Monthly Archives: May 2008

YDI – Black Dust

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Joe

YDI – Black Dust (Blood Bubble Records) 1985. This one is kinda for completists and kinda not. See, this album by hardcore Philly lunatics YDI has always been rumoured to be terrible. It is supposed to be one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Metal, Philly, hardcore | 8 Comments

The Jonzun Crew – Lost in Space

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Joe

The Jonzun Crew – Lost in Space (Tommy Boy) 1983. Afrika Bambaataa is oftentimes credited with being the inventor and chief innovator of Electro, a spinoff of synth-pop and rap music that followed on the foot heels of the early … Continue reading →

Posted in Electro, Hip-Hop, New Wave, Rap, Synth | Tagged , | 1 Comment

P-Model – In A Model Room

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Joe

P-Model – In a Model Room (1979). I’ve been listening to a lot of P-Model lately and you should too. They were a Japanese New Wave band from the late 1970s/early 1980s that ended up lasting until 1999. Anyway, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, Synth, japan, post-punk, zolo | 2 Comments

Bum Kon – Drunken Sex Sucks

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joe

Bum Kon – Drunken Sex Sucks (Smooch Records) 2008. As someone who moved to Denver later in life, I was not around for the hardcore zeitgeist of the early 1980s. I mentioned a long time ago in a write-up on … Continue reading →

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