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Cover Story: A Folk and Eighties Crossover That’s “Just Like Heaven”

The Lumineers prove that folk has no borders with a painstaking cover of The Cure’s 1987 hit, “Just Like Heaven.” (They’re just missing the synthesizer and red lipstick).

ANALYSISAfterglow ATXApril 23, 2024claire hookstra, cover story, folk, 80s, 1980s, the cure, goth, goth rock

Album Anniversaries: 40 Years Later, Kate Bush’s ‘The Dreaming’ Remains Weird and Wonderful

She may be known for “Running Up That Hill,” but Kate Bush has made stranger things than her viral hit.

ANALYSISAfterglow ATXSeptember 13, 2022audrey vieira, kate bush, 80s, 1980s, album anniversaries

Album Anniversaries: 35 Years Later, the Beastie Boys’ ‘Licensed to Ill’ Remains an Important, Yet Questionable, Part of Hip-Hop History

Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill was released 35 years ago last month. Though an undeniably seminal work, and a part of a process that saw the growth of hip-hop’s popularity, some questions about its continued relevance continue to crop up: What did the growth it brought about entail, and what does Licensed to Ill say about that process?

ANALYSISAfterglow ATXDecember 10, 2021wonjune lee, license to ill, beastie boys, hip-hop, 80s

The Imagined Nostalgia of City Pop

Enamoring a generation of listeners who have never experienced the 1980s, Japanese city pop creates a mysterious link to the past for its present-day fans. Its ability to evoke nostalgia for a world they never lived in is a curiosity that can possibly be explained in three ways, each personal to me.

Afterglow ATXNovember 2, 2021city pop, japanese music, japan, 1980s, 80s, nostalgia, wonjune lee

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