Thomas Dolby News and Photos

Like, Omigod! Digging Through the ’80s Pop Culture Box, Part 13

Wed, May 08 2013 1:20pm - Source: Pop Dose

Here's where we start digging into Disc 4 of the seven-disc box set Like, Omigod!

Some sort of western rock is going on here with Pere Ubu

Wed, May 01 2013 3:40pm - Source: BRING ME UP

I mean don't think about the cyclops astronaut artwork…lol.

50 GREAT ALBUMS IN MY 50th YEAR (Part 28)

Tue, April 16 2013 5:00am - Source: THE VINYL VILLAIN

The early 80s was a great time to be a follower of new music in the north-east of England.

Make music, not war: Post War Orchestra converts weapons into musical instruments

Sun, March 24 2013 12:44am - Source: The Independent - Music

The Post War Orchestra has launched a fundraising campaign to convert more weapons into instruments.

Xaque Gruber: 1983: My Favorite Year in Pop Music

Tue, January 08 2013 8:34pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

I'm a pop song junkie, and I owe it all to 1983 -- the year I started buying music.

Chad Valley

Tue, November 27 2012 7:43pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

On his last EP, Equatorial Ultravox , British musician Hugo Manuel (also known by his stage name Chad Valley ) proved that tropical tunes need not hail from a warm climate.

Moogfest 2012: Nine Things We Loved and One That Needed Improvement

Mon, October 29 2012 2:12pm - Source: XLR8R

Taking place each year in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina, Moogfest has positioned itself as a unique destination festival.

A Strange Love: Depeche Mode's Music For The Masses Revisited

Thu, October 25 2012 9:47am - Source: The Quietus

In the six-year time span between their debut single (1981's 'Dreaming Of Me') and the release of a mighty sixth album, Music For The Masses , Depeche Mode went through a major artistic metamorphosis.

Thomas Dolby quits as music director of TED

Fri, September 21 2012 8:07am - Source: Music-News.com

Thomas Dolby has decided to call it quits from his position of music director of TED (Technology, Entertainement and Design).

Confessions of a Steampunk Siren: Jody Ellen of Abney Park

Tue, September 11 2012 10:43pm - Source: Pop Dose

If you believe the legends, mad scientists, aviators, steamship captains and brave warriors have been adventuring between the past, present and future for more than a century.

Shorties (Unlucky Characters in Literature, 20 Years of Chickfactor, and more)

Fri, April 13 2012 2:11pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

The Huffington Post lists unlucky characters in literature.

Thomas Dolby Returns to Music After Blinding Silicon Valley With Science

Thu, April 12 2012 5:10pm - Source: Spinner

Thomas Dolby 's tour bus is currently towing a " Time Capsule " across North America.

Free Energy discusses sophomore album, Love Sign

Tue, March 13 2012 4:24am - Source: Consequence of Sound

The kind of rock, mostly the ostentatious stuff from the '70s and '80s, that celebrated the best of youthful vigor?

SXSW: Music’s March Madness – A Preview

Sun, March 11 2012 6:39pm - Source: Pop Dose

Just in time for spring break, the TV is telling us to "spring forward" our clocks this weekend.

Bon Iver, Elbow, and Paul Weller to Headline Latitude Festival

Tue, March 06 2012 4:28pm - Source: Xfm

Bat For Lashes, Simple Minds, Laura Marling, Buena Vista Social Club, Metronomy, SBTRKT, Janelle Monáe, Amadou & Mariam and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros are also on the bill.

Heart troubles for Foreigner co-founder Mick Jones, King’s X drummer Jerry Gaskill

Mon, February 27 2012 11:49pm - Source: Something Else!

Both Foreigner guitarist and Mick Jones and King's X drummer Jerry Gaskill are recovering from heart ailments.

Best Sellers From The ’80′s: Foreigner 4

Fri, November 04 2011 1:08pm - Source: WNEW

What does a group do when they've become one of the biggest-selling bands of the late '70′s, having moved 12 million records over the course of three years?

Mike Ragogna: The Decemberists Video Exclusive, Chatting With John Wesley Harding, Thomas Dolby and Stephen Kellogg, Plus Dancing With StevieMix

Fri, October 28 2011 4:51am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

"The Decemberists have announced the November 1 release of the b-sides EP Long Live The King , a companion piece to their #1 debuting breakout LP The King Is Dead. The 6-song EP features outtakes from The King Is Dead recording sessions at Pendarvis Farm including 'E. Watson' (with backing vocals from Laura Veirs and Annalisa Tornfelt), the horn-drenched 'Sonnet,' and a cover of The Grateful Dead's 'Row Jimmy,' as well as the home demo 'I 4 U & U 4 Me.' The CD and 10" vinyl versions of Long Live The King are available for pre-order now at The Decemberists' website and Amazon.com. The EP will also be released digitally through all digital retailers.

The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise (reissue)

Mon, September 26 2011 2:30pm - Source: The Quietus

The past turns into a succession of years.

The Friday Morning Listen: Thomas Dolby – The Flat Earth (1984)

Fri, September 16 2011 10:55am - Source: Something Else!

I like this idea: that on any given evening there's a decent chance that there's a man on the eastern coast of England, sitting in the wheelhouse of his refurbished 1930′s era lifeboat , creating works of art in the studio that he's had installed there.

One Track Mind: Thomas Dolby on “Blinded Me With Science,” “Hyperactive,” others

Thu, September 15 2011 12:39pm - Source: Something Else!

On this special edition of Something Else!

The Producers: Wally Brill

Tue, August 02 2011 4:24am - Source: WNEW

Before founding a telephone answering system business, Wally Brill was a musician, producer and label executive during the 1980s and 1990s.

Britain's Vintage may change future festivals

Fri, July 29 2011 7:58am - Source: The Independent - Music

Dandies, punks, teds and mods dusted down their finest threads for London's Vintage Festival, a celebration of British design history which hints at a change in direction for UK festivals.

Interview: Thomas Dolby and Andrea Phillips

Tue, July 26 2011 2:56pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Following the album's tentative release, I was wondering if there was another tour planned.

The Weight Of All This Melody: An Interview With Dan Bejar Of Destroyer

Mon, June 13 2011 11:51am - Source: The Quietus

The glistening shimmer of Roxy Music's Avalon or the giddy richness of peak-period Prefab Sprout don't immediately spring to mind when you think of Destroyer.