Punk - Post Punk

Punk, New Wave, No Wave, Post Punk… all genres that I’ve honestly never understood. I think it has something to do with lip-piercings.

  • Social Climbers Social Climbers

    Oddball post-punk release by this three piece band outta Hoboken N.J. circa ‘81. Guitar, bass, Korg drum machine, Farfisa organ with some weird vocals over the top: check soundclips of the tracks “Chicken 80″ & “Chris & Debbie”. Was released on lp and in a triple 45 format.

    “Chicken 80″

    “Chris & Debbie”

  • Carole Caroompas - Target Practice Carole Caroompas - Target Practice

    Probably the most unique and unassuming record I purchased at the 2008 WFMU record fair. Housed in a plain sleeve with a screen printed bird and real feathers waxed-on to the cover, Carole Caroompas’ only record from 1981 is a sure winner for fans of minimal pop. Carole is/was an established L.A. visual artist who [...]

  • The Chandra Dimension (unreleased) EP The Chandra Dimension (unreleased) EP

    I refused to believe it was true until Chandra sent me a copy of the master tapes. An unreleased Chandra EP? This time with full teenage backing band and production from Steve Alexander and Eugenie Diserio of The Dance? After Chandra released her Transportation EP she formed a band consisting of herself (who at that time [...]

  • No Tag - Can We Get Away With It No Tag - Can We Get Away With It

    Full length LP recorded live at the Reverb Room by New Zealand’s premier punk/oi band of the day (1982).  One of the few local punk bands of the time to do a full length, they also have a 12″ EP called “Oi Oi Oi” that features three tracks from the LP.
     No Tag - Wink Wink.mp3

  • Breakfast in Bed - Australian Coffee Breakfast in Bed - Australian Coffee

    Released in 1982 on the Crunch Ltd label from Medford, Massachusetts. Fairly enjoyable mixture of post punk elements and synth pop/new wave. You get the feeling after listening to a few of these tracks that these guys were fans of groups like A Certain Ratio.
    Here’s the obligatory group lineup, in hopes that one of [...]

  • Pinhead: You Don't Like Me, Do Ya'? Pinhead: You Don’t Like Me, Do Ya’?

    Here’s an entertaining LP from Pinhead, a Burlington VT group fronted by local cartoonist/author/eccentric Dug Nap. Pinhead’s style is a mix of new wave, ska, and punk influenced pop with sarcastic and fun lyrics that make for an interesting listen. This was a hit locally when it first came out and from what I’ve [...]

  • The Hostage - Physical Love Affair The Hostage - Physical Love Affair

    This is a Boston area rock/punk 45 done by the man behind the “Original Black Sheep”, Bili Sparrow. Sparrow has done rock 45s, rap 45s, funk….soul…..everything. The self proclaimed “Jimi Hendrix of Boston”, was also interview on my radio show.
    Clip: Physical Love Affair.mp3

  • GAEA - C'est Magnifique b/w Lunar Transmission GAEA - C’est Magnifique b/w Lunar Transmission

    Balls out female synth-punk shredder. Nothing is heald back. Screaming sexy vocals and sexualised lyrics with outer space theatrics all packaged in an overbearing synth dancefloor smasher. GAEA, where are you? Please get in touch with me. Released in 1981 on Lizard Records (private). One of the most interesting records I now own.

  • US Import - No Nukes / Nuclear Fusion US Import - No Nukes / Nuclear Fusion

    I believe blame should always be heaped upon the parents. I have 2 sons at ages 7 and 11, both precociously adolescent and surly though not yet teenage. Every time I try and sell my boys the notion that I am workin’ ant-like hard for them, amassing a dynamite wax inheritance (yesterday’s case in point: [...]

  • Mechanical Servants - Min X Match Mechanical Servants - Min X Match

    This was given to me in a blind trade and quickly became my favorite of the batch sent. Incredibly fun and beautiful, Mechanical Servants bring a refreshing simplicity to the post-punk/new-wave genre. Consisting simply of two females, Pamela Kifer (lead vocalist) and Victoria Harper, a guitar, a bass, a synthesizer and a typerwriter.
    The songwriting is [...]

  • The Slits / American Radio Interview The Slits / American Radio Interview

    The Slits’ brief catalog is full of oddities bookmarked by two full-length LPs, their acknowledged dub/punk classic Cut and the misunderstood and very underrated Return of the Giant Slits. (If you have not yet done so, get these albums now.)
    This 1981 7″ came packaged with the (Europe only?) Return LP, and it’s a perverse piece [...]

  • The Dance - Dance For Your Dinner The Dance - Dance For Your Dinner

    Finally got a copy of The Dance’s debut EP on GoGo record, 1980. Musically the EP is very much an early 80s post-punk/no-wave record leaning towards disco. The shining song on the EP is definitely the funky Do Dada. The title song, Dance For Your Dinner, sounds to me like some sort of proto-underground-rap with [...]

  • Appliances - EP Appliances - EP

    Oh how I yearn for a DJ night open minded enough to allow me to play this “out.”
    The sticker on the shrinkwrap declaring “Punk Funk Rap” sounds like a musical miscarriage of Ozzfest side-stage proportions, but upon dropping the needle on side 1 it becomes rapidly clear the actual musical content of the record eclipses [...]

  • Chandra - Transportation Chandra - Transportation

    ***NOTE: The Chandra EP has been reissued on my new Cantor Records imprint. It is vinyl and digital ONLY and can be purchased through Other Music or my web-site (www.cantorrecords.com). The package includes 4 unreleased tracks recorded with the Chandra Dimension as well as a 32-page booklet! ***
     I have to thank Waxidermy for this [...]

  • Lifetones - For A Reason Lifetones - For A Reason

    1983 solo outing from Charles Bullen, the former guitar player of the always-relevant experimental rock outfit This Heat on his own private Tone of Life imprint, of which this is the sole release.
    Like other British post-punk contemporaries (Slits, Pop Group, et. all) Bullen immerses himself deep in zoned dub territory on much of this album. [...]

  • Units - Digital Stimulation Units - Digital Stimulation

    Duel male/female vocal and synth attack backed by some angular drumwork with the seed of Kraftwerk sewn so deep that it barely even manifests itself. Released in San Francisco circa 1980, this album is a much rawer and down to earth precursor to often painfully overproduced and empty genre of “synth-rock” that would dominate in [...]

  • Mofungo - Out of Line Mofungo - Out of Line

    Part of the often overlooked (and borderline oxymoronical) “second wave” of the New York No-Wave scene (which birthed bands like Sonic Youth and Swans), Monfungo certainly fits in line with many of the pioneers of the movement, though a little more polished (comparatively) with more attention given to song structure. Skronky, danceable, and full of [...]

  • And now live from Toronto - The Last Pogo. And now live from Toronto - The Last Pogo.

    This is a 1978 Canadian punk compilation recorded live over two days at the famous Toronto venue The Horseshoe. I don’t know too much about the history of the Horshoe, I was there once last year, but clips from the bands talking seem to indicate that it was going to be closed down and that [...]

  • The Dance - In Lust The Dance - In Lust

    Owing to the response from my review of The Dance’s second album, Soul Force, I thought I’d post up their first album In Lust. This album is much more disco than Soul Force, however it still contains the approach to song-writing that made Soul Force so great. While Euginie sounds just as sexy, it is [...]

  • Mark Perry - Snappy Turns Mark Perry - Snappy Turns

    Mark Perry became an essential figure in the early UK punk scene in 1976, when he quit his day job as a bank teller to start the first, and likely most influential, British punk zine, Sniffin’ Glue (named for the Ramone’s “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” Perry’s first introduction to punk rock). Less than [...]

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