Three classic rock bands from the 1970s fully embraced synthesizers in the 1980s and recorded career-defining hits.

The full lineup for the 2026 Red Butte Garden Outdoor Concert Series will be released in mid-April — but here's a start.

Austin-based synth-pop ​indie-rock band Pretty Something, the latest project from artist and producer Joe Durniak, ​is ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: The '70s is the decade when this new musical synth technology began to really find its feet. Granted, it was still an incredibly expensive preoccupation, but synthesizer development ...

Who doesn’t love the synthesizer? Once considered the newest, hippest piece of tech to enter the world of music, this electronic musical instrument has evolved and changed quite a bit through the ...

On a typical Wednesday night, Ian Thurston twists knobs and punches buttons on a big mixing board at the casino where he runs sound for onstage talent. But tonight at Pacific Pizza in Browne's ...

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 ...

Maybe it’s just that time of year, but this might just be the moment for darkwave. Channeling the gloomy post-punk sound of bands like Joy Division and Front 242, a new generation of bands loosely ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...

Armed with synthesizers and inspired by a dedicated teacher, visually impaired students come together to make music—and play an electrifying show. The kids were exhausted before rehearsal even began.