much more. A link tree to...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 56 Steve had an opportunity to do an interview with Paul Fishman, keyboardist for the band Re-Flex.  They discuss the bands history, his own story, his new album, Art Official Intelligence, and much more. Paul Fishman Website: https://www.paulfishman.co.uk/ Paul Fishman Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/639EC149...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 55 Big artists deserve a review just as much as the smaller, and with this episode we look at the new 2023 release from Depeche Mode, Momento Mori.   After that we take a listen to the 2022 album Vibrate Generate from Re-Flex.  Remember them?  Then listen and see what we think. In music news we talk about new singles f...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 54 "They do it to such fine detail that its scary" - Martin Gore "The best Depeche Mode tribute on the planet" - Richard Blade Steve had the opportunity to interview Strangelove - The Depeche Mode Experience.  They discuss how the band was put together, their roles, the details they incorporate to m...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 53 Ian McNabb was the voice behind The Icicle Works.  After the band broke up, he's gone on to have a lengthy successful solo career.  In this episode we're not only going to review his latest album, 2022's Nabby Road, but we're going to talk the man himself! Ian McNabb's website: https://www.i...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 52 With this episode, we look at a couple of albums more in the dark wave vein. First up is the 2021 release Limbo from Clan Of Xymox, followed by the 2007 solo album Mantaray from Siouxsie Sioux, which has just been reissued digitally and is soon to come out on CD and Vinyl. In music news we discuss the new Josie Cott...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 51 With this episode, our first review is for the latest from The Church, 2023's The Hypnogogue.  We follow that with 2022's A Free Society from Night Crickets.  Who are Night Crickets?  Listen and find out! In music news, we discuss the new Sparks single.  In addition, we look at Violent Femmes tour dates an...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 50 First up in this episode, we wanted to delve into Pretenders 2020 release, Hate For Sale.   After that, we take a listen to The Wonder Stuff's 2019 album, Better Being Lucky. It was another big week for music news. We discuss the latest singles from The The, Everything But The Girl and The Alarm.  Plus, our fri...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 49 On this episode, Steve and T-Bone are going to with the harder side of "new wave."  First up we take a listen to the 2017 album Damage And Joy from The Jesus And Mary Chain.  Then we go punk with the latest from living legend Iggy Pop and his 2023 album, Every Loser. In music news we have details on new si...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text.  Season 3, Episode 48 After an outstanding interview with the man himself, we're going to take a listen to Robyn Hitchcock's 2022 release, Shufflemania! And speaking of singer/songwriters, we will delve into the 2021 album Queens Of The Summer Hotel from Aimee Mann of Til' Tuesday fame. Music news is packed with new singl...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 47 In this special episode of the podcast, Steve had the opportunity to talk with a living music legend, Robyn Hitchcock. They discuss his lengthy career, his eclectic music styling and his brand new album, Shufflemania!  Robyn Hitchcock Website: https://www.robynhitchcock.com/ Robyn Hitchcock Facebook: https://m.faceb...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 46 For our first episode of 2023, we thought we'd take a look at a couple of recent albums.   We have Shriekback's Bowlahoola, which was released at the very tail-end of 2022 and The Waterboys' All Souls Hill, which came out earlier in that year. In music news we talk about the new Peter Gabriel single,...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 45 For the final episode of 2022, we have more new albums to look at. First up we'll give our thoughts on the 2021 EP The Roadside and 2022s EP The Cage, both from Billy Idol.  Along with those, we have the 2022 release from Blancmange, Private View. And what says the end of the year more than a top 10 list?  Stev...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 44 Lions and Ghosts may just be the best 80s alternative band you've never heard of.  Hugely popular in southern California, they unfortunately didn't break out. Their 1987 album, Velvet Kiss, Lick of the Lime has just been reissued.  Steve and T-Bone had the pleasure of talking with original guitarist Michae...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 43 As we get closer to the end of the year, we decided to review two brand new albums.  First up is True North from a-ha followed by See You In The Stars by Lightning Seeds. In music news we look at new singles from The Church, Altered Images and Morrissey, as well as tour dates for Natalie Merchant. a-ha: https://a-ha...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 42 Steve, Oingo Boingo's number one fan, had an opportunity to talk with legendary Boingo drummer Johnny Vatos. They talk in depth about his music career, his time with Oingo Boingo, putting together Oingo Boingo Former Members and much, much more. Oingo Boingo Former Members: https://www.oingoboingoformermembers....

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 3, Episode 41 On this episode we start with the latest from The Beautiful South's Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, entitled N. K-Pop.  Heaton was also the vocalist for the great 80's band The Housemartins.    After that we listen to Direction Of The Heart, the new release from the iconic band Simple Minds. In music news,...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text.  Season 2, Episode 40 To finish the second season, Steve had the opportunity to talk with Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann of When In Rome UK. They discuss the formation of the band, touring and the unusual way The Promise was written. Farrington+Mann also talk about the new song “To Fix Us.”  Is there more to come from When In Rome UK?...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here to send us a text. Season 2, Episode 39 After a couple of New Music Spotlight episodes, we're back with reviews of recent albums. Here we're going to go back in time a bit to 2019 and take a look at the most recent works from Joe Jackson (Fool) and Lloyd Cole (Guesswork).  We also have lots of music news from an upcoming Morrissey album, new mus...