FNNW - August 22

This week: synth duos battle for your shallow affection in our X poll, we take a chilly detour to Sheffield for our New Wave Road Trip (bring a raincoat and an attitude), and Joe Strummer would’ve turned 73—so we’re honoring him with something that never made a Hot Topic t-shirt.

We’ve also got birthdays from The Go-Go’s, XTC, Kraftwerk, and Tears for Fears. Plus a chart flop from Wall of Voodoo, the Pretenders rescuing the Violent Femmes from the streets, and a Yazoo debut that aged better than most humans.

As always, three hours of vintage new wave, deep cuts, sideways facts, and passive-aggressive requests. Live chat, your requests, and the existential dread of watching the '80s drift further into the past—fnnw.live, 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central.