Music in the ’80s is typically associated with the computerized, neon-tinged sounds of MTV, but there was much more to this ...

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...

Every generation has that one place where everything cool happens. Whether it was “American Bandstand,” “Solid Gold,” “Soul Train” or G4, it’s the place where young people would find out what they’re ...

MTV kicked off in 1981 and became one of the most memorable things about music media in the 1980s. The channel’s early days were marked by ongoing music video feeds and the interesting personalities ...

Before the age of the music video, most big musicians had to settle for foregoing music video footage entirely or investing in whole films. (See: The many musical films The Beatles produced for their ...

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There is a fantastic new documentary about the chronically underrated band Devo, which you can watch with a Netflix subscription. I’ve been a huge fan of Devo for years, and I think the documentary ...