Mixtape for the Apocalypse

Category: 1980s Music

1980s Music, Music

A Thousand Miles Away: Modern English’s ‘Hands Across the Sea’ and the People We Lose Touch With
1980s Music, Music

The Icicle Works’ “Birds Fly”: The Forgotten Eighties Anthem That Still Sounds Like Escape
1980s Music, Biography, Films, Music

Michael (2026): The Music, the Myth, and the Story His Estate Chose to Tell
1980s Music, Music

Don’t Dream It’s Over: The Crowded House Song That Grew Older With Us
1980s Music, Music

Head Over Heels: The Tears for Fears Love Song That Was Never Quite Sure About Love
1980s Music, Music

Head Over Heels: The Go-Go’s, 1984 and the Trouble Beneath the Sunshine
1970s Music, 1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

The Party at the End of the World: The B-52s and the Radical Joy of Staying Weird
1980s Music, Music

The Little Black Spot on the Sun: Sitting With The Police’s “King of Pain”
1980s Music, 1990s Music, Music

England, Elsewhere: The Smiths, Morrissey and the Long Way In
1980s Music, Music

The Monster in the Suburbs: Why The Police’s “Synchronicity II” Still Sounds Like Something About to Break
1980s Music, Music

The Reflex That Still Fires: Why Duran Duran’s Greatest Pop Machine Still Works
1980s Music, Music

No Escape Without a Dream: Why Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” Still Feels Like One of the Saddest Hopeful Songs Ever Written
1980s Music, Music

When a Pop Song Whispers: Why Suzanne Vega’s “Luka” Still Hurts, Still Works, and Still Endures
1980s Music, Music

At the Point Where We Flip the Cassette: Revisiting U2’s The Joshua Tree
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

The Music That Waited: Returning to Enya After Life Took Over
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

Swing Out Sister: A Personal Journey Through Sophisticated Pop Excellence
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

Four Albums, Twenty Years, and One Perfect Algorithm: My Workshy Story
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

Finding Faith in the Machine: My Journey Through Depeche Mode’s Dark Synth Cathedral
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

Break It Down Again: One Fan’s Journey Through the Tears For Fears Catalogue
1980s Music, Music

The Secret Wish: How a Worn Cassette Tape Revealed Propaganda’s Forgotten Masterpiece
1980s Music, Music

Fiction Factory: “(Feels Like) Heaven” and What Happened Next
1980s Music, Music

Six Different Ways to Fall in Love with an Album
1980s Music, 1990s Music, 2000s Music, Music

Everything But The Girl: A Deep Dive Through Time and Sound
1980s Music, 1990s Music, Music

When Rock Stars Were Gods: Revisiting INXS’s “The Greatest Hits” and the Cassette That Changed Everything