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: post-punk
Oil Tasters – What’s In Your Mouth / Get Out of the Bathroom
Oil Tasters – What’s In Your Mouth // Get Out of the Bathroom (Oil Tasters Records) 1980. In an alternate universe the Oil Tasters would be a household name among Midwestern-based post-punk fans. All three of us. I mean, here … Continue reading
Posted in New Wave, No Wave, Wisconsin, post-punk
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Human Hands – Trains Vs Planes
Human Hands – Trains vs Planes // Blue Eel (Faulty Products) 1981. A band I have been meaning to post for years, Human Hands represent the epicentre and apex of a certain early Pasadena New Wave sound in this bloggers’ … Continue reading
Posted in California, LA, New Wave, post-punk
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The Beakers – Red Towel
The Beakers – Red Towel // Football Season is in Full Swing (Mr. Brown Records & Tapes) 1980. Wow, all that hardcore put me in a skronky mood and you just can’t get much more skronkorific than this excellent band … Continue reading
Posted in New Wave, No Wave, Seattle, post-punk
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The Philosophic Collage
The Philosophic Collage – Genius, Planned Obsolesence // Toxic Poppies, Headline Deadline (American Aesthetic Industries, LTD) 1981. One of my favourite post-punk, no-wave obscurities and it comes from my hometown of Saint Louis. Have you ever heard of this? Probably … Continue reading
Posted in No Wave, Saint Louis, Uncategorized, post-punk
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Partysnäks
Partysnäks (Ink Records) 1982. Some mysteries just need to be solved and one such mystery is the one surrounding Bera Maor who recorded the excellent song Männer on this obscure NDW compilation from 1982. The story goes that Bera Maor … Continue reading
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
Nocturnal Projections – Nerve Ends in Power Lines
Nocturnal Projections – Nerve Ends In Power Lines // In Purgatory (Self Released) 1982. Absolutely amazing band from New Zealand that a lot of folks in the States at least, are completely unaware of. I first heard them on the … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, post-punk
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Šarlo Akrobata – Ona Se Budi / Mali Covek
Sarlo Akrobata – Ona Se Budi // Mali Covek (Jugoton Records) 1981. A solid 7inch by the great post-punk hope of Yugoslavia, Šarlo Akrobata. I suspect the A-Side of this single was a bid for commercial acceptance. It’s New Wave … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Yugoslavian, post-punk
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Colors Out Of Time – Rock Section
Colors Out Of Time – Rock Section // Mambos Girl Mambo, Dancing With Joy (Monster In Orbit Records) 1981. The first song on this 7inch is great snarly new wave post-punk from Manchester, UK that none other than Julian Cope … Continue reading
Posted in New Wave, UK, post-punk
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Pre Fix – Underneathica / Ectomorphine
Pre Fix – Underneathica // Ectomorphine (Subterranean Records) 1981. One of the more obscure acts on the amazing Subterranean label out of the post-punk paradise that was San Francisco in the early 1980s, Pre-Fix were actually a Tuscon, AZ band. … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, No Wave, post-punk, san francisco
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