Stereogum — Some albums are just mysteries. They have their time and place, and yet resist their context. They are slow to unfold and get their due, and yet grow beyond their original confines as a result, spanning generations and building pockets of devotees. U... more info

JamBase — The Nth Power will reunite their original five-piece lineup for a special one-off show at The Blue Nile in New Orleans on May 6. more info

Stereogum — Portland's Pure Bathing Culture released a full album cover of the Blue Nile’s 1989 LP, Hats, back in August. Last night, Chvrches took a stab at standout single, "The Downtown Lights," during their encore at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The fell... more info

Stereogum — The Blue Nile's 1989 album Hats is the kind of lost treasure that, upon discovering it, you wind up breathlessly evangelizing to anyone who will listen. Though their name seems to pop up more and more these days, they're still a cultish concern in th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — For his new album Love in the Modern Age, Rouse pulls inspiration from lush '80s pop like The Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, and records like Roxy Music's Avalon and Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man. Continue reading… more info

Obscure Sound — Fond of sophisti-pop in the vein of Prefab Sprout and The Blue Nile, as well as cinematic gusto from the likes of Ennio Morricone and John Barry, Ed Ling draws from influence that value both the intensity of atmosphere and the riveting potential of m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Marimba-loving indie vets Aloha are releasing their seventh album and first in six years, Little Windows Cut Right Through, next week (5/6) via Polyvinyl, and they're now streaming it in full. As mentioned, they're taking an overt '80s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They've already released two songs off the record, "Signal Drift" and "Faraway Eyes," the latter of which is a great example of the '80s influence they have on this new record. (They recently shared a playlist of songs that influenced the a... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectRob writes the 365 Days of Youtune Blog charting his "daily musical odyssey one Youtube video at a time."What was the first song you ever bought?Jamiroq... more info

Guardian Music — The Blue Nile singer-songwriter may work at a glacial rate, but he can invigorate even the most tired pop sentimentFew songwriters have matched up to Paul Buchanan; few would dare try. Over the past 30 years, the Blue Nile singer has made a certain s... more info