Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Vancouver Independence (1980)

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Pretty forkin' cool sampling of the early Vancouver scene. Even though my favorite Vancouver bands of the time AKA, and UJ3RK5 aren...
Friday, October 31, 2014

No Aid - Charlie Wutz / TV 06131/701 (1980)

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Rejoice freaks, here's a truly Dada inspired minimal / no wave trip of the Neue Deutsche Welle perspective. Complete with the headac...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Conversion - Interference / Collector (1980)

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First class herky-jerky art-wave postpunk from New Jersey. Fans of avant-prog / RIO might appreciate this as well. Singer-songwriter-gui...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

The Moderates - Fetishes (1980)

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Super fun English postpunk jangly pop. Sounds like The Monochrome Set colliding with The Petticoats in an all night shake down. The Mode...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Glass - New Colours / Sweet Entropy (1980)

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Very fine artwave / postpunk 7" from England. In fact this was the first release from Glass Records, that putout a large slew of in...
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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Plastic Idols - Adventure / Remix (1980)

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Plastic Idols from England, not to be confused with the Texas band. This was the second release from the Stoke-on-Trent label Clay, that...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Seven 7 inch records

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A super smorgasbord post with a little something for everybody. Brought together only because I own the vinyl (except two donations from fri...
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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Sad Among Strangers - Sparks Fly Upwards / A Better View of Baxtor / The Gongs (1980) Here Comes the Caesars / I Know Nothing of the Jungle (1980) It's So Good It's Incest / My Kind of Loser (1981)

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Led by Lyndon Morgans, this UK band cranked out some great catchy tunes. Blending new wave/post punk and glam rock together, wit...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Divorce - Friends and Celebrities / Family (1980)

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New wave art pop from the Netherlands. Sounds like something from Object Music by way of The Legendary Pink Dots. Two great post punk od...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Zeitgeist - Shake-Rake (1980) Touch (1980) Ball of Confusion (1981) Stop (1982)

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Originally from Cornwall then London. Post-punk with two vocalists alternating male/female. Read the whole history here . Similar to...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

1-2-3 - Cocks and Lions (1980) Allo (1981)

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Innovative dynamite art-punk warbles from England. The song Allo is especially kick-ass. Bringing to mind Cravats type brilliance. ...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Extro 2 - Cruciform Man / Fast Car (1980)

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Don't know much about Extro 2 except they were from somewhere on the British Isles, and this is a porky prime cut record. The dichot...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Toto Lotto - White Walls / Cut a Slice / Toto Lotto (1980)

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Compelling art punk from Frankfurt, Germany. White Walls menaces then drops deposits of no wave sax skronk, while Cut a Slice is a bit ...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Big Hair - Puppet on a String / Lies (1980)

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Post punk artizans from England. Go about deconstructing a tepid 60's love song into some herky jerky art-spazz fun. The flip side i...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Clive Oxford - For Your Future Entertainment / Fading Star (1980)

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Spacey DIY minimal synth from the UK. The a side is an instrumental version of the b side. Where the singer in monotone recites a litany...
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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Out On Blue Six (1981) The Pinkies (1981) The Room (1980)

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Three singles from bands that are on the two Armageddon Records compilations. Featuring bands who played regularly at London...
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