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Cover of the Day: School of Seven Bells meet Siouxsie

By Stewart Mason

Reclaiming a song from its era

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Critical 5: Reissue Labels That Rule

By Jim Allen

Imprints that plunder the past in a powerful way

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English Beat reissues announced

By Stewart Mason

It's about time!

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29 Years Ago: R.E.M. releases Murmur

By Stewart Mason

Jangle is coming

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Rough Trade opening US outpost

By T. Cole Rachel

The going gets Rough In Brooklyn

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Track of the Day: Friends

By Stewart Mason

Summer's here early

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The Horror

Pop. 1280 (music group)

For those who chuckled through A Clockwork Orange.

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Track of the Day: Mission of Burma

By Stewart Mason

New album out July 9

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Track of the Day: Nick Cave and Debbie Harry

By Stewart Mason

In tribute to Jeffrey Lee Pierce

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Always

Xiu Xiu

Always different, yet always the same.

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Peter Hook plots legal action against New Order

By Chris Payne

Hooky vs. his ex-bandmates

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Classic Video of the Week: The The

By Paul Parreira

The The Apocalypse Now

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Blur to headline Olympic closing ceremony concert

By Stewart Mason

Reunited Britpoppers join the sporting set.

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32 Years Ago: Elvis Costello Gets Happy!!

By Stewart Mason

New wave icon rediscovers soul.

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Jamie Oliver discovers lost Joy Division/New Order masters

By Stewart Mason

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for.

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Public Image Ltd. preview reunion EP

By Stewart Mason

Post-punk's second act starts over.

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The return of Killing Joke

By Stewart Mason

Apocalyptic Brits come back for more.

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Disney goes post-punk with Joy Division-inspired t-shirt

By Stewart Mason

Ian Curtis meets Mickey Mouse

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Music Feature

Stand Down Margaret: Anti-Thatcher Songs of the Early 1980s

By Stewart Mason

Margaret Thatcher on the radio.

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Music Review

Life in the Loading Bay

Shriekback

U.K. post-punks’ late-career peak.

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Music Review

In The Grace Of Your Love

The Rapture

Do you still want to party like it’s 2003?

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Music Review

Program 91

Razika

Debut album of 2011? Could be!

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Music List

Self-Referential Songs

By Stewart Mason

Join Us, the 2011 album by They Might Be Giants,… >>

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The Blackout

Tunnels (band)

Startlingly accurate reimagining of vintage post-punk sounds.

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Mirror Mirror

Sons and Daughters

Newly-minted post-punks party like it’s 1979.

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Skying

The Horrors

The Horrors, minus all that horror.

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Second Edition

Public Image Ltd.

Not the best post-punk album, but the most influential.

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Get Happy!!

Elvis Costello

Costello finds his soul.

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Red Barked Tree

Wire (band)

A more mature, sophisticated Wire.

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Sonic Boom

By Sam LaCroix

Psychedelic upstart evolves into minimalist godfather.

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Interpol

Interpol

Somehow we're not impressed.

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Lloyd Cole

By Jim Allen

Brainy lyrics and consummate coolness.

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The Drums

The Drums

Brooklyn hipsters revive the popped-collars era.

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Sex With An X

The Vaselines

Scottish indie royalty take a final spin.

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Strange Weather, Isn’t It?

!!! (chk chk chk)

That 2 A.M. on the dance floor feeling.

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Everything and More

Dolly Mixture

Essential listening for fans of UK indie pop.

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Steve Wynn

By Jim Allen

A true survivor of the first alt-rock generation.

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Mark Eitzel

By Jim Allen

A putative sad sack with a switchblade sense of humor.

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The Suburbs

By Stewart Mason

The first link between dance-pop and hardcore.

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The Chaos

The Futureheads

They’ve recovered their ballast.

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Critical Roots and Branches: The Magnetic Fields

By Stewart Mason

Stephin Merritt's latter-day persona as indie rock's answer to Irving… >>

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The Soft Pack

The Soft Pack

Timeless rock 'n' roll for drinking and dancing.

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The Brutalist Bricks

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Singer-songwriter's most impassioned and best-sounding effort yet.

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Murmur

R.E.M.

College rock's starting point.

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This Is Still It

The Method Actors

Athens, Georgia's masters of minimalism.

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New Romantic

By Jim Allen

Defiantly glamorous hedonistic positivity in reaction to punk’s nihilism

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Measure

Field Music

As brainy as ever, but markedly more visceral

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Embryonic

The Flaming Lips

Sometimes a band has to drive straight into the thickest,… >>

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Liars

By T. Cole Rachel

Often abrasive but bracingly original.

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Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox

Various Artists

Despite its unfortunate circumstances, a most effective introduction to an… >>

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Gary Numan

By Jim Allen

New Wave’s first synthesizer hero.

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Barney Bubbles

By Stewart Mason

London ad man turns lysergic light-show hippie, then becomes the… >>

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Classic Manchester

By T. Cole Rachel

Whether it be the iconic post-punk of Joy Division, the… >>

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For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Jawbox

Bridging the gap between muscular noise of DC post-punk and… >>

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Duran Duran

By Jim Allen

The original New Romantics.

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Culture Profile

Malcolm Garrett

By Stewart Mason

Designed era-defining graphics for new wave and new romantic acts… >>

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24 Hour Party People

Michael Winterbottom

Decadent and puckish, the film is essential viewing for fans… >>

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Peter Saville

By Stewart Mason

Defined album cover design in the 1980s, creating wonderfully tactile… >>

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The Paisley Underground

By Jim Allen

Edgy ‘80s alt rock with psychedelic flavors.

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The Wolfgang Press

By T. Cole Rachel

One of the least 4AD-like of the 4AD bands.

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Half Man Half Biscuit

By Stewart Mason

DIY post-punks age surprisingly gracefully.

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The Cure

By T. Cole Rachel

Under the enormous hair and smeared lipstick lies a masterful… >>

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Top 25 College Radio Albums Of 1984

By Stewart Mason

As we all know, Top 40 radio achieved perfection in… >>

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Husker Du

By T. Cole Rachel

Husker Du melded the ethos of punk rock and hardcore… >>

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The Golden Age of Wireless

Thomas Dolby

Possibly the finest synth pop album ever made, simultaneously futuristic… >>

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Thomas Dolby

Often incorrectly thought of as a one-hit wonder, Thomas Dolby… >>

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Nick Cave

By Eric Schneider

A singer-songwriter of the highest order.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

By T. Cole Rachel

No one can stir the hearts of gothy teenagers like… >>

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Chris Knox

By Stewart Mason

The central figure of New Zealand's fertile indie scene

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Television Personalities

By Stewart Mason

Direct influence on several generations of UK indie scenes.

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Robyn Hitchcock

By Jim Allen

More than a wacky guy writing songs about fish.

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Sonic Youth

By Stewart Mason

So good for so long that they're taken for granted.

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