All posts tagged 'post punk'
CRAWLER // IDLES
IDLES’ most considered, sonically thoughtful, and complex release to date, taking the band down a new path while preserving their strengths.
Bright Green Field // Squid
Squid take characteristics from krautrock, dub, funk, and jazz to form a sound that is remarkably coherent and wholly distinct. It’s chaotic, but it works.
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables // Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys' iconic debut still boasts some of the most brilliant and uncompromisingly cynical songs that punk has ever seen.
Uneasy Laughter // Moaning
The album's all a bit clean cut, a perfectly pleasant smorgasbord of gothy synth pop which goes in one ear and out the other.
Unknown Pleasures // Joy Division
Pretty much everything about Unknown Pleasures was, and continues to be, a total triumph in cathartic misery. It’s a true classic.
There Is No Year // Algiers
Throughout much of its run-time, There is No Year seems content revelling in its own (admittedly awe-inspiring) ambience.
This frilly ape's 'Lovely mutant cauliflower' as weird and wonderful as it sounds
It's quite the fusion of sounds, and huge credit goes to Rumerio for creating something so distinctive. It's rather captivating, truth be told.
Let Love In // Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The arrangements are expansive and diverse, with coarse guitars blending between the lines of timpani, bells, piano, and organ. Lots of organ.
Joy as an Act of Resistance // IDLES
Joy as an Act of Resistance is refreshingly sincere and positive in a time where artists are finding it easy to sensationalise and despair.
The ’80s according to Stewart Lee
The most miserable man in comedy has five favourite albums from everyone's least favourite decade. We explore Stewart Lee's highlights of the '80s.
This Nation’s Saving Grace // The Fall
There’s a lot to be said for the album’s quirks, but when all is said and done, This Nation’s Saving Grace is in fact a great album in its own right.
Preoccupations // Preoccupations
It’s an intensely focused musical space, guided by a vocal delivery that seems simultaneously lethargic and passionate. Post-punk is rarely more unsettling.
PatternPusher’s “Still” a Statement of Intent
Adore Life // Savages
The vitality that makes Savages so appealing is too often replaced by a softer blend of turmoil that isn’t as rewarding, nor a progression in sound.
9 // Public Image Ltd
It isn’t a classic, it isn’t conventional, it’s oftentimes a bit daft, but the record does what it does terribly well. A loud and peppy splash of creativity.
Power, Corruption & Lies // New Order
The catchy riffs and toe-tapping beats are there, but that's precisely the problem - stubborn in nature, with very little desire to change, they are just there.