On August 1, 1981, MTV was launched, literally. The first moments of the channel began with the space shuttle lifting off from the launch pad before cutting to a clip that is forever etched on the ...

The iconic cable television channel, first launched in a small section of the East Coast on Aug. 1, 1981.

The rapper tells PEOPLE how his love of 1980s music, movies and storytelling inspired an entirely new artistic identity ...

While the news cycle spins ahead at an alarming pace, you may have missed that there’s some pretty exciting queer film and television on the way! Over the past few weeks, previews have dropped for ...

MTV's music-only channels all but went dark on New Year's Eve in 2025. The network did a fitting send-off for seven of its ...

Guy Garvey, the singer of Elbow and a dj on 6 Music, the BBC’s indie music station, welcomed Mr Burnham’s rise: “Andy isn’t ...

French DJ and producer Kavinsky helped define the synthwave genre with his iconic hit “Nightcall” and its unforgettable appearance in Drive. On July 28, 2026, the musician was found dead at his home ...

I’ve seen The Fixx six times, yet my favorite moment’s always the same. Jamie West-Oram commands attention, guitar slung as far as his arms extend, then chops at silence with a celebrated riff. No ...

When discussing the best rock albums from every year of the 1980s, Synchronicity by The Police and Back in Black by AC/DC ...

Having well-constructed synthesizer-driven pop-rock songs wasn’t enough for the Fixx during the early 1980s. The arty band ...

If you didn't already live in California in the 1980s, then these four iconic songs were guaranteed to make you wish you did.

The Courant’s arts picks for July 26 through Aug. 1 include jam bands Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors and ...