Thompson Twins

Matthew Seligman, who played bass with The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, David Bowie, Peter Murphy and more, died today after suffering a "catastrophic hemorrhagic stroke" after being hospitalized with COVID-19...

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of the new Eddy Current Suppression Ring album, the 'Lodge 49' soundtrack and a four-disc comp of Sheffield post-punk, plus John Myrtle and Handle.

’Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ puts the viewer in control of the protagonist's fate, and you get to choose everything from what breakfast cereal he eats and what music he listens to, to more serious (and often disturbing) choices.

Dates include a show at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens.

Plus: Belinda Carlisle, Modern English, Paul Young, Limahl, and more.

The film about '80s Long Island radio station features interviews and rare archival footage with such acts as U2, Blondie, Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, Joan Jett, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Billy Idol, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and more.

A whole bunch of '80s new wave acts (or members of them) will be puttin' on the hits this summer via the Retro Futura Tour. Thompson Twins singer Tom Bailey and Howard Jones headline this package tour that also includes Ultravox's Midge Ure, China Crisis and Katrina of Katrina and the…