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Monday, March 30, 2020

LISTEN: A St. Patrick’s Day Salute To Gavin Friday

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bomb The Bass, Bono, Dik Evans, Edge, Erik Sanko, Gavin Friday, Ireland, Island Records, Maurice Seezer, Sinead O'Connor, Virgin Prunes. U2

The Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to an unsung icon of Irish rock

Blues Post-Punk

Hell Ain’t Half Full: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love Turns 25

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Down By The Water, Island Records, John Parish, Meet Ze Monsta, PJ Harvey, Polly Jean Harvey, Steve Albini, To Bring You My Love

The third Island LP from Polly Jean and her machine remains her singular blues punk masterpiece

Experimental Pop Post-Punk

Credit In The Straight World: Colossal Youth at 40

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Courtney Love, Credit In The Straght World, Hole, Philip Moxham, Rough Trade, Stuart Moxham, Young Marble Giants

In 1980, Young Marble Giants stripped post-punk down to its minimalist core

Post-Punk Punk Remembrance

Hugo Burnham Remembers Andy Gill

February 4, 2020February 10, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Andy Gill, Dave Allen, Entertainment!, G04, Gang of Four, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, Not Great Men, Paradise Club, RIP, RIP Andy Gill, The Mekons

In this exclusive chat, Jim Sullivan and the original Gang of Four drummer share their memories of the pioneering guitarist and songwriter

Post-Punk Remembrance

‘People Are Given What They Want’: Gang Of Four’s Timeless Slice Of Entertainment!

February 2, 2020February 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1979, Andy Gill, Dave Allen, EMI, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, Hugh Burnham, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, RIP Andy Gill

Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to the late Andy Gill with a look at his band’s debut masterpiece

Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Inside Wire’s Hive

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2020, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mind Hive, Pink Flag, Pink Floyd, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Who, Wire

43 years after its debut, Mind Hive proves this British punk institution is still making flawless records

Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock

Quiet Life At 40: How Japan Traded Glam Rags for the New Romantic Crown

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Classix Nouveaux, David Sylvain, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Life in Tokyo, Mick Karn, Quiet Life, Robert Fripp, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground, Ultravox

At the end of 1979, David Sylvian’s arty crew was born anew

Post-Punk

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Right As Raincoats

January 3, 2020January 10, 2020 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, Ana Da Silva, Gina Birch, Lola, No Side to Fall In, Palmolive, Ray Davies, Rough Trade, The Kinks, The Raincoats, The Slits, WeThree Records

For its 40th anniversary, this sublime new edition from WeThree has been remastered from the original tapes and pressed onto marble vinyl, adorned by new art from founding members Gina Birch and Ana da Silva

Alternative Rock Industrial Post-Punk

Nick Soulsby On The Sacrifice And Transcendence of Swans

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Angels of Light, Michael Gira, Nick Soulsby, Swans, Swans leaving meaning, Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence

With Swans’ fifteenth record, leaving meaning. recently released, we went deep with the author of the definitive book on all things Michael Gira

Post-Punk Rock

Greg Sage Is Living In The Land of the Lost

December 30, 2019February 13, 2020 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Greg Sage, J Mascis, Jack Rabid, Kurt Cobain, Meat Wave, Melvins, Mission of Burma, Nirvana, Poison Idea, Rocket From the Crypt, Ryan Adams, The Big Takeover, Thurston Moore, Vivian Girls, Wipers

A long delayed reissue of Wipers’ classic fourth album preserves the continuing legacy of an underground institution

Post-Punk

Dave Riley, Bassist of Big Black, Has Died

December 25, 2019December 30, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Big Black, carcinoma, Chris Bjorklund, Dave Riley, Don Hedeker, Material Issue, Mike Zelenko, Naked Raygun, Racer-X, Rachel Brown, Santiago Durango, Steve Albini

Versatile musician succumbs to cancer at 59

Dance Electronics Experimental Funk Glam Gospel Hip Hop Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk Psychedelics Rock Soul

The 30 Best Music Videos of 2019

December 23, 2019December 30, 2019 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bob Mould, Chemical Brothers, FKA Twigs, Jenny Lewis, Jim Jarmusch, Josef Van Wissem, Mitski, Neneh Cherry, Open Mike Eagle & Sammus, Patrick Stickles, PUP, Ridge Productions, slowthai., Stormzy, that dog., The Oh Sees, Thom Yorke, Tinariwen, William Tyler

Counting down the best clips not shown on MTV

jazz Post-Punk Punk

Like A Glove: The Convergence of Wire and Mike Watt

December 9, 2019December 30, 2019 Ryan Bray 1 Comment fIREHOSE, Fitted, Flipper, Graham Lewis, Jaki Liebezeit, Jumpstarted Plowhards, Mike Watt, Pink Flag, The First Fit, The Minutemen, Wire

Fitted represents a perfect meeting of musical minds

Post-Hardcore Post-Punk

Snap, Crackle, Punk: At Action Park, Shellac’s debut LP, turns 25

October 30, 2019November 6, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, At Action Park, Big Black, Bob Weston, Brick Layer Cake, Rapeman, Rifle Sport, Shellac, Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, Touch & Go, Volcano Suns

In 1994, Steve Albini’s post Big Black/Rapeman power trio burned through our speakers like thighs against the concrete of a hot Alpine Slide ride

Post-Punk Psychedelics

Swans Mean Business

October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 3 Comments DNA, James Chance, Jennifer Gira, Larry Junstrom, Larry Mullins, Leaving Meaning, Lydia Lunch, Mars, Michael Gira, Suicide, Swans, Swans leaving meaning, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions, The Hanging Man, Young God Records

The RNR Globe’s exclusive chat with Michael Gira on his longtime collective’s 15th LP Leaving Meaning

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