Classic Bands Archives — Page 4 of 131

Cabaret Voltaire’s Final North American Tour Hits Los Angeles With Post-Punk Groove, Industrial Funk, and Dadaist Dread

“Slipping into new disguise, Your eyes know, your body lies. This fascination. This fascination. This, fascination.” In the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Ferris’ teenage bedroom has always raised…

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Pixies Announce First-Ever Vinyl Release of “Complete B-Sides: 1988-97”

Since their debut during the back half of the 80s, Pixies’ lesser-lit corners have always had a strange way of becoming central rooms in the house. The songs tucked away on flip…

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Book of Love to Embark on 40th Anniversary Tour Performing Self-Titled Debut Album in Full

Book of Love are taking their 40th anniversary celebration on the road. Following the announcement of Rhino Records’ newly remastered anniversary edition of their self-titled 1986 debut album, the synthpop…

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Dead Can Dance Returns with “Death Cults,” Their Second New Song in Five Years

Dead Can Dance have returned with “Death Cults,” the latest entry from their newly launched run of monthly 2026 releases. The 8-minute, 53-second track is now available on the group’s…

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“A Feast for the Flies” — Tom Waits Joins Forces with Massive Attack for Protest Song “Boots on the Ground”

Now who the hell are these federal pricks? Hiding in the senate like a bloated ass tick Air conditioned fuckstick loafers Sittin in a room full of army posters Day…

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Howard Jones Announces “Things Can Only Get Better” North American Tour with Wang Chung, The English Beat, and Modern English

Synth-pop legend Howard Jones has announced the Things Can Only Get Better Tour, a North American summer run featuring fellow British 80s mainstays Wang Chung, The English Beat, and Modern English, with…

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Classic Bands

Cabaret Voltaire’s Final North American Tour Hits Los Angeles With Post-Punk Groove, Industrial Funk, and Dadaist Dread

Pixies Announce First-Ever Vinyl Release of “Complete B-Sides: 1988-97”

Book of Love to Embark on 40th Anniversary Tour Performing Self-Titled Debut Album in Full

Dead Can Dance Returns with “Death Cults,” Their Second New Song in Five Years

“A Feast for the Flies” — Tom Waits Joins Forces with Massive Attack for Protest Song “Boots on the Ground”

Howard Jones Announces “Things Can Only Get Better” North American Tour with Wang Chung, The English Beat, and Modern English

Moya Brennan, Clannad Co-Founder and Beloved Irish Singer, Passes Away at 73

NYC Synthpop Quartet Book of Love to Release 40th Anniversary Edition of Self-Titled Debut

The Myth of Human Exceptionalism — Graeme Revell Returns with The SPKtR in Video for “The Last of Men”

Mondlicht in Manhattan — Xmal Deutschland’s Anja Huwe Opens Her First North American Tour in Forty Years