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Led by former Era X member Tony Adam, the brand new wave group Sigue Sigue Sputnik elevated offering out to an art. The idea behind Sigue Sigue Sputnik was basic: the music group followed a postmodern, ironic design and sound, and advertised it towards the hilt, saturating the mass media …

Peaches (Merrill Nisker) burst into transcontinental favour with her very particular make of cocksure rapping and groovebox beats. Though she originated from an underground cauldron of acoustic folk (Mermaid Café), avant-garde jazz (Fancypants Hoolum), and deconstructed sound swarms (the Shit), it wasn’t until 2000 that her fearless, politics gender play …

The childlike lo-fi pop sextet Sissy Club formed in 1994 once the core duo of singer Joy Ray and guitarist Courtney Holt — the son of Can Holt, the writer from the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Lemon Tree” — delivered an impromptu performance in a friend’s party in LA. …

Within the mid-’80s the Russian singer Zhanna Aguzarova put a dent in the flat Soviet backdrop with her powerful voice and unapologetic persona. First because the vocalist of the group Bravo and afterwards being a single musician, her irreverent design and eccentricity produced her symbolic of personality and dissent. Aguzarova …

Doe Maar was perhaps one of the most popular Dutch pop groupings ever. Making use of their combination of reggae, pop, ska, and Dutch vocals, they made a unique design of anxious, punky pop music minus the obligatory electric guitar solos. Doe Maar reached unparalleled heights of reputation at the …

Puerto Rican alternative band Neon Venus was formed in the past due ’90s after guitarist Peter Valentine, who had previously participated within the LA underground picture, met Lissette Napoleoni in New York’s Central Recreation area. While posting their enthusiasm for music they made a decision to start a fresh project …

A task featuring Kristy Geschwandtner (Lil Pocket Blade), Eric Bauer (Split: W.A.R., Big Techno Werewolves), and Noel Harmonson (the Lowdown, Comets burning), DJ Shitbird are about minimal digital party music. After playing some home celebrations and San Francisco’s edgier night clubs, the band made an appearance within the Narnack Information …

Tom Tom Golf club began life like a part project for Speaking Heads users Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who adopted a light, tropical dance design that won them a platinum recording in Tom Tom Golf club in 1981 and a high 40 solitary in “Genius of Like.” They continuing …

Madison, WI’s quirk-rock quartet the German Artwork Learners features bassist/vocalist Andy; vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist and “recovering folk musician” Annelies; guitarist/vocalist Kirk, and drummer/vocalist Randy. They released their debut record, What Did YOU ANTICIPATE? Heartland Rock and roll?, in 2001.

To most fresh wave supporters, the Waitresses certainly are a fondly appreciated area of the ’80s one-hit question pantheon, even regardless of the actual fact that that certain hit was a cult sensation that didn’t also reach the very best 40. Yet “I UNDERSTAND What Children Like” was the type …