I confess I don't get shame, idles or fontaines dc at all. fat white family have an incredibly off-putting name but I enjoy their absurd beefs (I honestly wish bands would start more beefs) and a few of their songs
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
Tropical fuck storm and viagra boys
― flopson, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
fat white family <<<<<<<< the moonlandingz
― imago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
I should have put sleaford mods in here just to be a prick
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
Imperial Wax (the band the final Fall lineup became) knock spots off most of these, their album is really really good imo
― imago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
https://imperial-wax.bandcamp.com/album/gastwerk-saboteurs
I've listened the most to Black Midi and they're the only one I've seen, so voted for them. They're soooo young though, I feel like they're either going to become something amazing or break up and do other things.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
of these bands I've seen black midi, protomartyr, algiers, tropical fuck storm, iceage and metz live - none improved on their studio work, tbh, except for metz. watching franklin play and sing in algiers was thrilling but unfortunately his voice was pretty shot by the time they got here.
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
black midi are undeniably extremely talented lads but I agree w/ yr sense, Jordan, that their best work is still to come in one form or another
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
Shopping
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, February 25, 2021 5:35 AM (ten hours ago)
^^^^^^^^^^ 100% ^^^^^^^^^^
― emil.y, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
i like some of these bands quite a bit but there’s something about just about all of them (and they do have a pretty consistent sound right?) that i can’t describe but that is missing some crucial ingredient that makes a lot of the early post punk records pop to me. feels a bit rigid and texturally less raw or something
― flopson, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
great list of all-time terrible band names
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I feel like this list kinda covers the "dudely post-punk with press attention" more than the viciously feminist/queercore underground stuff? Surprised Crack Cloud aren't on here, tbh (a band I do not dislike but find it a bit bewildering how loved they are as everything is so smooooooth and perfectly rendered).
― emil.y, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
i feel like band name and quality of music are actually inversely related here lol
― flopson, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
I would like to know if pfizer are secretly funding viagra boys
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
xp- i’d rate crack cloud above this whole list
― flopson, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
I feel like this list kinda covers the "dudely post-punk with press attention" more than the viciously feminist/queercore underground stuff?
I did my best to diversify so it wasn't TOO dudely but I was wary of going too cool or punk. I confess I haven't heard crack cloud who I assumed were chris crack's posse
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
I should also clarify by "did my best" I mean "did my best within the 10-minute timespan between thinking of and then starting this poll"
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
I suspect this is 50% due to changes in production over the decades and 50% due to close familiarity/association with the original texts
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
What happened to Savages, are they still a thing?
This scene isn't my area of expertise, I like finding examples I click with though, and one of my friends is always sending me his new finds.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
I think it's more just like, back when we were playing shows, everyone who we'd play with was firmly aboard the "fuck Idles/FWF" train, ha.
― emil.y, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
I almost included them but it's been, what, four years since Adore Life? I gather they're just off doing their own things for a bit. their first album is one of the most shameless post-punk excavation albums for sure (I like it a lot)
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
it’s a great poll imho
― flopson, Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
I need someone who's not me to listen to the HMLTD album to confirm I did not hallucinate that a new band is seemingly trying to sound like the dresden dolls
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Feel like I would vote Protomartyr out of those listed, because they've had quite a few killer records.
I like Black Midi and Black Country, New Road, but I wouldn't really classify either of those as post-punk.
I dug the one Idles record I heard, but I feel like they are a band that you really only ever need one album by.
Digging the new Goat Girl, way more of a Stereolab vibe than I expected.
Forgot about the new Shame record, remember liking the debut.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
feel like Goat Girl and Tropical Fuck Storm feel more rooted in the 90s than the early 80s UK
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
the best of these end up as a slurry of 1978-1992 IMO
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
(which is why I'd throw Sleaford Mods in here with the touchstones of MES and RZA)
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
i could see Sleaford Mods in there, if anything just because this grouping of bands is related as much on a shared audience than anything else
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
Are Yard Act another one of these bands? They seem to be on 6Music a lot (based on the 30-45mins of 6Music I hear in any given day).
I think I've only heard about half of these. Voted for Tropical Fuck Storm but I do like that latest Goat Girl album a lot.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
priests broke up??
last January IIRC
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Total Control another omission imo. They briefly had some hype, albeit not as much as they deserved
― imago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
that's too bad re priests...I saw them a couple years back w snail mail as the openers, and when priests went on snail mail were headbanging at the side of the lil stage. it was adorable
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
1. algiers2. tfs
is pretty easy for me
― ufo, Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
heard a fontaines dc song on the radio, they have heard the fall!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
Yep, Total Control is quite the omission. Henge Beat such a great record.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
Their last LP came out back in 2017, is why they didn't occur to me
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
Carpet Rash and Love Performance two of the best post-punk songs of the last ten years for sure
― imago, Thursday, 11 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
who do you blame for Fat White Family?
― calzino, Thursday, 11 March 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
Ought should be on here. I really like Ought
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 11 March 2021 01:58 (three years ago) link
dead to me since they left constellation for merge(not really, the last album just didn't click for me.)
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 02:48 (three years ago) link
I voted Black Midi because I momentarily thought I was voting for Dawn of Midi
― eisimpleir (crüt), Thursday, 11 March 2021 03:03 (three years ago) link
There are some bands on that list that I really, absolutely fucking adore:
girl bandpreoccupationsiceageidles
I was fortunate enough to see Girl Band play with Preoccupations (when they were Viet Cong) and Preoccupations support Idles. I also saw Iceage play in a church basement and a West Philly house show.
So this is tough... The Viet Cong debut is my favorite album by the bunch but Idles has been more consistent throughout their albums so I guess I'll go with them.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
Write-in for Omni
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:55 (three years ago) link
ended up voting Algiers by a hair - TFS and Protomartyr worthy runners-up. honestly there aren't many bands here I actively dislike
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
oh shit, Omni rules
― alpine static, Thursday, 11 March 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link
did anyone ever guess the made-up one, Simon? is it beige banquet?
― alpine static, Thursday, 11 March 2021 09:04 (three years ago) link
no they're all real I was just being a dick
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
i think i wound up voting for girl band cause i respect how dedicated they are to punishing you with noise and drone, making you work for the scant moments of loveliness
― caek or daeth (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
is it too soon to stop calling it "post-punk"
― black ark oakensaw (doo rag), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 06:29 (one year ago) link
Have to say not loving the newest Crack Cloud as much as previous releases, and furthest away from "post-punk" influences they've gone probably. Always happens when angry young bands get more mature and subtle and leave behind some of that edge. Not all of it, and it def has moments. I've only listened to it once so really shouldn't be quick to judge. Still my favorite thing going these days mostly.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
most def still post-punk though is Automatic, playing in NYC soon. Can't wait.
Yard Act are the worst of the latest crop, right?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 12 March 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
have heard bad things about Bilk, and the new Cowboyy EP is laughable
― imago, Sunday, 12 March 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
we are in for a bad few years of UK art-rock unfortunately
― imago, Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
that said it is quite hard to imagine worse music than Yard Act, yes
there's a song on the new shame album that sounds just like wolfmother
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 March 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
Well now!
https://halfemptyglasshouse.bandcamp.com/album/restricted-repetitive-behaviour-an-experiment-in-the-application-of-classical-12-tone-technique-to-contemporary-post-punk-composition
Listen if you are me
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 07:33 (five months ago) link
Er, "autismcore?" From my city, though ... is this via RYM?
― etc, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 21:15 (five months ago) link
reminds me of Polvocool idea!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 21:16 (five months ago) link
If my favourite three tracks (1, 3, 6) basically didn't have the same tune as each other...
I feel like this is on the cusp of something amazing, maybe hasn't quite nailed it, but the guitar tone in the louder bits is So Good
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 21:19 (five months ago) link
<i>Starting the the late 2010's, a number of (mostly) British bands emerged with new and adventurous takes on the broad rock subgenre of post-punk</i>
what are they talking about, like Black MIDI?
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 21:55 (five months ago) link
excuse the formatting.
i assume yes, but a shame they're not actually referring to Water Gun Water Gun Sky Attack
― imago, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 22:58 (five months ago) link
I dig this group English Teacher (from Leeds)... they've released a few really strong singles this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNkbgumvYyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xKTRZm3vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u9AulY9Gdc
― Larb starter (morrisp), Monday, 25 December 2023 23:15 (three months ago) link