The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)

Absolutely perfect post-punk from Scotland, yes. I've got their entire discography sitting on my hard drive, but this one stays in fairly constant rotation because it's just that good. In fact, I think I'd actually been meaning to post this since last summer..



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Urban Verbs - Early Damage (1981)

Urban Verbs was a DC-based (!!!)post-punk-y, new wave band that only put out one record as far as I know. (If there are more, I've tried to find them to no avail.) They played a show last summer, but I was unable to drive up for the occasion = sad.



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The Pop Group - Y (1979)

This group is among my favourite aural challenges, oh man. A man named John Dougan described this particular album much better than I could via All Music Guide & Amazon:

"Emerging in the late-'70s post-punk era, this militant gang of leftist radical politicos from Bristol, England, specialized in a funk-driven cacophony of sound that was abrasive, strident, and ultimately very exciting. Railing against Margaret Thatcher's Tory government, the state of pop music, racism, sexism, etc., the Pop Group were not the easiest band of the early post-punk era to listen to, but those who made the effort were in for an interesting melange of primitive rhythms and avant-garde guitar racket." (Dougan 2008)

And there you have it.



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Two Magazine albums.

Magazine was a post-punk group made up of some ex-members of The Buzzcocks. Here are two of the five cuts they released before their disbandment in 1981.


Real Life (1978)


The Correct Use of Soap (1980)

Suicide - Second Album (1980)

This was the second (and, in my opinion, slightly less impressive) album by the influential if almost completely anonymous post-punk, electronic group, Suicide. I'm posting this mostly to make sure that everyone has access to it as I've noticed it's not as widely circulated as the first one.



Disc One

Disc Two

Suicide - First Album (1977)

According to reputable sources (wikipedia, last.fm, ha), this album was neither considered nor appreciated at its start; however, it's considered in many circles to be a really influential album in the genres of punk, no-wave, electronica, synth-pop, etc. It's crunchy, it's just underproduced enough, and it's a little creepy, reminiscent of New York City's underbelly circa late 70's. In other words, it's completely brilliant, definitely one of my favourite albums right now.

Also, an interesting fact about this album: the last song on the second disc, "23 Minutes Over Brussels", is a recording of a Suicide show that eventually erupted in a riot.



Disc One

Disc Two

Warsaw - An Ideal For Killing (1979)

This was Joy Division before Joy Division was Joy Division. Personally, I prefer it ever so slightly to that incarnation, though I vastly, extremely, very much prefer it to New Order- gross.

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