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: Art-Punk
Beluga and the Human Ashtrays
Beluga and the Human Ashtrays – Mars Needs Women // High ‘n’ Tight (Howard Peluso Productions) 1979. Punxpolitation from the pre-relevant era of Chicago new wave and punk. At least according to the great movie You Weren’t There: A History … Continue reading
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Babylon Dance Band – When I’m Home /Remains of the Beat
Babylon Dance Band – When I’m Home // Remains of the Beat (Self Released) 1981. Excellent early new wave / punk tracks from the future underground rock mecca of Louisville, KY. The Babylon Dance Band was for a brief moment … Continue reading
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Homosexuals – Hearts in Exile
Homosexuals – Hearts in Exile // Soft South African (Lorelei Records) 1978. A band name that was destined to alienate the punters if ever there was one. A real case of planned obsolescence. To quote the liner notes of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, UK
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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
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
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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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Von Beat – Nuke Wave Music
Von Beat – Synthetic Environment // Of Course I Care (VVV Records) 1981. I’ve finally gotten around to uploading some more stuff so I should have a string of posts here for a bit. Hmmmm….what colossal, epic extract of musical … Continue reading
Marquis De Sade – Air Tight Cell
Marquis De Sade – Air Tight Cell // Henry (Terrapin Records) 1978. How about a little French New Wave? Marquis De Sade were a proto-New Romantic band from Rennes, France that went from being a noisy post-punk act to a … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Cold Wave, France, New Wave, Punk Rock, Uncategorized, post-punk
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AKA – Red Therapy
AKA – Red Therapy – God, City Drugs, 645 Dog // Raggedy Andy’s, Fear, Mental Timebombs (Zulu Records) 1980. Another great Canadian New Wave release. AKA are often referred to, along with UJ3RK5 and Monitor as “West Coast No Wave”. … Continue reading
Cipher
Cipher – Body Chemistry, Harmonic 33, Cymatic Mambo // Modern Medicine, Brown (Right Brain Records) 1981. A band I was first introduced to on the Savoy Sound LP. At the time I assumed they were a local San Francisco act … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, LA, New Wave, post-punk
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