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The 21 Most Criminally Overlooked Post-Punk Classics
2008-08-16 05:11:00 After the punk revolution in the late seventies, an endless number of bands inspired by the DIY spirit and raw sound of punk were formed. Many of these bands forged into more experimental territory (instead of replicating the sound of the Sex Pistols), taking cues from a range of artists and styles, such as Roxy ...
Various Artists - C86
2007-11-30 01:50:00 Of the twenty-two bands on this tape, only Wedding Present and Primal Scream went on to make a lasting mark, but the sound and look that C86 captured still characterizes a section of British music culture: it is a world of jangly Rickenbacker guitars, defiantly asexual feyness, DIY fanzines and seven-inch singles, bowl-cuts, hair-clips, and ...
Clinic - Funf
2007-11-06 23:02:00 ‘Funf’ collects b-sides from Clinic’s first ten years together, and goes some way to addressing their insanely all over the shop writing style. Never a band to be easily pinned down, Clinic jump from post-punk inspired psycho-rockabilly instrumentals like “You Can’t Hurt Yourself Anymore” and “The Scythe” to Phil Spector meets krautrock instrumentals like “The ...
Pere Ubu - Pennsylvania
2007-09-13 17:49:00 When Pere Ubu reformed in 1987 with ‘The Tenement Year’, the newfound pop elements of their sound disturbed a lot of the band’s older fans. The following albums only increased the They Might Be Giants-like skewed pop content to the point that the band had an actual MTV/college radio hit with 1989’s “Waiting for ...
Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-1981
2007-07-23 22:36:00 Like the perfect fusion of the Slits and Gang of Four, Delta 5 excelled at angular, rhythmic punk with a politically and socially conscious agenda. Featuring vocalist Julz Sale and two bassists & background singers, Bethan Peters and Ros Allen (formerly of the Mekons), the female-fronted UK band had folded by 1981, but it left ...
Felt - Me And A Monkey On The Moon
2007-07-23 20:32:00 With ‘Me And A Monkey On The Moon’, Felt’s Lawrence announced that, as he’d completed his objective of releasing ten albums and ten singles in ten years, Felt was over. By this time, Lawrence was the only original member of the band, though Martin Duffy had been around since 1985’s ‘Ignite The Seven Cannons’. Album ...
In The Spotlight: Red Krayola
2007-07-21 20:34:00 Since its inception in the late 1960s, the Red Krayola have been one of the most consistently engaging bands of rock’s avant garde. In its nearly four decades of existence, the band has had three distinct stages: the first as a fractured, Beefheart-esque psychedelic act in Texas; the second as something of a U.K. ...
In The Spotlight: Julian Cope
2007-07-19 20:31:00 British rock musician, writer, antiquary, musicologist, and poet Julian Cope is one of the most prolific artists around, with a career now spanning over 2 decades and a catalog of over twenty releases and several books. Coming to prominence as frontman of Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes in 1978, he has since released ...
Noisettes - What?s The Time Mr. Wolf?
2007-07-18 23:02:00 It’s a conventional line-up of guitar, bass and drums powering the Noisettes, but one could guess they were playing industrial cleaning machines, so ear-scouring is their sound. ‘What’s The Time Mr. Wolf?’ kicks off with four songs previously released as singles, each one dazzling in its confidence. There’s a pummelling vitality to ‘Don’t Give Up’, ...
Magic Bullets - A Child But In Life Yet A Doctor In Love
2007-07-12 23:50:00 Wearing influences on ones sleeve can be dangerous business ?? emulate heroes too closely and the risk of redundancy runs high. Thankfully, Magic Bullets cleverly weave their influences into an inventive whole, making ‘A Child But In Life Yet A Doctor In Love’ a solid and charming debut. Traces of the band?s musical forefathers can ...
Silver Daggers - New High & Ord
2007-07-12 23:44:00 Simultaneously taking on noisy post-punk, dance-y no wave and gothic free jazz, L.A.?s Silver Daggers apply an ?anything goes? approach without losing focus. Part of this can be attributed to their busy line-up. Boasting boisterous synthesisers, jabbing guitars and a frantic rhythm section, the songs are led by the busy saxophones and frenzied, yelping vocals. ...
This Heat - Deceit
2007-07-12 23:40:00 This Heat’s quintessential second studio album, ‘Deceit’ stands out as a high-water mark in the extensive field of post-punk, avant-progressive, experimental rock music dating from the early 80s. It differs from the band’s debut album in that the majority of the pieces are thoroughly composed songs, though with a penchant to push the boundaries of ...
Killing Joke - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
2007-07-03 22:35:00 After ‘Night Time’, Killing Joke had banished itself to one of the far corners of the globe, anticipating an Armageddon that never materialized. When they returned, they set themselves at a fast and furious work pace that would beget a number of superb albums, which reached their apogee in ‘Brighter Than A Thousand Suns’. Unabashedly ...
Killing Joke - Night Time
2007-07-03 22:32:00 Born out of the fires of England’s first wave of post-punk, proto-industrial Killing Joke was always somehow apart from their contemporaries. With the visceral ‘Night Time’, the band continued to move from strength to strength. While still displaying something of the brittle surface of earlier records, their playing had become more polished, Jaz Coleman’s vocals ...
The Fall - Live At The Witch Trials
2007-07-03 22:25:00 The long, strange saga of the Fall, arguably the UK’s first post-punk band, begins with ‘Live At The Witch Trials’. The group’s 1979 debut album was recorded in-studio (despite its title) during a single day, fully capturing the urgency of both the times and the music. Punk poet Mark E. Smith and his ragtag crew ...
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
2007-07-03 22:08:00 The Cocteau Twins released their second album, 1983’s ‘Head Over Heels’, following their first bass player’s departure, and came close to reinventing themselves. Songs like “Sugar Hiccup” and the brilliantly named “Glass Candle Grenades,” with their swooping vocals, clattering percussion, and vibrant guitars, go a long way to lightening the downbeat mood cast on the ...
The Glove - Blue Sunshine
2007-06-27 02:05:00 This project, a collaboration between Cure mastermind Robert Smith and Siouxsie & the Banshees bassist Steve Severin, was released shortly before ‘The Top’, the Cure’s most experimental record, and the Banshees’ atmospheric ‘Hyaena’ (which had Smith sitting in on guitar), and finds the duo indulging in darkly whimsical synth-pop tunes. Drawing their name from the ...
Tornano i Police!
2007-05-15 11:57:00 Salve, Salve, salve! A quanto pare i Police iniziano il tuor europeo il 29 agosto partendo da Stoccolma, arriveranno in Italia il 2 ottobre al delle Alpi di Torino. Sting, Stewart Copeland e Andy Summers, mostri del live sound, ci regaleranno sicuramente un altro spettacolo da non perdere.
By: Musicopatico
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