A week on from completing our 100 Best Albums of the 1980s countdown, here’s the final of our accompanying mixes. Each day, we’ve been posting an easily digestible 20-track mix every day this week, ...

Strewn all over the front seats of this car were dozens and dozens of cassette tapes (Fun Fact: did you know that this audio format predates the 8-track tape? It's true). Nothing to see here… but wait ...

Our mix survey of the best albums of the 1980s hits 40-21. You know the drill by now: following on from our comprehensive rundown of the 100 best albums of the 1980s, we’ve been posting an easily ...

Speaking as one of those guys who want their 1980s mix tapes played during their funerals (note: there’s a small cardboard box of 90-minute Maxells in the downstairs closet, sorted chronologically), I ...

In 1980, the Moral Majority, led by the late Jerry Falwell, helped catapult actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan into a two-term presidency, one whose cultural implications ripple through the ...

If the 21st Century was all we had to go on, hip hop culture would simply be called pop culture, considering its influence on music, art, film, and fashion. Even the President listens to Kanye. But ...

In the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films, Chris Pratt's character, Peter "Star-Lord" Quill, was emotionally sustained by some 1980s mix-tapes given to him by his late mother. At the end of Vol.