New Wave Heroes

It’s that time again for another trip down the new wave memory lane. In this show there’s music from Adam and the Ants, Kim Wilde, Pet Shop Boys, Yazoo, and loads more. Our classic album is from Crowded House, I’ll be taking my usual fun look at the retro music press, and all sorts of...

In this show there’s music from REM, Then Jerico, The Cult, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Bad Manners, Aztec Camera, Modern English and more. Our classic album is from A Flock of Seagulls and lots of other fun features and memories.

On this episode I chat with Richard Evans who is the author of the fantastic new book Listening To The Music The Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Richard has worked in the music industry for over thirty years in a variety of roles, including positions at London Records, Factory Records and MTV Europe. In...

Another great selection of post punk, new wave, new romantic and synth pop. And on this show there’s music from Generation X, Vanessa Paradis, The Cars, Deacon Blue, Kraftwerk and loads more. Our classic album is Roxette’s Look Sharp and there’s a top 20 countdown of the best new wave records acording to classic rock...

On this show there’s music from The Cure, OMD, The Jam, Sade and loads more. Our classic album is the Eurythmics Revenge from 1986. I’ll take a look at some fun readers letters and pen pal requests sent into the music press from August 1983. There’s a silly My Tune from Amy in Southend, some...

In this show there’s music from Ultravox, The Jags, Tiffany, Haircut 100, Buzzcocks, Duran Duran, Joan Jett and loads more. Our classic album is a-ha’s Hunting High and Low, there’s some fun readers letters sent into the music press from 1984, some silly jokes and listener emails.

In this show there’s music and memories from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Morrisey, Bananarama, The Assembly, The Vapors, The Boomtown Rats and loads more. Our classic album is Sparkle In The Rain from Simple Minds and numerous other features.

In this show there’s music from The Alarm, Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, Japan, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Kirsty MacColl, Blancmange, Westworld, Elvis Costello, Visage and Echo and The Bunnymen. Also some readers letters from the retro music press and loads more features.

Welcome to another New Wave Heroes, on this show there’s music from Blondie, The Jam, The Beat, The Stranglers, Madness, The Pretenders and loads more. In fact every track is from January 1980. Our classic album is Gary Numan’s The Pleasure Principle and also I’ll have a fun look at some readers letters sent into...

On this show one hour of contemporary covers of classic New Wave Music, including covers of A Flock of Seagulls, OMD, Gary Numan, The Buggles, Yazoo and loads more.