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Ian Curtis and the Emotion of Joy Division

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Closer, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order, Stephen Morris, Unknown Pleasures

Reminiscing about the enigmatic frontman on what would have been his 65th birthday

Post-Punk Rock

Cat Popper Breathes New Life Into A Pere Ubu Classic

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Cat Popper, Catherine Popper, Jack White, Jesse Malin, Levon Helm, Norah Jones, Pere Ubu, Puss N Boots, Ryan Adams, Sasha Dobson, Willie Nelson

Hanging out in the salt marshes of New York City with the bassist extraordinaire

Art Pop Indie Rock Post-Punk

‘You Left The Street Thinking You’d Listen To A Record’: 25 Years Of The Raincoats’ Looking in the Shadows

June 15, 2021June 20, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1996, Ana de Silva, Ari Up, DGC, Gina Birch, Ian Curtis, Looking in the Shadows, Mark E. Smith, Martin Hannett, Palmolive, The Raincoats, Tony Wilson

With endorsements from Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain, the UK art punk legends landed on Geffen Records for their underrrated fourth LP

Indie Rock Post-Punk Punk

ALBUMS: Sleater-Kinney’s Path of Least Resistance

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Kill Rock Stars, Mom + Pop Records, Path of Wellness, Portlandia, SLEATER-KINNEY, Sub Pop Records, The Center Won't Hold

On their first album without Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein rebuild their center on an impressive new album

Post-Punk Punk

The Wire Miracle Continues with PF456 Deluxe

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2021, Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, PF456 Deluxe, Pink Flag, Post-Punk, Wire

This anticipated Record Store Day exclusive is the UK punk icons’ most feral and creative release

Indie Rock Post-Punk

The Dream Songs of Tim Foljahn

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Chris Brokaw, I Dreamed A Dream, Male Slut, Smokey Hormel, Sonic Youth, Spastic Rhythm Tarts, The Crucifucks, Thurston Moore, Tim Foljahn, Two Dollar Guitar

From his hardcore days, Two Dollar Guitar, Male Slut and Psychic Hearts with Thurston Moore to I Dreamed A Dream, the Hoboken lifer trudges onward

Post-Punk Progressive Rock

ALBUMS: The Mars Volta Throws A Tantrum

May 27, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cedric Bixler-Zavala, De-Loused In The Comatorium, Ikey Owens, Jeremy Ward, Landscape Tantrums, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Mars Volta, Yes

These unfinished original versions of material from De-Loused In The Comatorium is a prime example of the band’s initial energy

Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

adblock Dance Disco Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Post-Punk

Drive It In Between: Nightclubbing at 40

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Alex Sadkin, Barry Reynolds, Chris Blackwell, David Bowie, Demolition Man, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Nightclubbing, Pull Up To The Bumper

Grace Jones’ fifth album is “The Empire Strikes Back” of her Compass Point Trilogy

New Wave Post-Punk

The Art of Arson: The Birthday Party’s Prayers on Fire at 40

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments Anita Lane, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Phil Calvert, Prayers On Fire, Rowland S. Howard, The Birthday Party, Tracy Pew

Nick Cave’s incendiary introduction to the wider world

Hardcore Heavy Metal Indie Rock Noise Post-Punk Punk

ALBUMS: Unsane’s Journey Through The Past

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Bad Lieutenant, Brooklyn, Chris Spencer, Heavy Traffic, Improvised Munitions & Demo, Lamb Unlimited, Taxi Driver, Unsane

Brooklyn’s most brutal band rediscover their salad days with Improvised Munitions & Demo

Experimental Post-Punk Spoken Word

WATCH: “Psyche And The Ladder” by Diana Hayes and Andy Meyers

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2021, Andy Meyers, British Columbia, Deeper Into the Forest, Diana Hayes, Punk, Spoken Word, The Scenics

Get lost in the latest video from this new collaboration between the Toronto punk great and the Canadian poet and photographer

Indie Rock Noise Post-Hardcore Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Trigger Cut Turn It Up On ROGO

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments BandCamp, Daniel Wichter, Germany, Mat Dumil, Pavement, Ralph Schaarschmidt, ROGO, Stuttgart, Trigger Cut, Unsane

Germany’s rising noise rockers create the primal catharsis we all need in 2021 with their explosive second LP

New Wave Post-Punk

Solid Gold Entertainment!

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Andy Gill, Box Set, Dave Allen, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, GANG OF FOUR 77-81, Hugh Burnham, Jon King, Matador Records, Sire Records, Solid Gold, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols

Jon King discusses the new Gang of Four stacked new box set covering the band’s first four years

Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Punk

Hooky At 65

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Happy Birthday, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and The Light

Celebrating with influential Joy Division/New Order singer and bassist’s first day as a proper senior citizen

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