[jaghouse]

More votes to:

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Arcade Fire
Futureheads
Broken Social Scene
Joseph Arthur
Death From Above 1979

 

[Masonjar]

I'm not sure what post-punk is exactly. Music that took punk and moved beyond it in some way? I mean, some bands are called "post-punk" like Joy Division, even though "punk" itself had barely even started. Odd.

But I've heard Husker Du called "post-punk" - therefore, I'd suggest you pick up WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES. It's more post-punk than, say, ZEN ARCADE, which is, pretty much "punk". It's also got some amazing songs on there. I'm going to see Bob Mould solo accoustic next week! woo hoo!

Violent Femmes - first self-titled album.. classic "post-punk" record.

Now if you're strictly talking stuff that inspired new bands like Interpol.. then I'm not sure who else to rec. Were Echo & the Bunnymen post-punk? I dunno. I sure love OCEAN RAIN. Now were just getting into great 80's albums.

-jar

 

[Davey]

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Originally Posted by GuineaMcPig Davey- I was wondering...

Hehehe, looks like Mark already did a damn fine job! I'm not really much for best of collections and box sets since I grew up with the albums and usually want to hear them like that, but can't really argue with his suggestions for someone else, and in some cases the best of collections are the best way to hear a band. Probably should make a new thread about "best albums of the 77-83 period" and get responses from more people since it is kind of hidden down here in what looks like an indie rock thread. But I'll throw out a few of my favorites from the period below and try to keep it to just one album each, although some of them like the Jam and Fall and Pere Ubu are obviously collections. Not all punk and post-rock since bands like XTC and the Buzzcocks and the Jam don't really fall in either category being more pop sounding, and the list could go on forever, and then there's great ones like that first Pretenders that is so much a part of that period for me but is more straight ahead type rock mixed with some new wave and the Dream Syndicate bringing back the earlier Velvet Underground sound I love so much and I'm sure I left off some monumental ones but you could always just go to AMG and see what they say too....

The Jam - Snap!
The Clash - London Calling
XTC - English Settlement
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (on the edge of that time period but nearly timeless)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Wire - Chairs Missing
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
The Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex (kind of dated but still fun)
The Fall - 458489 A-Sides
Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition
Joy Division - Closer
X - Wild Gift
Pretenders - Pretenders
Dream Syndicate – Days of Wine and Roses
English Beat – I Just Can't Stop It (looks out of place but it's an all-time fave)
Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Kaleidoscope (just recently got this one myself so not really a favorite)
The B-52's - The B-52's
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (kind of an acquired taste, but some real gems here)
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Mission Of Burma - Vs.
Sound - From the Lions Mouth (only found out about this a couple years ago but it's great)

BTW, regarding Television and Marquee Moon, the followup Adventure is really a very good one even though most don't think it rises to the same level as the debut. Still some great songs and I like it nearly as much. Same with the next couple from Tom Verlaine which were almost like Television albums, but I'm especially fond of Dreamtime. I love the self-titled reunion in the early 90s as well, but maybe I'm just a Tom Verlaine nut since I also love his mid 90s Warm and Cool instrumental album. One of a kind guitar sound

 

[Davey]

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Originally Posted by adhoc wow. i am really enjoying the earlier modest mouse albums.

The singles collection called Building Nothing Out of Something that was released before The Moon & Antarctica makes for a nice introduction to their earlier stuff as well since it has some of their best tunes that aren't on the albums, including one of my absolute MM favorites in the opening "Never Ending Math Equation". I've heard some people say that they like it even more than any of the albums. Not me, I would definitely go for Moon & Antarctica first because of the amazing flow and epic sound it has, and then Lonesone Crowded West for the quirkiness and infectiousness....or maybe the other way around.

 

[Newbiez]

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Originally Posted by Fenwik The Arcade Fire's "Funeral" which came out a couple months ago is very, very good. The story is that band members' family members kept dying, so much of the album is about life and death and such, but more in that uplifiting kind of way than that depressing kind of way. Beyond that (and more importantly) all the songs are very catchy songs with smart lyrics. Also, two singers (male and female) gives good variety and more flavor to the album as a whole. At any rate, check it out.

Atmospheric, dark, moody, hope all trash into one.

Reminded me alot of Hope of the States

 

[hoppa]

many good suggestions so far. welcome to the never-ending world of indie rock. if you *really* want some info, check out www.pitchforkmedia.com, www.tinymixtapes.com, www.popmatters.com, www.neumu.com, as well as a ton of others. you'll locate them over time.

my recommendations:
neutral milk hotel - in an aeroplane over the sea (certainly one of the greatest albums ever. surprisingly not yet mentioned)
jim o'rourke
new pornographers
elliott smith
iron & wine
bjork
exploding hearts
the constantines

some hip-hop? blackalicious and anti-pop consortium are a great place to start. viktor vaughn, company flow, dizzee rascal, once your ears are a little more "in tune" to the genre (took me a while to gain appreciation, but blackalicious makes it rather easy).

instrumental hip-hop? prefuse 73, dj shadow, rjd2

electronica? boards of canada, squarepusher, amon tobin, fennesz, end.

triphop? tricky, karminsky experience, soda surfers, thievery corporation

other: gotan project - la revancha del tango (DEFINITELY check out this album)


btw, a great way for finding similar bands (and learning what genres are *cough*joydivisionisnotpost-punk*cough*) is www.allmusic.com . one of the greatest resources on the web. musics version of imdb.

 

[Davey]

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Originally Posted by hoppa ...and learning what genres are *cough*joydivisionisnotpost-punk*cough*

I don't get it? Joy Division is practically the definition of post-punk, isn't it? Or are you saying something else? Inquiring minds want to know

BTW, your own recommended reference says about JD....Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s.

 

[philodox]

yeah, who cares about genres anyways... and for what it is worth boards of canada is IDM, amon tobin is jungle, dj shadow is trip hop and theivery corporation is downtempo

 

[Davey]

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Originally Posted by philodox yeah, who cares about genres anyways... and for what it is worth boards of canada is IDM, amon tobin is jungle, dj shadow is trip hop and theivery corporation is downtempo

 

[markl]

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I've really been getting into this punk/post-punk thing

Punk + post-punk suggestions sought and provided...

 

[MnSO2]

adhoc: I like all of the bands you listed here..
love the shins, flaming lips.. can't wait to go see franz ferdinand next month (along with snow patrol and the hives!).

anyway, I third (or forth, whatever) Arcade Fire's Funeral. These guys sound awesome.
The New Pornographers - Electric Version is great too..
Neutral Milk Hotel: my friend recommended these guys. I haven't had a chance to listen to them yet but I definitely will in near future.

 

[Futhermucker]

Singer / Songwriter
Elliott Smith - Either / Or
Elliott Smith - XO
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

Rock & Roll
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Spoon - Series of Sneaks
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

Lo-Fi
Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Post Rock / Experimental
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Best Album of the Decade so Far)
Explosions in the Sky - Those who tell the truth...
Mogwai - Young Team
Jim O'rourke - Insignificance
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People

 

[riddley]

Califone.

If you like Modest Mouse and Ugly Casanava, you should try to listen to Califone. They have a similar sound - Ugly Casanova and Califone have members in common. I recommend starting with Quicksand Cradlesnakes.

If you like Califone, also check out Red Red Meat, which is an earlier version of the band.

 

[adhoc]

been doing some more listening today..

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Originally Posted by ls20 Delgados - Universal Audio

excellent - light, melodic stuff. much recommended. i will have to pick this up sometime.

thanks ls20 for the reccomendation.