Have A Nice Life and Makthaverskan will be on mine.
― alpine static, Friday, 28 November 2014 09:20 (nine years ago) link
makthaverskan ii is an incredible record
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2014 10:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah it's great, but that came out March 2013.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 28 November 2014 13:13 (nine years ago) link
true tho the US version was 2014
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Girl Band are notably absent from this 2014 roundup. "Lawman" was IMO the best post-punk single this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxe3NZKYL0
― TTAGGGTTAGGG (Sanpaku), Friday, 28 November 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
The new Dreamsalon, Iceage, Miami Dolphins, Institute
― Michael Train, Saturday, 29 November 2014 05:15 (nine years ago) link
Thanks! I include EPs, but so far Girl Band only had singles this year. I thought Desperate Journalist would have an album this year, but they also just did a single.
Dreamsalon - Soft Stabhttps://dreamsalon.bandcamp.com/
The Miami Dolphins - Beckyhttps://themiamidolphins.bandcamp.com/album/becky
Institute - Salt EPhttp://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr119-institute-salt-ep
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 29 November 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Universe People - Are Coming To The Dance - Promising trio from Seattle, a bit of Liliput & Sleater-Kinney influence.https://universepeople-bonjour.bandcamp.com/
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 1 December 2014 04:57 (nine years ago) link
Stiu nu Stiu - ULTRA SILVAM; mentioned an early song or two from these guys upthread, and their first full album has sneakily become an underdog favorite this year. Swedish band playing a kind of heavy post-punk not totally unlike Beastmilk (and Kurt Ballou mixed this too) but incorporating more doom influence.
https://stiunustiu.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-silvam
― anonanon, Friday, 19 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
more mopey and atmospheric than Beastmilk too
― anonanon, Friday, 19 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
really digging the new albums from hozac alumni population & schonwald, seem to fit in here
https://population.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-palehttps://anywave.bandcamp.com/album/dream-for-the-fall
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Saturday, 20 December 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for turning me onto Makthaverskan II, guys. They're not nearly as "anti"-pop as they protest, but that's fine. Makes me think of The Clean and John Cale's song "Ski Patrol," although with wailing young vocals and ready elbows.
― dow, Saturday, 20 December 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
Interesting, who has been mentioning Stiu nu Stiu as favorites? This is the first time I've seen them mentioned, and I regularly scour the blogs. I checked again and saw I missed this review in June - http://echoesanddust.com/2014/06/stiu-nu-stiu-ultra-silvam/
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 21 December 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
that was me, and yeah they don't seem to have gotten much coverage yet; I only discovered them at the end of last year when on a whim I tried to catalog all of Kurt Ballou's 2013 production and mixing work.
that review is pretty positive! it doesn't even mention post-punk and while I definitely hear that I agree it is reductive as there are post rock, drone, metal and even dream pop influences too
― anonanon, Monday, 22 December 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
funnily enough I just discovered that at the bottom of the "reviews" page on their official site they link to the ILM rolling metal thread where I singled them out for special mention when I posted the results of my 2013 Ballou cataloging:
http://www.stiunustiu.com/reviews
― anonanon, Monday, 22 December 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
I really didn't get into their performance at a street fest last summer, so it took me a while to warm back up to the Protomartyr album but I'm liking it much more finally.
Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/4GTF8gNmhHxRSOmKHuzFRL
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 06:06 (nine years ago) link
Been looking forward to this.
Desperate Journalist - Desperate Journalist (Fierce Panda) Jan 26
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
http://www.backseatmafia.com/2015/01/07/album-launch-desperate-journalist-launch-debut-lp/
I did this a month ago but neglected to post my post-punk genre year-end list here:
Post-Punk 2014Spotify Playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/4GTF8gNmhHxRSOmKHuzFRL
Dark Blue – Pure Reality (Jade Tree) | Bandcamp The New Christs – Incantations (Impedance) | Bandcamp The Gotobeds – Poor People Are Revolting (12XU) | Bandcamp The Estranged – The Estranged (Sabotage/Dirtnap) | Bandcamp Protomartyr – Under Cover Of Official Right (Hardly Art) | Bandcamp Interpol – El Pintor (Matador) Total Control – Typical System (Iron Lung) | Bandcamp Ought – More Than Any Other Day (Constellation) | Bandcamp Ştiu Nu Ştiu – Ultra Silvam (EDILS) | Bandcamp Mode Moderne – Occult Delight (Light Organ) | BandcampPost War Glamour Girls – Pink Fur (HSR) | BandcampIceage – Plowing Into the Field of Love (Matador) Lower – Seek Warmer Climes (Matador) | BuyMerchandise – After The End (4AD)Have A Nice Life – The Unnatural World (Enemies List) | BandcampSchonwald – Dream For The Fall (Anywave) | BandcampPopulation – Beyond The Pale (Mass Media) | BandcampEagulls – Eagulls (Partisan) Rat Columns – Leaf (R.I.P. Society) | BandcampThe Blue Angel Lounge – A Sea Of Trees (8MM)Nicole Sabouné – Must Exist (Roxy) Esben And The Witch – A New Nature (Nostromo) | BandcampUniverse People – Are Coming To The Dance (Dragnet) | BandcampCult Of Youth – Final Days (Sacred Bones) Dekoder – Flowers To Blossom (Chaos Rules) | BandcampCosmic Thoughts – Cosmic Thoughts (Cosmic Thoughts) | BandcampDreamsalon – Soft Stab (Dragnet) | BandcampThe Miami Dolphins – Becky (FPE Records) | BandcampInstitute – Salt EP (Sacred Bones) Low Life – Dogging (R.I.P. Society) Creative Adult – Psychic Mess (Run For Cover) Cheveu – BUM (Born Bad) | BandcampThe Nightingales – For Fuck’s Sake (Nightingales) | Buy
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
picked up the desperate journalist lp digitally a couple of months ago, it's excellent
the rat columns album you mention is really great, quite all over the place musically in some ways, even jangly pop in parts
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
I haven't found anything from that Desperate Journalist album yet, weird.
Album from French one-man band was available last year but is reissued on vinyl this year:
Jessica 93 - Rise (Teenage Menopause) https://teenagemenopause.bandcamp.com/album/rise
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 9 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Just discovered Lusts today. "Temptation" is especially grebt.
https://soundcloud.com/lustsmusic/temptation
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:55 (nine years ago) link
This is probably the best place to ask. I'm looking for more good crazy, kind of wacky, conceptual new wave albums? I'm thinking stuff in the vein of Kid Creole's 'Tropical Gangsters', B-52s' 'Mesopotamia', Ze Records type things, Oingo Boingo, Devo, Pere Ubu's 'Dub Housing'? Looking for arty/off-the-wall/cartoonish especially.
― this is just a saginaw (dog latin), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:30 (nine years ago) link
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa/Can You Move/Queen of the Rapping Scene?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
not heard those, so i will check!
― this is just a saginaw (dog latin), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/
Wovenhand, The Sea Kings and Lola Colt on my ballot, all with some post-punk elements, got no votes from anyone else. However some others did pretty well:
20 Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal36 Protomartyr, Under Color of Official Right64 Pharmakon, Bestial Burden79 Total Control, Typical System90 Warpaint, Warpaint99 Shellac, Dude Incredible111 Iceage, Plowing Into the Field of Love122 Merchandise, After the End133 Sleaford Mods, Divide and Exit140 Ought, More Than Any Other Day151 The Horrors, Luminous183 Godflesh, A World Lit Only By Fire215 Eagulls, Eagulls218 The Both, The Both224 Bitchin Bajas, Bitchin Bajas231 The Gotobeds, Poor People Are Revolting231 Liars, Mess297 Interpol, El Pintor
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Man I forgot how much I liked that Parquet Courts album.
― dan m, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
I've been obsessed with Certain General & Band Of Outsiders. Having a hell of a time tracking down CDs or lossless. One guy online has a 23 track "special edition" of this:
Certain General - November's Heat 1984
As far as I can tell though, that version never existed. A French 1990 reissue had 5 completely different bonus tracks:
12 Johnny13 Strippin' The Blues14 Uptight (Groove Version)15 Nowhere16 That's Where I Hang (Live Version)
Whereas this guy has these:
12 Hello My God13 Kill And Take14 Desert15 Certain General Theme16 Red Ledge17 Fly Me To Berlin18 Service19 Dachau Now20 Sellout21 Trench22 At Peace23 Leader Out
I would totally buy that if someone reissued it!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 23 January 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
I used to have Certain General's "Signals From The Source" but it never did anything for me and sold it and never bothered to hunt down "November's Heat" which is supposed to be their best.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 23 January 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Yes, they changed a bit after the first album. It's on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/28jthAZ3swXzQXE8niWZQj
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=certain_general
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 23 January 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Out today:
Desperate Journalist - Desperate Journalist (Fierce Panda)http://www.fiercepanda.co.uk/shop.php?release=465http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18598/reviews/4148635http://thequietus.com/articles/17072-desperate-journalist-desperate-journalist-review
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
^my fave record of the last 6 months
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
I thought one of Certain General who turned up on the Wildweed yahoo Gun Club list about 10 years ago had compiled a 2cd set sometime back then which was available at the time.I saw them at Alice in Wonderland back in the early 80s and enjoyed them . I think it was AiW anyway pretty sure it was that venue.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Nite Fields - Depersonalisation (felte) https://nitefields.bandcamp.com/album/depersonalisation-2
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:35 (nine years ago) link
Motorama - Poverty (Talitres) - Russian band on a French label, I've been enjoying this for the past month, and just became available on Spotify yesterday.https://talitres.bandcamp.com/album/povertyhttps://play.spotify.com/album/1NlRSDgmMTMYk1zoOtD4Gq
RA - Scandinavia (Adrian) - Swedish band self-described as "Nordic noir-punk," yas! Still looking for a way to purchase lossless or a CD. http://shop.adrianrecordings.com/product/ra-scandinavia-vinyl-albumhttp://play.spotify.com/artist/26XS4hmEAbEm3nmWCIOIDa
I've been pre-occupied with the nightmarish process of moving (selling, buying, closings) and feel a bit out of the loop so please help and include anything I'm missing!
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Also, Johan Snell left Beastmilk (who had also gained a member in Linnéa Olsson from The Oath), and they are renamed Grave Pleasures, with a new album coming out this year. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/beastmilk-parts-ways-with-guitarist-johan-goatspeed-snell-changes-name-to-grave-pleasures/
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Street Eaters have their moments:
http://streeteaters.com/track/blood-muscles-bones
― Michael Train, Thursday, 12 March 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
Catching up with some short reviews of a few mentioned above, and these. Especially love the Male Gaze, though it's way too short!
Male Gaze – Gale Maze (Castle Face)LoneLady – Hinterland (Warp)zZz – Juggernaut (Excelsior)Rule Of Thirds – Rule Of Thirds (Mass Media)
http://fastnbulbous.com/early-2015-postpunk-rundown/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Also RA finally got on Bandcamp - https://ramalmo.bandcamp.com/album/scandinavia
Marching Church – This World Is Not Enough (Sacred Bones) - Forgot to mention this. Features members of both Iceage and Lower.http://marchingchurch.bandcamp.com/album/this-world-is-not-enough
Soko – My Dreams Dictate My Reality (Babycat) - Solo French singer/actor had folky debut 7 yrs ago, discovers The Cure, lol.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
More on Grave Pleasures: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/grave-pleasures-signs-with-sony-prepares-to-record-new-album/
Major label release in September, interesting. They've become quite the supergroup, with members of The Oath, In Solitude, Hexvessel and Oranssi Pazuzu!
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
Bizarre. Also I hope this doesn't break up Oranssi Pazuzu; we've already lost In Solitude!
― subject's companion from prior surveillance (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 07:17 (nine years ago) link
Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man (Matador)http://fastnbulbous.com/ceremony-the-l-shaped-man/
They played at 924 Gilman in Berkeley earlier this week, anyone see 'em?
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:30 (nine years ago) link
City Calm Down - Rabbit Runhttps://soundcloud.com/iohyouparty/city-calm-down-rabbit-run
new track, Rabbit Run from Melbourne's impressive, City Calm Down
sounds like a vintage Echo & the Bunnymen track
'Rabbit Run' is the first single to be lifted off City Calm Down's highly anticipated debut album 'In A Restless House', which will be released via I OH YOU on the 11th of September, 2015.
every track they have released so far has been high quality, so follow on spotify.
― djmartian, Friday, 19 June 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
https://nakedlights.bandcamp.com/album/on-nature
― dan selzer, Saturday, 11 July 2015 07:06 (nine years ago) link
i think they just broke up and played their last gig a couple weeks ago
― sarahell, Saturday, 11 July 2015 10:23 (nine years ago) link
Was just emailing one of them a few days ago on facebook...didn't sound like they've broken up.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 11 July 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Lower - At The Endless Party
― mox twelve, Thursday, 16 July 2015 07:04 (nine years ago) link
Any updates on the "Now That's What I Call DIY" comp? Our man Dan is writing the liner notes, but I heard there's a legal issue delaying it?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:09 (nine years ago) link
Liner notes is a reprint of an article I wrote. Legal issue had to do with the title, I think he had to make new artwork? Not sure what the timing is, will let Stirmonster show up with the answers.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 23 July 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
The Viet Cong record is very post-punk and my favorite album of the year. in fact, I can't think of the last album that I played this much.
Saw them live a couple months back too and they were great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1kP99mok4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvk
Surprised it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 23 July 2015 06:57 (nine years ago) link