Published on June 27th, 2011 by The Editor
So, yeah, no update for a month. Been busy, primarily writing things that people will pay me for… plus I had to skip the Mono show due to lack of friend-with-a-car (because the train timetable between Brighton and P-town is made of FAIL). And, in the name of being honest, I’ve lost my enthusiasm for [...]
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Tags: avant-garde, Floppy God, math, noise, Pips, post-punk, spazz
Published on June 29th, 2010 by The Editor
Guitarless Leatherhead trio Second Head take two basses and a drumkit and do something kinda Sonic Youth-y with ‘em on their debut Head First EP. Interesting.
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Tags: art-rock, avant-garde, Head First, noise, post-punk, Second Head
Published on March 5th, 2010 by Duncan Harris
A career-spanning retrospective, Decades Apart catches marginal punk icons The Stranglers at their best… but also, rather unfortunately, at their worst.
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Tags: best-of, Decades Apart, pop, post-punk, punk, The Stranglers
Published on October 29th, 2009 by The Editor
London guitar-and-drum duo Dead Days Beyond Help aren’t the usual mess of faux-garage clichés; Access Denied! is studded with avant-post-rock gems.
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Tags: abstract, Access Denied!, avant-garde, Dead Days Beyond Help, noise, post-hardcore, post-punk, post-rock
Published on June 12th, 2009 by The Editor
Free from their major label fetters, Sonic Youth return with The Eternal, fifty minutes of unmatchable majesty that’s a great entry-point for new listeners.
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Tags: no-wave, noise rock, post-punk, Sonic Youth, The Eternal
Published on May 4th, 2009 by Dave Saunders
“No Not Ever” is another short sharp shock of a single from Nottingham post-punk-proggers Nephu Huzzband; blink and you might miss it.
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Tags: art-rock, Nephu Huzzband, new wave, No Not Ever, post-punk, progressive
Published on April 23rd, 2009 by The Editor
Still very much in business despite never quite meeting their hype, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead return to Portsmouth with a pocketful of chaos.
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Tags: ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, art-rock, doom, garage, Middle Class Rut, noise, post-hardcore, post-punk, prog, punk, stoner
Published on March 6th, 2009 by Duncan Harris
The latest single from New York anti-folk new-New-Wavers Bear Hands is released by the Too Pure Records singles club… “What A Drag”? Not at all.
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Tags: anti-folk, Bear Hands, folk rock, new wave, post-punk, What a rag
Published on March 2nd, 2009 by Dave Saunders
New Yorican stalwarts The Walkmen release “In The New Year”, a sterling second single from their long-released (but still worthwhile) You & Me album.
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Tags: Americana, In the New Year, indie, pop, post-punk, The Walkmen
Published on November 22nd, 2008 by The Editor
Brighton’s Engine Room plays host to a yin-yang double headliner from post-metallers Russian Circles and prog-post-hardcore nutters These Arms Are Snakes.
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Tags: noise, post-hardcore, post-metal, post-punk, prog, progressive, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Tropics