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Gene Dante and the Future Starlets at Oliver's

Sunday, January 18: Twist and Crawl

Some things never get old. Take, for instance, macaroni and cheese, James Bond movies, and New Wave music. We’re not here to wax enthusiastic about gourmet interpretations of classic comfort food or debate which brainy hunk made the best Bond, but we can tell you that when you need your loud electro/postpunk fix, DJ Paul Foley has the cure (if you will). One of the few remaining DJs in the city to use vinyl exclusively, he’s long offered Twist and Crawl, a night that warps you back to the early 1980s with its extended New Wave mixes, at Oliver’s (62 Brookline Ave, Boston, 617.536.4840) every Saturday. But now he’s bringing it to Church (65 Kilmarnock Street, Boston. 617.236.7600) for a night of electronica-infused nostalgia that’s easy to dance to. The evening will also include a performance of his live band, Wasted Talent. It starts at 9 p.m. (doors at 8) and there’s no cover.

Saturday, October 11 & 18: 80s night

Bust out your favorite leggings, throw on your neon off-the-shoulder top, and head back to 1984 at Oliver’s (Cask ’n Flagon, 62 Brookline Avenue, Boston, 617.536.4840). This weekly celebration of the Decade of Decadence (and bad hair and fantastically hideous fashion) happens every Saturday night beginning at 10 p.m. and features DJ Paul Foley spinning Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Van Halen, and all the other ’80s songs that we know appear on your iPod’s ìrecently playedî list. Fittingly, Foley spins all vinyl for this revival night. There’s no cover charge, and admission is for the 21-plus crowd only. (Anyone younger than that might not know his Cult Jam from his Culture Club, anyway.)