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Anywhere’s a valid place to find good music recommendations, but a tip from Steve Coogan portraying the Lord Almighty is not an especially common one. Said scene came towards the end of 24 Hour Party People, Michael Winterbottom’s brilliant 2002 biopic on Factory Records’ Tony Wilson: “Vini Reilly, by the way, is way overdue a […]
I already got into the complexities of Wire’s early 2000s material last month, so let’s just consider this an extended footnote to that piece. But to sum up: after essentially disbanding a second time in 1991 following the release of Manscape and departure of drummer Robert Gotobed – including a short reincarnation as Wir – […]
New Order’s 1980’s output is nigh-untouchable, but amongst those albums, it’s arguable that 1983’s Power Corruption & Lies is the best of the best, as they stepping out of the shadow of Joy Division and boldly established their own identity. And while there were no singles taken directly from the record – the band somehow […]
While running this blog has been a great exercise in exploring music through the flat circle of time, I’d be remiss to not acknowledge that we’re currently experiencing a(nother) renaissance in post-punk because, remarkable, artists are finding some aspect of the world to be anxious or angry about. As such, a lot of the bigger, […]
Peruse any list of “essential post-punk bands” and at some point, probably at least halfway down the list, you’ll probably find an entry for Watford’s Sad Lovers & Giants. Find a list for “most overlooked post-punk bands”, and they’ll probably be near the top. Whatever the reasons for their under-appreciatedness, lack of quality is not […]
The losses in the music world over the past year have been immeasurable, but the loss of Andy Gill from Gang Of Four remains one of the bitterest, and a number of projects he was working on at the time of his passing have since become posthumous tributes to one of the most influential musicians […]
Germany’s Rockpalast programme really is the gift that keeps on giving. Their archive of live shows – or more specifically the ones that have made their way onto YouTube and remain there, rights be damned – is an astonishing time capsule that I’ll be happy to mine as long as I’m doing this. Today, a […]
Sometimes you want something fresh, innovative, and groundbreaking and sometimes you want something that just sticks closely to a tried-and-true playbook but does it well. Los Angeles’ Moaning fit that second category pretty well with their vein of mournfully catchy post-punk. Their second album, last year’s Uneasy Laughter, leans into synths and sonic refinement more […]
While I was technically alive for the eras of music I’m writing about here, I missed out on pretty much all of it in real time and have been discovering it like an anthropologist. So here’s a look at one record that I was able to get on board with as it happened, even if […]
I haven’t done one of these posts for a Cure song yet because, well, The Cure are a big band and they have a lot of live material online and most of their classic songs have been covered many, many times. In other words – too much work. But I’m going to give it a […]
