M‘s bubbly, irresistible 1979 single “Pop Muzik” was one of the first synthpop hits, reaching #1 in the UK, US and many other countries. For Record Store Day this year, M alter ego Robin Scott ...

THE GOOD: British electronic legends and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Depeche Mode returns with its 15th (first in six years). THE BAD: Just bittersweet. “Mori” is the band’s first release since the ...

The 1980s were an incredibly polarizing time for music fans, thanks in no small part to the vast differences in popular genres, which ranged from heavy metal to synth-pop to hip-hop. Frankly, in the ...

If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Billie Eilish knows how to orchestrate an audience. Her energetic synth-pop hits had the audience collectively jumping as if they were in a dance club. Minutes later, her intimate ballads drew them in ...

Celebrating a career that spanned prime-time soap fame, synth-pop success, and one of the unlikeliest crossover moments of ...

Forget your OMDs, your Depeche Modes, Human Leagues, Pet Shop Boys and A-has, because these not-so-popular bleep combos are well worth tracking down instead When you purchase through links on our site ...