Top New Wave albums

The US pop rock band The Killers recorded the third studio attempt Day & Age. One can speak about this tuneful disc for a long time, but one thing is obvious - Day & Age is the best band’s work for now

Lady GaGa's new creation Born This Way is a really diverse album in which different genres are mixed together but are all served under a well-done dance beats' dressing, that is why it is surely going to set some new records

Debut album of American duo MGMT is very close to be a perfect record. Oracular Spectacular combines dance motility of pop-rock, synthesized drive and LoFi esthetics at the same time. Everything sounds simple but enormously significant

Kanye West's fourth work 808's & Heartbreak proves to be his most emotional and sincere album offering melodious and soulful compositions and, as is clear from the record title, of the broken heart topic

The British duet La Roux, consisting of singer Elly Jackson and composer Ben Langmaid, recorded and self-produced the first disc La Roux. It can be called one of the brightest electro pop debuts of 2009

Las Vegas foursome The Killers introduce a perfectly tailored new wave-induced art rock sound on their debut, Hot Fuss. Sounding like the bastard child of Simon LeBon and Robert Smith, lead singer Brandon Flowers covers some lyrical ground including