This music video from 1982 features a fictional wedding in which Human League vocalist Joanne Catherall weds her groom while lead singer Philip Oakey pines over her from the upper balcony. Yes, just like Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. Only this is a New Wave Dustin Hoffman with killer cheekbones and a beauty mark (which seems to be a requirement for band members, as mirrored by Catherall and her blonde counterpart Susan Ann Sulley).

I’m eagerly awaiting tonight’s Cut Copy show in Austin, Texas! This ’80s-influenced band from Melbourne, Australia has skyrocketed to indie popularity in the seven years since the release of their first album Bright Like Neon Love in 2004. I remember seeing the band at South by Southwest in 2005 with the guy I’d just started dating (now my husband), and I was heavily drawn to the upbeat, layered synthpop that captivated the crowd.

Since we spent last week exploring ’80s tribal fashion and we’re getting ready to celebrate ’80s jungle style, here’s a little primal ditty from British group Toto Coelo (known in America as Total Coelo). They’re not wearing cheetah print frocks or hanging from vines, but the neon hut, palm trees and rhythmic chanting certainly give the piece a jungle-like feel.

On the heels of our ’80s Tribal Fashion post, we bring you the video for a track with a tribal sound: Bow Wow Wow’s 1981 single “Chihuahua.” The band is known for its African-influenced percussion. Drummer David Barbarossa, guitarist Matthew Ashman and bassist Leigh Gorman had previously been key members of Adam and the Ants (Bow Wow Wow’s tendency toward New Romantic fashions designed by Vivienne Westwood are reminiscent of the musicians’ Adam and the Ants days). If “tribal, New Wave romanticism” were a style, this band would emanate it!