What is New Wave?
Music's Mashup that Shaped the 1980s
New wave is a loosely-defined music genre that
encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It
was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that
emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical
consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular
music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, ska revival,
and more specific forms of punk rock that were less abrasive. It may
also be viewed as a more accessible counterpart of post-punk.
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