New Wave

Meanings

1. Any of several movements in music and film which are or were considered cutting edge.

1. Representing the latest and most advanced style.

1. An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early to mid-1980s, incorporating punk sensibilities and/or other forms of music, but made with more accessibility.

Etymology

Calque of French Nouvelle Vague.