The Bangles

The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early
1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade. HistoryFormation and
early years (1981-1983)Susanna Hoffs joined sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson
to form a band in Los Angeles in December, 1980. The trio briefly called
themselves The Colours, then renamed themselves The Supersonic ... read more

The Measure

High fives: M&S's button boots, The Bangles and Leon. Low blows: trilbies, lounge wear and smoky eyesGoing upSaturday morning cinema trips How else are we going to find t...
Posted 7 October 2011 11.00pm — Comment on this

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - September 27th, 2011

This week's music release lists offers a tantalizing variety of new albums, box sets, and reissues, and even a new Bangles album, Sweetheart of the Sun. Wilco's The Whole...
Posted 26 September 2011 9.15pm — Comment on this

Early Buzz: Bangles, Doctor Strange, Bravo and more news

Hello there! I hope you're having a fine week -- I'm just trying to make it sail by as smoothly as possible.
Posted 3 August 2011 1.01pm — Comment on this

The Weekly Mixtape: Monday Edition (6/13/11)

Elvis Costello – Welcome To The Working Week (from My Aim Is True) Kool Moe Dee – I Go To Work (from Knowledge Is King) Nathaniel Mayer – You Gotta Work...
Posted 13 June 2011 2.09pm — Comment on this

Mixtape Monday by Emmy The Great ft. Enya, Bangles, Bad Seeds, Scarlett Johansson

With her forthcoming album only a couple of weeks away, DiS asked Emmy The Great what her and her band were listening to and she made us this mixtape, playable on Spotify...
Posted 30 May 2011 10.51am — Comment on this

Prince - Prince Hates Random Stars Covering His Songs

Prince doesn't like artists covering his songs because he feels his music ceases to exist when a new version comes out. The pop superstar has written smash hits for th...
Posted 14 April 2011 7.12pm — Comment on this

The Egyptian protesters' pop-inspired slogan

The Bangles' Walk Like an Egyptian is an unlikely choice of protest songSo, the title of the Bangles' 1987 hit Walk Like An Egyptian has been co-opted as a revolutionary ...
Posted 31 January 2011 8.00pm — Comment on this

The Music 5 and 1 01.19.11: Just Joking Edition

Jewel faces J-Lo in Vs and the Battle of the Girl Bands begins with Bangles Vs Heart, Kanye jokes, Steven Tyler snorts, the Beastie Boys act and Kelly Osbourne needs a st...
Posted 19 January 2011 7.04am — Comment on this

Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb ponders the NME Cool List to end all cool lists

Forget everything you've ever learned about rock'n'roll: the NME has established chunky winter socks as the apex of coolHas enough scar tissue formed over the livid psych...
Posted 25 November 2010 1.06pm — Comment on this

sunday evening updates

Hannibal said...Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane - Zenhouse 1999http://hannibalsite.blogspot.comLeonel Garcia said...Leonel Garcia - Lizard [2010]My latest album.http:/...
Posted 14 November 2010 5.04pm — Comment on this

The Bangles blast Cowell's 'mean' shows

world entertainment news - Eighties pop stars The Bangles have taken aim at Simon Cowell, blaming the music mogul for "excessive meanness" on his reality shows.
Posted 5 October 2010 2.44pm — Comment on this

tuesday noon updates

mercurochrome said...Thee YoungMossTongue PresentsTHE MUSIC - The MusicTHE BEES - PunchbagCOWS - PeacetikaThank You, Fuzzy!http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.comAqua...
Posted 5 October 2010 10.18am — Comment on this

Bangles - The Bangles Blast Cowells Mean Shows

Eighties pop stars THE BANGLES have taken aim at SIMON COWELL, blaming the music mogul for "excessive meanness" on his reality shows.The Eternal Flame hitmakers...
Posted 5 October 2010 8.07am — Comment on this

Weird At My School: The Like

Bands change. I accept that. In the ’80s, Bananarama went from being the haystack-haired girls who chummed around with Fun Boy Three and members of the Sex Pistols ...
Posted 4 October 2010 8.49pm — Comment on this

Sarah McLachlan to Dance on 'Dancing with the Stars'?

Sarah McLachlan sang a medley of "Angel" and her new single, "Loving You Is Easy," on "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday night, and the folk diva reveals to ET if she...
Posted 19 May 2010 5.55pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Bangles songs in the past year.

  • Manic Monday  216 plays
  • Walk like an egyptian  204 plays
  • Eternal flame  195 plays
  • Hazy shade of winter  90 plays
  • If she knew what she wants  84 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Bangles over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 784 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 31 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 00s 1 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 90s 1 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 1 plays

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