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Slick synths, ironic cool, and irresistible hooks, Curated By Uncle reviews the best of New Wave, from retro pioneers to revival acts keeping it weird and catchy.

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Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses | 1987: Synthpop Goes to Church in a Leather Jacket

Uncle - 23 July 2025

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T Rex | Electric Warrior | 1971: Glitter, Groove, and Glam’s Big Bang

4 September 2025

The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus | 1977: Sewer Rats With Switchblades

2 September 2025

The Stone Roses | Second Coming | 1994: The Album That Split a Nation

1 September 2025

Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 1968: The Voice That Made the Earth Tremble

12 August 2025

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The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus | 1977: Sewer Rats With Switchblades

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The Stone Roses | Second Coming | 1994: The Album That...

The 50 Greatest Gangster Movies of All Time – From Mob...

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Most Mis – Quoted Movie Lines of All Time (That People Keep Butchering)

Walk the Line (2005): The Man in Black and the Biopic That Forgot to Smile

T Rex | Electric Warrior | 1971: Glitter, Groove, and Glam’s Big Bang

The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus | 1977: Sewer Rats With Switchblades

The Stone Roses | Second Coming | 1994: The Album That Split a Nation

Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 1968: The Voice That Made the Earth Tremble

Decade of Dissent (2025): How Bob Dylan Shook the 1960s So Hard It Still Has a Migraine

Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over (2024) by Michael Caine: The Most Charming Memoir to Ever Swagger Out of South London

Hammer of the Gods (2024): Led Zeppelin’s Debauched Odyssey Gets a Fresh Coat of Sin

Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino (2022): A Blood-Soaked Love Letter to 70s Movies and Male Rage

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Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses | 1987: Synthpop Goes to Church in a Leather Jacket

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T Rex | Electric Warrior | 1971: Glitter, Groove, and Glam’s Big Bang

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Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 1968: The Voice That Made the Earth Tremble

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