In the mood for some synth-based pop songs? In the late 1970s and 1980s, the synth hook was incredibly common among hits.

Back in 1981, “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League was an insanely big hit. It’s not an overly complex song, either. Martin Rushent, who produced the song, added a drum machine, a very basic synth, ...

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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 ...

Skies and sewers are uniting for a double record release party that will encourage matching track suits, '80s dance moves, and perhaps a Cure T-shirt or two. The Rochester-based electropop group Enemy ...

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 ...

Heaven 17 will be taking to the stage of the Robin on May 28 for a night of nostalgia and fun as Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware perform hits such as "Temptation" and "Let Me Go", as well as other hits ...