Showing posts with label new wave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new wave. Show all posts

Jan 20, 2012

Achtung!

Berlin Express - The Russians Are Coming

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Conrad Schnitzler acts as the German Paul Revere on the a-side of this EP. Frankly, the title track is nicht so gut. However, the B-side is the perfect public transportation soundtrack and makes this worth a listen.

Nov 27, 2011

Robert Rental - Double Heart

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and I walked in I'll never forget this it was called Ram Rod a gay bar in the city
Fad Gadget - Back To Nature/The Box 7"

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Twenty years ago I went to a club to get quaaludes

Sep 23, 2011

Turn the radio off

Section 25 - Always Now

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My friends are having a new radio show over at UCLA. They'll be playing tunes showcasing their favorite post-punk/new wave record labels from the 80s (Factory will be the first label featured, hence the Section 25 post) from 6-8 PM PST every Saturday evening. Tune in HERE.

Sep 14, 2011

Trisomie 21 - Le Repos Des Enfants Heureux

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1983 French coldwave.

Sep 12, 2011

Mikado - Forever

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Impress some ladies: read Proust, drink plunger coffee, be absurd, and play this compilation featuring most recordings by this 80s French synth pop band.

Aug 17, 2011

CAD 407

Xmal Deutschland - Tocsin

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Jul 17, 2011

Frank Chickens – Fujiyama Mama / We Are Ninja 7"

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Kitschy Japanese new wave band doing the best Wanda Jackson cover you've ever heard.

Jul 16, 2011

FACT 150

New Order - Brotherhood

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Shot right through with a bolt of blue.

Jul 5, 2011

The Cure - The Head On The Door

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Make it safe and clean.

May 24, 2011

Baby, leave me out

Grace Jones - Private Life 12"

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Single for "Private Life" off the album Warm Leatherette. I'm posting this for the b-side: an amazing cover of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control"

May 1, 2011

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette

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Feel the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel.

Apr 24, 2011

Deux - Decadence

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Ice cold French minimal synth pop recorded from 1982-85. Great collection; highly recommended.

Apr 8, 2011

SPK - Machine Age Voodoo

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Step into the fog.

Mar 18, 2011

The Glove - Blue Sunshine

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The Cure/Siouxsie and the Banshees one off "supergroup" or "sexy sitar sounds" as coined by my friend Sara.

Mar 13, 2011

DO 5

Dva Damas - Dva Damas

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Five piece from Long Beach releasing music in 2010 that sounds like it was recorded in a UK basement circa 1983. Good stuff.

Dec 13, 2010

Mi negra linda, nunca me dejes.

Caifanes - Caifanes

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Been a while since I posted some 80s music so here's an album I've been meaning to post for a very long time. Caifanes were a Mexican post-punk/new wave band. If the Cure released an album in Spanish, it would sound exactly like this.

Nov 13, 2010

Organ - Nekrofiilis

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For all of you new wave lovers, here's some 1982 Finnish synthpop.

Oct 26, 2010

Moderne - Moderne/L'Espionne Aimait La Musique

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Obscure 1980-81 French synthpop double release compiling both of this band's LPs and re-issued last year. You don't just want this, you fucking need it.

Sep 1, 2010

I won't say it if you don't say it first

The Cure - Japanese Whispers

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This is a compilation of three Cure singles released after Pornography and the following album, The Top, in 83-84. Apparently Robert Smith spent some time in rehab and they had some line-up difficulties following the release of Pornography, explaining the drastic change in style. But these are some of my favorite Cure tracks, collecting "Let's Go To Bed", "The Walk", and "The Lovecats singles."