I like Sneaks. Didn't realize they have a new one already.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 5 May 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
feeling like clearance (from chicago) should be here. does anybody like them?
sounds a lot like the embarrassment !
https://clearance.bandcamp.com/
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Embarrassment? First track I heard was "No Glance You Took" from their last album, and it was 100% Pavement. Basically a Pavement tribute band. "Owner/Operator" from the last single is an improvement, some nice jangly guitar work. It gives me hope for their next album.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 13 May 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
i heard the 7" first and liked it.
then i checked out the album and found that it sounds very different and not nearly as good.
i don't like pavement and consequently don't listen to them very often. re-listening to "death travels west" rn and maybe the embarrassment isn't the best comparison? idk i just like that 7"
― budo jeru, Saturday, 13 May 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
I really like the songs for the upcoming Chai Khat album:https://youtu.be/hM5WbNzRUCIhttps://youtu.be/Ztbf7yLkilI
Their 2013 EP: https://chaikhat.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-in-the-void-ep
Mode Moderne have been releasing a single every month that are pretty great:https://modemoderne.bandcamp.com/track/yours-trulyhttps://modemoderne.bandcamp.com/track/dazzling-dreams-2https://modemoderne.bandcamp.com/track/moderne-love-2https://modemoderne.bandcamp.com/track/doomy-daydream
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
crack open a room temperature Hansen's and get into these flat-style worms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISN3oz_94bE
― del griffith, Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
digging a bunch of stuff on montreal label fixture:
https://fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/july-first
https://fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/lion-head
https://fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cool-coma
https://fixturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/do-not-affect-a-breezy-manner
― dan selzer, Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:21 (six years ago) link
That last one is nice. Bit of a ringer since it's from 2013, but I'd never heard of it, so it's new as far as I'm concerned.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
whole label was new to me!
and technically anything that's come out after 1983 or so is "new" post punk far as i'm concenred
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
In my year-end piece, there were a couple good punk and hardcore albums too, but it's mostly post-punk:
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-17/#breakdown
Punk, Post-Punk & HardcorePunk and its subgenres feel like a natural reaction to the current horrific political environment. Does music make a difference? Not always directly, but it’s a therapeutic escape valve, an important vehicle to express righteous leftist rage. Sure, there’s been a couple instances of right wing punk bands, but fuck them. Wet Lips are fresh out of the Melbourne queer punk scene. While they have every reason to be angry, their music expresses more proud defiance, such as the opening track “Shame,” refusing to feel shame. This can be even more powerful, especially in the context of a supportive, close-knit scene (they founded Wetfest for female and LGBTQIA+ performers, which completed its third year) to help people feel safe being themselves in an otherwise toxic, hateful world. Of course it helps that their raw, scruffy songs rock in a way that reminds me of Sleater-Kinney at their most ecstatic 20 years ago. Bassist Jenny McKechnie also fronts Cable Ties, which features a more rhythmic post-punk style. London’s H.Grimace is unpolished but talented. Another Australian newcomer is RVG. While I included them in the jangle pop list below, I made an exception to put them in two lists because I’m so damn excited about ’em. These women give me hope.Protomartyr have been winning over fans and critics seemingly exponentially the past couple years. Their existential angst is balanced by pretty sophisticated, adult lyrics framed with dark, gnarly arrangements that sound like no one else. While Joe Casey’s vocals are not terribly melodic, his delivery is infinitely more interesting and involving than Sleaford Mods. Interestingly, only a few other bands are getting much attention, mainly Priests and Idles, with Algiers slowly getting a bit more due in year-end lists this past week. Clearly there’s many others deserving of a listen. | Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/4ZCGjirhP9aYrWtwjMjwRc
1. Algiers – The Underside Of Power (Matador)2. RVG – A Quality Of Mercy (Our Golden Friend/Island) 3. Male Gaze – Miss Taken (Castle Face) | Buy4. Wet Lips – Wet Lips (Hysterical) 5. H.Grimace – Self Architect (Opposite Number) | Buy6. Protomartyr – Relatives In Descent (Domino) 7. Cable Ties – Cable Ties (Poison City) 8. B Boys – Dada (Captured Tracks) 9. Grave Pleasures – Motherblood (Century Media) | Buy10. Drab Majesty – The Demonstration (Dais) 11. Orion – Orion (Cool Death/Paradise Daily) 12. INVSN – The Beautiful Stories (Dine Alone) | Buy13. Rips – Rips (Faux Discx) 14. The World – First World Record (Upset the Rhythm) 15. Desperate Journalist – Grow Up (Fierce Panda) 16. Priests – Nothing Feels Natural (Sister Polygon) 17. Bonnie Doon – Dooner Nooner (Bonnie Doon) 18. Nicole Sabouné – Miman (Century Media)19. WALL – Untitled (Wharf Cat) 20. Peter Perrett – How The West Was Won (Domino)21. Duds – Of A Nature Or Degree (Castle Face) | Buy22. Century Palm – Meet You (Deranged) 23. Death Of Lovers – The Acrobat (Pias) 24. Snapped Ankles – Come Play The Trees (Leaf) 25. Savak – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning) 26. Omni – Multi-Task (Trouble In Mind) 27. Sneaks – It’s A Myth (Merge) 28. Taiwan Housing Project – Veblen Death Mask (Kill Rock Stars) 29. Feature – Banishing Ritual (Upset the Rhythm) 30. Downtown Boys – Cost Of Living (Sub Pop)31. Pregnancy – Urgency (Lost And Lonesome/Emotional Response) 32. Document – The Void Repeats (Document) 33. The Cowboy – The Cowboy Album (Fashionable Idiots) 34. Makthaverskan – Ill (Run For Cover) 35. ISS – (Endless Pussyfooting) (State Laughter) 36. Flesh World – Into The Shroud (Dark Entries) 37. Antisect – The Rising Of The Lights (Rise Above) | Buy38. Idles – Brutalism (Balley)39. Code Orange – Forever (Roadrunner)40. Converge – The Dusk In Us (Epitaph)
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 07:14 (six years ago) link
Awkward semi-self promotion:https://vukovarbrutalisthouse.bandcamp.com/album/the-clockwork-dance
Maybe wise to start with this single.
― Dan.S., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 11:06 (six years ago) link
Nice Swiss post punk
https://maraudeur.bandcamp.com/album/maraudeur-2
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
And North Carolina:
https://acidetchrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/macho-city
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
And Germany, though this was 9/16
https://pisse.bandcamp.com/album/kohlr-benwinter
― Michael Train, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
That Downtown Boys album is excellent. Produced by Guy Picciotto!
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
17. Bonnie Doon – Dooner Nooner (Bonnie Doon)
Ahhh I know them sorta! Cool band, cool album.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 December 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
A couple nice entries from the Bandcamp year-end list:
Agent Blå – Agent Blue (Luxury) - Swedish post-punk and dream pop, better than Makthaverskan, nearly as good as Desperate Journalist, just more shambolic production along the lines of Orion.https://agentbla.bandcamp.com/album/agent-bl
French Vanilla – French Vanilla (Danger Collective) - L.A. minimalist art punk with saxophones, plus a song about Carrie!https://frenchvanilla.bandcamp.com/album/french-vanilla-2
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
Spiritual Cramp – Mass Hysteria EP (React!)https://reactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mass-hysteria
gSp (girlSperm) – gSp EP (Thrilling Living)https://thrillingliving.bandcamp.com/album/12
The above two were recommended by King Woman and Mary Bell via Bandcamp. I had the Mary Bell album since Jan 3, and got burned out on it. However I'm enjoying it more again.
https://marybellftw.bandcamp.com/album/mary-bell-lp
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 17 December 2017 01:49 (six years ago) link
Good call on French Vanilla!
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 17 December 2017 06:45 (six years ago) link
I remember when these folks had a fundraising campaign to start a print magazine. It never went anywhere, and didn't realize they had a list.
http://www.post-punk.com/post-punk-com-best-of-2017/
Post-Punk album of the year:
Drab Majesty - The Demonstration
The rest of the best:
Slowdive - SlowdiveSally Dige - Holding OnThe Horrors - VAlgiers - The Underside of PowerDesperate Journalist - Grow UpSecond Still - Second StillPawns - The GallowsEgrets On Ergot - Surfeit of GemütlichAmanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel - I Can Spin A RainbowBoy Harsher - Country Girl EP
Honorable mentions:
Choir Boy - Sunday LightGary Numan - Savage (Songs From A Broken World)Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The Punishment of LuxuryDeath Bells - Standing at the Edge of the WorldGlaare - To Deaf a DayBootblacks - FragmentsAzar Swan - Savage ExileRide - Weather DiariesDie Selektion - Deine Stimme Ist Der Ursprung Jeglicher GewaltOdonis Odonis - No PopMartial Canterel - Lost At SeaThe Iron Oak - Dune MessiahVeil of Light - Front TeethDeath of Lovers - The AcrobatSextile - Albeit LivingMultiple Man - New Metal
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
My Favorite Post-Punk Albums of 2017
1 Idles - Brutalism (Balley)2 Anwar Sadat - Ersatz Living (Broken World Media)3 WALL - Untitled (Wharf Cat)4 Grave Pleasures - Motherblood (Century Media)5 Wire - Silver/Lead (Pinkflag)6 Drab Majesty - The Demonstration (Dais)
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
Haha awesome!
https://youtu.be/qGREPm3SAFw
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 3 March 2018 08:39 (six years ago) link
Shopping ‘s Edwin Collins produced album is ok in a Au Pairs kinda way. They’re doing some US gigs with French Vanilla
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah, Shopping was my first pp purchase of the year. It's good but they haven't evolved quite as much as I'd expect. My list so far:
Shopping - The Official Body (FatCat) | BandcampFrigs - Basic Behaviour (Arts & Crafts) | BandcampShame - Songs Of Praise (Dead Oceans) | BandcampNeon Lights - A Slice Of Life (ACNL) | BandcampMonochrome Set - Maisieworld (Tapete) | BuyDreamweapon - SOL (Fuzz Club) | BandcampMamuthones - Fear On The Corner (Rocket) | BandcampOught - Room Inside The World (Merge) | BandcampThe Men - Drift (Sacred Bones) | Bandcamp
I'm excited to see that the three For Against albums from the 90s will be reissued in a PledgeMusic campaign with extra goodies. I don't think they gave a release date yet.
https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/foragainst
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
It just gave a date when I did my pledge/pre-order, August 1. Though they said we'd receive music (CDs and dl in my case) "well before" the release date.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
Whoa- I didn't know there was a new Ought out.
― o. nate, Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
you you you you ought to know
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 10 March 2018 03:40 (six years ago) link
Can't believe I missed this last year.https://goldclass.bandcamp.com/album/drum
Catching up on stuff showing up in RYM:
https://santalibrada.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://moaning.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://snapeau.bandcamp.com/https://edschradersmusicbeat.bandcamp.com/https://voxlowparis.bandcamp.com/https://criminalbody.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-elsehttps://windatlas.bandcamp.com/album/an-edible-body
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:28 (six years ago) link
The new Ought is an interesting step forward for them. The vocalist has mostly ditched the sneering nasal tone and gone for full-throated Morrissey/Robert Smith histrionics - in a good way. The production is tasteful and suits the songs. Enjoying it so far.
― o. nate, Monday, 2 April 2018 00:59 (six years ago) link
Bambara - Shadow On Everything
https://bambara.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-on-everything
Looks like they've been around for 10 years or so but hadn't heard of these guys before. Really like their new album on first listen -- heavy Bad Seeds / These Immortal Souls / Crime + City Solution vibes.
― early rejecter, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
Out today:
L.A.'s Second Still, who debuted last year with S/T full length, have two EPs. Part Time Punks is live in studio, including a For Against cover.https://secondstill.bandcamp.com/album/equals-ephttps://secondstill.bandcamp.com/album/part-time-punks-session
Heads - Collider (May 4)https://corpseflowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-collider-2
Iceage - Beyondless (May 4)http://smarturl.it/Beyondless
LIINES - Stop-Start (May 4)https://liines.bandcamp.com/album/stop-start
Wax Idols - Happy Ending (May 16)https://waxidols.bandcamp.com/album/happy-ending
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs (Jun 15)https://rollingblackoutscoastalfever.bandcamp.com/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 20 April 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
LIINES? are you kidding me with this? Jesus.
― dan selzer, Friday, 20 April 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
Perhaps the great reissues of The Lines on your label inspired them to bite the name!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 20 April 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
Speaking of For Against, there's 16 days left in their Pledge campaign for the 90s albums reissues, and are just at 64% of goal. I hate to see it fail!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 20 April 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link
Or the other band that called themselves the Lines.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 21 April 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
I was looking for a thread on Ought but this will do. I loved this band's first album, hated the second one and I think I like this one so far. All told, I'm starting to think of them as a sort of post-punk tribute band who change who they're being each album.
First album = TelevisionSecond album = The FallThird album = The Cure
Even the singer seems to change his style so drastically I wonder if they've replaced him
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2018 08:11 (six years ago) link
It's the same singer, but he's singing a lot in a different register that he didn't use as much on the previous album. I've never heard the first album - I should rectify that - but I liked the 2nd album a lot, and I like the 3rd one too. They still do that thing were the refrain is a jarring contrast from the verses, or the song detours into another whole weird part half-way through, however the songs seem more cohesive to me this time out, though maybe also a bit less frenetic. They sort of remind me of lots of British post-punk bands in a vague and non-specific way.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
I'm really starting to fall in love with the Ought album. I found the second album a bit messy and disappointing but this one is so passionate and full of little details. they're turning into fantastic songwriters and the singer has is extremely diverse. starting to turn into AOTY for me
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Thursday, 17 May 2018 07:50 (five years ago) link
I've now decided to listen to it on shuffle with the other albums and it's clearly their best one. The songwriting is much more finely-tuned and Darcy comes across as a hugely convincing and talented frontman.
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
Having never heard them before, I came across this on your fb. Thought it was Scott Walker singing at first! This is really good.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 18 May 2018 06:51 (five years ago) link
Yes it's very Scott Walker in places
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Friday, 18 May 2018 07:56 (five years ago) link
I'm glad I caught your recommendation, it's really good. 'Take Everything' is a standout track on first listen.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 18 May 2018 08:01 (five years ago) link
I like These Three Things - some welcome electronic textures on that one
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Friday, 18 May 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
Fotocrime - Principle Of Painhttps://fotocrime.bandcamp.com/album/principle-of-pain
Weathered Statues - Borderlandshttps://weatheredstatues1.bandcamp.com/album/borderlands
Criminal Code - 2534https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2534
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 18 May 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
Peluché's album is out tomorrow. A very ODYSHAPE vibe. Here's the single, released earlier this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNKO9XsurM
― maura, Thursday, 27 September 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
Weirdo rock from Orange county:
https://thegardenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-might-steal-your-charm
― o. nate, Friday, 28 September 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
sorry if this has been mentioned:
https://exek.bandcamp.com/album/ahead-of-two-thoughts
― dan selzer, Monday, 1 October 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
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