Tag Archives: 80s music

Artist Profile: Blondie

Posted 21 October 2010 | By | Categories: Music - Retro, Podcast | No Comments

Starting as an updated punky take on the 60s Girl Group sound and following a slow launch trajectory that took three albums before success kicked in, the band veered off into more adventurous music after it became popular. But was this a good thing? This two-hour retrospective with hits and rarities tries to answer that question.

Malcolm McLaren’s other big thing

Posted 09 April 2010 | By | Categories: Essays, Music - Retro | 1 Comment

Upon its release in 1983, Duck Rock’s distillation of Soweto, South Bronx and proto-electronica sounded like nothing on earth and everything on it at the same time.