Can't stop listening to this The Garden album. Sort of like if early Ween smoked less pot and listened to Ariel Pink and Tune-yards.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM7-RXWp3Q8
― flopson, Thursday, 8 November 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
that's good. new to me. just bought it all on bandcamp. thanks.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
I think I just bought 2 eps and then an LP that compiles those two eps. Ooops. All digital though.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 November 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
LP out in north america on Deranged
― flopson, Thursday, 8 November 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
their videos are all nuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VHmmZrIDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-RdU088to
― flopson, Thursday, 8 November 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
I dunno does this belong here? Somewhere between UK DIY, post-punk and no wave (mostly in the guitars). Loving this right now.
http://lithics.bandcamp.com/
― DEATH PUPPET (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:05 (five years ago) link
Ya, Lithics got some love in one of the year-end lists, forget which.
Bambara - Shadow On Everything (I may have mentioned this earlier as it's been in rotation all year. Interestingly Idles' Joe Talbot talked them up in MOJO as his favorite album of the year, "[Singer/lyricist] Reid Bateh brings this savage realism but the noir-ish depth of the music takes you away on Birthday Party-type vibes. I just love everything they do - and I think they're one of the best live acts I've ever seen. They're from Atlanta, Georgia but based in Brooklyn. They're violent and passionate, interested and interesting and good-looking, and they're much cooler than we are.")ГШ (Glintshake) - Польза (Benefit) (Russian post-punk. They've toyed with some avant prog, and this too has a few sprawling tracks at 8:14 to 12:41)C.C.T.V. - Season Finale EP (Indiana art punk/post-punk band, third EP features Jerky Boys style radio bits.)Body Type - Body Type EP (Melbourne jangly garage pop/punk)Neurotic Fiction - Pulp Music (UK jangly pop/punk)Spiritual Cramp - Television (San Francisco chaotic post-hardcore art rock, Deranged compiled their EPs and recent single. I saw them earlier this year, amazing. Admire the tambourine player's total commitment)ILL - We Are ILL (whacky Manchester psychedelic post-punk)L.A. Witch - Octubre EP (garage punk noir)Public Practice - Distance Is A Mirror EP (NY, members of WALL)Ganser - Odd Talk (Chicago energetic post-punk) 180dB - "Road Trip" single (Savages' Ayşe Hassan & Fay Milton with guests Meredith Graves of Perfect Pussy and Nick Zinner. WANT MORE)
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
Crack Cloud, Color TV and Sore Points are all interesting entries in the Deranged catalog, but I like Spiritual Cramp the most by far.
I eventually got the Peluché album and while they don't seem to self-identify as post-punk ("trip-jam"? that's new to me), I do hear some Raincoats. Very nice! Speaking of Raincoats influence, Bas Jan has another take on the sound, which I also noted in the year-end thread per the Drift list (#63 Bas Jan - Yes I Jan). They also released a new EP on Friday that already shows them evolving.
https://lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/instant-nostalgia
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 04:45 (five years ago) link
Pill's new album didn't hit me as much as the first one but it's pretty good
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 06:55 (five years ago) link
lithics is great
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
BTW, the C.C.T.V. EP doesn't seem to be available anywhere other than YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDB12x09o4
I'm spending more time with Ought again. Is that still a big favorite for those who were discussing it earlier in the year? It has been growing on me. I'm hearing some Dismemberment Plan in places.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
I have concluded that I enjoy the following 2018 post-punk releases:
Idles - Joy as an Act of ResistanceIceage - BeyondlessPreoccupations - New MaterialThe Skull Defekts - The Skull Defekts
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
I still like the Ought a lot. It's up there with The Garden and Vital Idles for me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
Punk, Post-Punk & Hardcore
1. Bambara – Shadow On Everything 2. The Native Cats – John Sharp Toro 3. Bas Jan – Yes I Jan 4. Santa Librada – Santa Librada 5. Dream Wife – Dream Wife 6. Viagra Boys – Street Worms 7. Ought – Room Inside The World 8. ILL – We Are ILL 9. Iceage – Beyondless 10. LITHICS – Mating Surfaces 11. Glintshake – Benefit 12. Shopping – The Official Body 13. Spiritual Cramp – Television 14. LIINES – Stop-Start 15. Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP 16. The Common Cold – Shut Up! Yo Liberals! 17. The Native Cats – Spiro Scratch EP 18. Bas Jan – Instant Nostalgia EP 19. Idles – Joy As An Act Of Resistance 20. Bodega – Endless Scroll 21. Flasher – Constant Image 22. C.C.T.V. – Season Finale EP 23. Preoccupations – New Material 24. Ganser – Odd Talk 25. Second Still – Equals EP 26. Esben And The Witch – Nowhere 27. Girls Names – Stains On Silence 28. Mock Identity – Paradise 29. Dumb – Seeing Green30. Drug Church – Cheer
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
31. Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams 32. The Aints – The Church Of Simultaneous Existence 33. Big Kizz – Music Is Magic 34. Spiritual Cramp – Police State EP 35. GØGGS – Pre Strike Sweep 36. The Ex – 27 Passports 37. Hashteroid – Hashteroid 38. Teksti-TV 666 – Aidattu Tulevaisuus 39. High Priests – Spinning 40. Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls 41. Heads. – Collider 42. EXEK – Ahead Of Two Thoughts 43. Liars – TWTWF 44. Frigs – Basic Behaviour 45. The Pier – Dead Reckoning 46. Fotocrime – Principle Of Pain 47. Patois Counselors – Proper Release 48. Motorama – Many Nights 49. The Tropes – Bottom Of The Ocean 50. Snape – Always 51. Exploded View – Obey 52. Hank Wood And The Hammerheads – Hank Wood And The Hammerheads EP 53. Vertigo – V2 54. The Number Ones – Another Side Of The Number Ones EP 55. Shiny Darkly – Bronze 56. VOWWS – Under The World 57. NONN – XVII 58. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! 59. Sierpien – Renovation 60. Interpol – Marauder 61. Weathered Statues – Borderlands 62. Nopes – Stapler 63. Damagers – Victory EP 64. The Soft Moon – Criminal 65. Rotten Mind – Fading Into Oblivion 66. Bush Tetras – Take The Fall EP 67. Shame – Songs Of Praise 68. Neon Lights – A Slice Of Life 69. mewithoutYou – Untitled70. Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens 71. Blue Orchids – Righteous Harmony Fist 72. FACS – Negative Houses 73. The Lovely Eggs – This Is Eggland 74. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Riddles 75. Criminal Code – 2534 76. Single Mothers – Through A Wall 77. Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion 78. The Nightingales – Perish The Thought 79. Bellini – Before The Day Has Gone 80. Damager – Damagers EP 81. Datenight – Comin Atcha’ 100MPH 82. The Interrupters – Fight The Good Fight 83. Crack Cloud – Crack Cloud 84. Wax Idols – Happy Ending 85. The Hirs Collective – Friends. Lovers. Favorites 86. The Neighborhood Brats – Claw Marks 87. Iron Lamb – Blue Haze 88. Septic Tank – Rotting Civilisation 89. Moaning – Moaning 90. Bitch Hawk – Joy 91. Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar 92. The Armed – Only Love 93. Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It 94. VoX LoW – VoX LoW 95. Drunk Mums – Denim EP 96. Bitch Hawk – Bitch Hawk 97. Dreamweapon – SOL 98. Mamuthones – Fear On The Corner 99. The Love Coffin – Cloudlands 100. Color TV – Color TV
I like punk rock :)
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulx9JCMnLdQ
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7tfV-hZJE&t=184s
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7tfV-hZJE
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
I added a coupl things:
Mode Moderne – Mode IV: Mode Moderne had a sneak release, compiling the singles they issued on Bandcamp last year. The singles are no longer available on Bandcamp, but you can buy the CD, LP or downloads in the link below. Also, it’s the best jangly Smiths inspired music I’ve heard since The Sea Kings in 2014. Temple Of Angels – Foiled EP
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-18/#punk
Here's a tracks playlist. Happy Holidaze!
https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/2sa1BiUkgRFmstcy6T8bYq?si=FbFQwMWTS4u1vmuFzHl12Q
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
https://n0v3l.bandcamp.com/album/novel-2
― flopson, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
I like the Mode Moderne. Thanks. I hear Smiths and also hints of New Romantic bands on some tracks.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
N0V3L is great, look forward to the album release!
Got tipped to these Chinese bands via NPR's Viking's Choice podcast:
Lonely Leary – Through the Park, Almost There (Maybe Mars) https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-an-act-of-resistance
P.K. 14 – What We Talk About When We Talk About His Name (Maybe Mars)https://downloads.maybemars.org/album/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-his-name
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 30 December 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Sorry, correct Lonely Leary link:https://downloads.maybemars.org/album/through-the-park-almost-there
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 30 December 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
If anyone wants to dig into P.K. 14, the Steve Albini-recorded 1984 (2013) and City Weather Sailing (2008) are available for cheaper via Tenzenmen:
https://tenzenmen.bandcamp.com/album/1984https://tenzenmen.bandcamp.com/album/city-weather-sailing
Ned did this piece on P.K. 14 a couple years ago:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/08/22/pk14-interview-chinese-indie-rock/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 31 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
As usual, I continued to make discoveries through the holidaze.
Rosegarden Funeral Party – The Chopping Block EP Temple Of Angels – Foiled EP - Both of these are very promising, gothy bands from Austin. Is there a Batcave type of focal point there these days? I'm overdue to visit.https://moonsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-chopping-blockhttps://downloads.maybemars.org/album/through-the-park-almost-there
The Common Cold – Shut Up! Yo Liberals! - With members of The Fall and Cornershop, literary lyrics and some psych and kosmische, as interesting as I hoped.https://thecommoncoldpreston.bandcamp.com/releases
Hotlips Messiah – Disco Miscarriage - This is a sprawling double album of gritty, unruly punk. Some songs are new, others go back 20 years (I can't believe it's already been 12 years since Traci Trouble joined) but are newly recorded. They're focusing on a somewhat pricey vinyl package including a full size blacklight poster, which is great if you're a longtime fan, but I've tried to convince them to offer a friendlier priced Bandcamp dl for newcomers. Will update if they do so.https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/hotlipsmessiah22
Constant Mongrel – Living In Excellence - Sax 'n' synth adorned UK post-punk cites Les Rallizes Dénudés, Youth Crew Hardcore, The Fall, Wire. Listening again right now, I'm liking them more and more, need to spend more time with Heavy Breathing (2013) too.https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/living-in-excellence
Full Bush – Full Bush - Scrappy debut from Philly punks.https://fullbush.bandcamp.com/album/full-bush
Child’s Pose – Child’s Pose EP - Members from a variety of London punk bands like Sauna Youth, catchy stuff.https://nervousenergyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/childs-pose-s-t
safespace – Keep Quiet - Tuneful post-punk with some 90s indie influences, from Chicago.https://safespace.bandcamp.com/releases
Dark Thoughts – At Work - Best Ramones influenced punk now that Diarrhea Planet are gone. Short and concise!https://dark-thoughts.bandcamp.com/album/at-work
Destroy Boys – Make Room - From Sacramento, I don't know much about 'em yet, but their second album has grown on me quickly.https://www.amazon.com/Make-Room-Explicit-Destroy-Boys/dp/B07J37HXFW/
Alice Bag – Blueprint - From the legendary L.A. punk band the Bags, this is her second solo album.https://alicebag.bandcamp.com/album/blueprint-2
Self Defense Family – Have You Considered Punk Music - Took me a bit to get into, vocalist Patrick Kindlon is also in Drug Church.https://selfdefensefamily.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-considered-punk-music
False Tracks – Down There EP - Another promising Philly garage punk band.https://falsetracks.bandcamp.com/album/down-there
Eat-Man – Eat-Man EP - So many Melbourne bands this year, another winner. Hairspray punk!https://eat-man.bandcamp.com/album/eat-man-ep
Stiff Love – Trouble EP - Very basic garage punk from Olympia, WA, I was won over and bought all their stuff (just two EPs and a single).https://stifflove.bandcamp.com/album/trouble
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 7 January 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
I got The Common Cold album, it's a great manic ride. If you dig it, look into Donkey from the 90s and Bent Moustache from 07-11.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guunLrh0lQ8
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 10 March 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
6 Music have the Snapped Ankles single on heavy rotation and I have really come around to it, though I can't help feeling it could do with a two-minute edit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLWLDguJa4
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 March 2019 10:49 (five years ago) link
rebarbative morelike
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Monday, 25 March 2019 11:05 (five years ago) link
I am revisiting the Preoccupations album from 2016 and finding it way better than I remembered
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 15 February 2020 04:53 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/VPot32rD_3M
Peruvian dancepunkers Liquidarlo Celuloide just released a new album, Anamnesis, produced by Killing Joke frontman, Jaz Coleman. On first listen, I...don't quite like it as much as their 2017 effort, Superfriccion--it feels like a lot of the wild & woolly noise of that album has been tamed a little, and first track "Asfixia" is way too much of a meh thing (though I'd bet it slams live). Still: lots of cool GVSB-style post-punk to be found here and the last track is shockingly decent for a ten-minute workout
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 1 March 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
Full album here:
https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/br130-liquidarlo-celuloide-anamnesis
Described by The Wire Magazine as “a band designed to create a ritualistic experience based on hard grooves”, Liquidarlo Celuloide is of the most representative bands from Peru’s experimental rock scene, with an unclassifiable sound that’s a byproduct of krautrock, no wave, post punk and dance music. Active from 2003, the band’s evolution has been charted over the course of 9 records.Their last album, “Anamnesis”, was released digitally on february 28th 2020, with an impending vinyl release via Buh Records. It was produced by Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, and it follows 2017’s “Superfricción”, an album with great critical appraisal both locally and internationally.Over their career the band has participated in such large scale festivals and shows such as Urbe & Arte (Fundación Wiese), Festival Integraciones (Fundación Telefónica), Lima Indie (Centro Cultural Peruano Japonés), Festival Cultura Libre (Municipalidad de San Isidro), Hatun Tinkuy (Municipalidad de Lima), Ruidismos (Proyecto AMIL) and Festival NRMAL (Mexico City). They’ve also participated in international compilation albums, amongst them The Wire Tapper 39, released by England’s The Wire Magazine, which chose to highlight Liquidarlo Celuloide on a report on the Peruvian experimental scene as a remarkable project.Liquidarlo Celuloide has shared stages with bands such as Killing Joke (UK), Acid Mothers Temple (Japan), Moon Duo (USA), Pharmakon (USA), Mueran Humanos (Argentina/Germany), Deafkids (Brazil), Rakta (Brazil), amongst many others, and they’ve toured Argentina and Mexico.Liquidarlo Celuloide’s current lineup is Juan Diego Capurro (keyboards/vocals), Javier Manrique (guitar), Rodolfo Ontaneda (guitar), Giancarlo Rebagliatti (bass guitar) and Alfonso Vargas (drums). see less
Their last album, “Anamnesis”, was released digitally on february 28th 2020, with an impending vinyl release via Buh Records. It was produced by Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, and it follows 2017’s “Superfricción”, an album with great critical appraisal both locally and internationally.
Over their career the band has participated in such large scale festivals and shows such as Urbe & Arte (Fundación Wiese), Festival Integraciones (Fundación Telefónica), Lima Indie (Centro Cultural Peruano Japonés), Festival Cultura Libre (Municipalidad de San Isidro), Hatun Tinkuy (Municipalidad de Lima), Ruidismos (Proyecto AMIL) and Festival NRMAL (Mexico City). They’ve also participated in international compilation albums, amongst them The Wire Tapper 39, released by England’s The Wire Magazine, which chose to highlight Liquidarlo Celuloide on a report on the Peruvian experimental scene as a remarkable project.
Liquidarlo Celuloide has shared stages with bands such as Killing Joke (UK), Acid Mothers Temple (Japan), Moon Duo (USA), Pharmakon (USA), Mueran Humanos (Argentina/Germany), Deafkids (Brazil), Rakta (Brazil), amongst many others, and they’ve toured Argentina and Mexico.
Liquidarlo Celuloide’s current lineup is Juan Diego Capurro (keyboards/vocals), Javier Manrique (guitar), Rodolfo Ontaneda (guitar), Giancarlo Rebagliatti (bass guitar) and Alfonso Vargas (drums). see less
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 1 March 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link
new patois counselors and gen pop records are amazing, rock and roll lives
― adam, Friday, 4 December 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
i highly recommend the new chronophage album "th'pig'kiss'd Album"
― na (NA), Friday, 4 December 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
that is coming to me in the mail, as is a cassette comp of their first two EPs, "prolog for tomorrow" was terrific
― adam, Friday, 4 December 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
the tape: https://propaneexchange.bandcamp.com/album/give-chance-a-peace-summer-singalong-live-9-17-17
wendy eisenberg's power trio editrix is fucking awesome, it sounds like each member is playing a different polvo song backwards
― adam, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
oh hell yeah
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
My favorite post-punk albums of 2020
1. Strangelight - Adult Themes (Rad Girlfriend Records)2. Idles - Ultra Mono (Partisan Records)3. Ötzi - Storm (Artoffact Records)4. Fotocrime - South of Heaven (Profound Lore)5. Black Rose Burning - The Year Of The Scorpion (Self-Released)6. Vincas - Phantasma (Learning Curve Records)7. Wire - Hive Mind (Pink Flag)8. Cumgirl8 - Cumgirl8 (Muddguts Records)
Some purists may quibble as to what is post-punk and what isn't. I specifically didn't list She Hates Emotion (who seem more synth-pop) though I probably should have since they remind me of Drab Majesty, who I did list in previous years. I also didn't list The Guilt who are more dance punk, probably. But if we do include them, it makes for a nice top ten.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:43 (three years ago) link
I don't know why Ought changed their name to Cola. I know they "split up" but this material sounds so much like Ought and the lineup is almost the same
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
I know lots of bands chop and change members but I struggle with the idea of continuing a name when you lose a part of what made it that band rather than any other. I'd suggest that maybe they prefer the new name as well, but honestly 'Cola' is a pretty bad name.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
I guess both names are hard to google for, so there's that. Honestly though thanks for bringing this up, I didn't even know that Ought had broken up.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
I think this is the only thread with a Sextile reference, new single & dual video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSu495tKzAA
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 10 March 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Just heard Exek for the first time. Intriguing! A bit of This Heat, Eno ...
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 March 2022 13:53 (two years ago) link
A lot of PiL as well but they go beyond that. Just great. Saw them live a few years ago.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 12 March 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
I heard a lot of Pil in Exek. Almost too much.
Also, that group Squid's singer sounds too much like Mark E. Smith at times.
Both groups are still listenable enough
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 13 March 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Exek have certain songs that are total PiL pastiche but enough that arent, imho.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 13 March 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
The new Jon Savage comp 1977-1979 Symbols Clashing Everywhere is a great buy if you're into this sort of thing. It has a lot of interesting b-sides you wouldn't normally come across. For me one of the big revelations was Siouxsie & the Banshees' 1978 b-side "Voices," which shows that they were interested in psychedelia even at that early stage.
― Josefa, Sunday, 13 March 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
I see I never added my favorite post-punk albums of 2021. So in the interest of consistency...They are listed alphabetically instead of ranked and a couple of retrospective releases are included.
Black Rose Burning - The WheelBush Tetras - Rhythm & Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras [Reissue]Fotocrime - Heart of CrimeGetting the Fear - Death is Bigger: 1984-1985Gustaf - Audio Drag for Ego SlobsIceage - Seek ShelterMads Christensen - 5212 HelvetePanophonic - AwakeningStrangelight - The World Needs Laughter [EP]Tunic - Quitter
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 14 March 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link