New wave is a music genre encompassing pop-oriented styles that emerged in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid-to late 1970s. The term was initially synonymous with punk rock but soon branched off into its own distinct style: a lighter...
No wave was an avant-garde music and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City. The term was coined as a rejection of commercial new wave music. No wave musicians took rock instrumentation and experimented with noise,...
Cold wave (also known as coldwave) is a music genre that emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in France, Poland and Belgium. The genre was originally pioneered by post-punk and dark wave bands who drew influence from German...
Dark wave (also known as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being...
The wave or the new wave of post-hardcore (TNWOPH) was a loosely-defined collective of post-hardcore bands and the movement that spawned around them. Taking place between roughly 2008 and 2015, it was founded by Defeater, La Dispute, Make Do and...
The Yugoslav new wave (Serbian: Нови талас, Novi talas; Croatian: Novi val; Slovene: Novi val; Macedonian: Нов бран; Bosnian: Novi val) was the new wave music scene of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As its counterparts, the British...
The new wave of new wave (often abbreviated as NWONW) was a British alternative rock scene in the early 1990s. Bands in the scene were influenced by punk rock and new wave acts such as the Clash, Blondie, and Buzzcocks. New wave of new wave bands...
Wave is a genre of bass music and a visual art style that emerged in the early 2010s in online communities. It is characterized by atmospheric melodies and harmonies, melodic and heavy bass such as reese, modern trap drums, chopped vocal samples...
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the...
New Wave Hookers is a 1985 pornographic film that established the alt porn genre. It featured a cast of established performers from the era and was followed by a number of sequels and a remake. The movie starred Ginger Lynn, Desiree Lane, Kristara...