Hardcore Podcasts
September of 2010 I put together eight Hardcore Podcasts. You can check them out here if you are interested. For more insight into how I came up with the years 78-90 for the First Wave you can read about The Hardcore Superiorty Myth.
Category Archives: indie
86 – Useless / Behind My Back
86 – Useless // Behind My Back (OHP Records) 1983. Very sad, spartan music from the heart of the south. Atlanta’s 86 specialized in a sort of empty, melodic post-punk and no better example of it exists than this first … Continue reading
Last Four (4) Digits – Big Picture
Last Four (4) Digits – Big Picture EP – Fast Friends, Coughing Up Blood // City Streets, Another Sex Crime, (Hardly Music Records) 1980. I recently drove through Indiana on my way to Ohio and I just don’t get it. … Continue reading
Look Blue Go Purple – LBGPEP2
Look Blue Go Purple – LBGPEP2 Cactus Cat, Grace // 100 Times, Winged Rumour, Hiawatha (Flying Nun Records) 1987. Another one of my favourite early releases on the Flying Nun label out of New Zealand, Look Blue Go Purple were … Continue reading
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The Pin Group
The Pin Group – Ambivalence // Columbia (Flying Nun Records) 1981. A lot of people think that the first release on the seminal New Zealand label Flying Nun was the amazing Tally Ho! single by The Clean and that’s understandable. … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, New Zealand, indie, post-punk
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Christmas – In Excelsior Dayglo
Christmas – In Excelsior Dayglo (BigTime Records) 1986. Christmas was one of those bands that got a lot of press in the more mainstream mags like Spin back in the halcyon days of “college rock” before it begat “alternative”. I … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, indie, zolo
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Kinetic Stereokids – Kid Moves
Kinetic Stereokids – Kid Moves (Overdraft Recordings) 2009. Man, I really wanted to like these guys. The backstory on this was so good. A bunch of dudes from Flint, Michigan, of all places, start a lo-fi, basement band, citing Can … Continue reading
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Pas Chic Chic – Haydée Morcelée
Pas Chic Chic! – Haydée Morcelée// Blindé D’attentions (Semprini Records) 2008. Amazing release from this great band from Montreal. How many great bands are from Montreal? I mean really. From The O-Voids minimalist mystery to AIDS Wolf’s total bad time, … Continue reading
Posted in indie, montreal
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LDoMoE Podcast #9 – St Patricks Day Podcasts
Set The Controls for the Dark Side of the Moon I’ve had variations of this podcast going for two years now but I always lose track of time at St Pats. Well, this madness will cease now because I am … Continue reading
Scientists – This Is My Happy Hour / Swampland
The Scientists – This Is My Happy Hour // Swampland (Au Go Go Records) 1982. Probably my favourite moment by The Scientists. In their early “Pissed on Another Planet” days they were just a little too twee for me. Basically, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, indie, post-punk
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The Health and Happiness Family Gospel Band
Health and Happiness Family Gospel Band – Self-Titled (Self Released) 2008. Here is one that you probably wouldn’t expect from me. It’s this weird Southern Gospel album. I know. You’re probably wondering how I even heard of this. Well before … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Louisville, indie
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