1984 is roundly considered to be one of the greatest years in pop music history, a year that produced an embarrassment of riches in both the mainstream and underground. It was a year where the echoes ...

The Pointer Sisters, Minutemen and more sounds from a landmark year in pop music. By Lindsay Zoladz If you’re halfway decent at math, you know that it is currently the 40-year anniversary of 1984 — ...

If you were young in the 1980s, or maybe if you’re just a fan of music from that decade, you know all too well that the mid-1980s boasted some seriously good hit music. And yet, a lot of successful ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...