If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

In the mood for some synth-based pop songs? In the late 1970s and 1980s, the synth hook was incredibly common among hits.

For some initial moments at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, the mood was understated and calm as the acclaimed synth-pop trio Nation of Language stepped onstage Wednesday night. They were accompanied ...

While Outkast stole this year’s Grammys with its cut-and-paste opus Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, George & Caplin, a much more modest duo, were employing a similar pop-exhuming technique. But instead ...

Howard Jones has always been at the cusp of innovation. Whether it be the new wave sound he brought to the United States in the 1980s, his high-tech set-ups, or his measured interest in the ...

There are so many times where OMD could’ve just put it on cruise control and coasted into the golden sunset of history with their laurels. First, their spots in the pantheons of electronic and ...

Brooklyn-based indie synth-pop band Nation of Language, returned to the High Noon Saloon in Madison Oct. 16, touring following the release of their latest album “Strange Disciple.” The small venue was ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp of the synthpop group Haute & Freddy about the release of their debut album, Big Disgrace.

New York Synth-Pop/New Wave duo The Heroic Enthusiasts release their latest single 'Tears Run Rings' in collaboration with legendary producer Stephen Hague (Petshop Boys, New Order, Blur) via Meridian ...