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
The new SAVAK record slays, especially the opener "No Blues No Jazz".
https://savak.bandcamp.com/album/human-error-human-delight
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 May 2022 21:33 (one year ago) link
Lithics are breaking up
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 22 August 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
:(
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 25 September 2022 11:54 (one year ago) link
There's a new Cable Ties, All Her Plans:
https://cableties.bandcamp.com/album/all-her-plans
& Guardian Singles' new album Feed Me To The Doves is out on Trouble In Mind - much more Pacific NW-y than you usually get from a Kiwi band:
https://guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/feed-me-to-the-doves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJK3PXSCG_A
― etc, Friday, 23 June 2023 03:39 (nine months ago) link
There's a new Cable Ties, All Her Plans
i heard "perfect client" on the radio and got SO excited but ... none of the other songs sound like that.
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 20:23 (six months ago) link
anyone who can recommend me rock in 2023 that sounds like sabbath's "mob rules" feel free to chime in
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 20:24 (six months ago) link
in happier news, this Stuck tune ("freak frequency"), caught my ear on the college radio station the other day. on re-listening, it's maybe a little rote, but it's pretty good!
https://stuckchi.bandcamp.com/album/freak-frequency
― budo jeru, Thursday, 31 August 2023 03:33 (six months ago) link
Saw Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamps live last in Washington DC. They were fun. A few folks had mentioned their 2018 album on other threads. They’re a 12 piece from Geneva, Switzerland with a singer / violinist, a horn section, a cello player, 2 percussionists, 2 marimba players ( or was that one xylophone and one vibraphone), electric guitar and electric bass, acoustic bass.
Sounded kinda like Stereolab meets A Certain Ratio and Pigbag plus an occasional bit of European and Brit folk
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 12:59 (six months ago) link
saw them Sunday, great set to a too small crowd at Pioneer Works. would add a bit of Kleenex/Lilliput and Anne Clark.
playing barbès in Brooklyn on Thursday, don't know how you fit 12 pieces with 2 drummers and 2 marimbas in that tiny room.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 13:40 (six months ago) link
There were about 50 people on the backyard lawn at Rhizome in DC last night. Yep, I went to Barbes in Brooklyn once and it is small. Wonder how they will do it. I heard a bandmember explain last night to someone after the show that they didn't try to bring the marimba on the plane, they borrowed one in NYC.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:20 (six months ago) link
New R.M.F.C. album drops today. Their previous "The Hive" comp was one of my favorite Devo-esque, garage-punk albums of recent years:
https://rockmusicfanclub.bandcamp.com/album/club-hits
― o. nate, Friday, 3 November 2023 21:16 (four months ago) link
YES. Same, same, same. Been looking forward to this one.
― alpine static, Saturday, 4 November 2023 03:20 (four months ago) link