80's iconic artists


The Dream Syndicate announced today that they have signed a new record deal with ANTI- which is the label for Jeff Tweedy, Billy Bragg, and others. They will release their first new album in 29 years in the next few months. The new Feelies album is fun and Love Tractor is currently in the studio. Now if only we could get Let's Active, Guadalcanal Diary, the Connells, and the Hoodoo gurus to release some new stuff. Am I too nostalgic? Probably. Is this music going to change the course of world history? Maybe. The reality is that with the daily assault of negative news of one sort or another, it is refreshing to have the simple pleasure and release of new music by artists you respect that bring back memories of the past and creative directions for the future- regardless of musical genre, style, or era.
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Yes to all talents mentioned.

Never enough of Dream Syndicate, The Smiths, Connells, Smithereens, Plazmatics, New Order, Yaz, Yello, Brian Ferry and other musicians of Roxy Music.

BRING MY 80's joys back PLEASE!

The KGB put AC/DC on a list of things they considered to be the biggest threats to their way of life.
Some more of my 80's faves were The Long Ryders, The Lyres, The dB's, Marshall Crenshaw, Dwight Twilley, The Smithereens, The Plimsouls, The Beat (Paul Collins, not the UK Ska band), and Squeeze.
great nostalgic thread--you're hitting on a lot of the artist (feelies, twilley, etc.) that really got me obsessed with music. i'd throw in dumptruck, husker du, meat puppets and graham parker.