New Wave Music Movies

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the...

The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans....

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the...

On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in...

In 1976, radio station CFNY 102.1FM went on the air, broadcast live from a modest suburban house just north of Toronto, and went on to become one of...

This entry in the Classic Albums series examines RIO, the 1982 release that put Duran Duran on the road to stardom. Looking back at the creation and...

Elvis Costello & The Attractions tear through 20 songs from the Lake Geneva shoreline.

With his soaring falsetto and magnetic yet understated stage presence, Jimmy Somerville burst onto the 1980s new wave scene, making the world dance...

The Spectacular Spinning Songbook made its first appearance in 1986 in Los Angeles during the "Costello Sings Again Tour." In 2011, Elvis Costello...

Originally formed amidst the chaos of the 1970 Kent State anti-Vietnam War protest killings, the not quite new wave band Devo scored a hit with "Whip...

Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters to emerge through rock music: a counter...

Duran Duran's presentation at the Lollapalooza Music Festival, Argentina 2017.

An archive celebration of studio performances from the British bands that broke through courtesy of punk between 1975 and 1982. Starting with Dr...

Freddy wants to be a star. He writes and performs his own songs, but has no record contract yet. He has an idea to form a group of back-up vocalists...

An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, who speak on the philosophical and...

A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band's 1988 American tour.

The Cure in concert.

Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop...

A woman in a troubled marriage falls for a former teen heartthrob who's fallen from industry favor, while having nagging (and empowering)...

By November of 1980, the B-52’s had two albums under their belt and were two months away from their debut Saturday Night Live performance. The...