The New Wave (~'70s - '80s)

rodox_head · Post by **rodox_head** » Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:30 am

This is a thread dedicated to my favorite era of Rock and Alternative Music; the Post-Punk and New Wave era from the late '70s through the mid '80s.

Post-Punk, New Wave, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock, and Darkwave are all welcome, but no Synthpop please.

Longarm - Wall of Voodoo

Gathering Dust - Modern English

Regatta De Blanc - The Police

Live At The Marquee - The Vapors

Revelation - Josef K

Icing Sugar - The Cure

Закрой за мной дверь, я ухожу - Кино

Read About It - Midnight Oil

Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy - DEVO

Like a Vise - My Dad is Dead

Shot By Both Sides - Magazine

Good For Your Soul - Oingo Boingo

Winning - The Sound

You get the picture.

Orbited insanitarium · Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:15 pm

A good few.

Peter Gabriel - Exposure

That Tony Levin baseline needs a shower, cos it's so dirty.

Echo and the Bunnymen - Turquoise Days

New Order - Age of Consent

Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons

Exposure's long lost more "bouncy" cousin.

Lonelady - (I Can See) Landscapes

In technical terms not the 70s or 80s, but the spirit of post-punk is there.

Art of Noise - Paranoimia

TheStatPow · Post by **TheStatPow** » Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:58 pm

This compilation is a very good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4BjaiTLt0c

rodox_head · Post by **rodox_head** » Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:24 pm

"Heaven Up Here" was one of my first Post Punk albums I listened to when I actually knew of the term; still a personal favorite of theirs. I find it funny that, at least in America, Numan is considered just another '80s one-hit-wonder and pops up on '80s compilations when I think his best work is mostly outside the '80s

; Love his work.

Orbited insanitarium wrote: In technical terms not the 70s or 80s, but the spirit of post-punk is there.

I like to call the resurgence in the 2000s "The Nu Wave"

Be Stiff - DEVO

In Shreds - The Chameleons

Don't Box Me In - Stewart Copeland & Stan Ridgeway

Loveless Love - The Feelies

It Aint None Of Your Business - Missing Persons

Nightmares - A Flock of Seagulls

Lust To Love - The Go-Go's

Visions of China - Japan (Karn is fantastic on bass as usual, but Jansen is underrated on drums)

Johnny on the Monorail - The Buggles

It's Easier Than You Think - My Dad Is Dead

Mystery Achievement - The Pretenders (that bassline

)

Good Die Young - Divinyls

Orbited insanitarium · Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:16 pm

rodox_head wrote:"Heaven Up Here" was one of my first Post Punk albums I listened to when I actually knew of the term; still a personal favorite of theirs.

My record version has seen better days, the sleeve is all torn but it sometimes that adds to the album, blowing the dust off it later to give it a spin.

rodox_head wrote:Numan is considered just another '80s one-hit-wonder and pops up on '80s compilations when I think his best work is mostly outside the '80s ; Love his work.

He released one last year named "Intruder", the NIN influence runs deep through it. I'd give it a listen but it all sounds extremely similar. As usual, lot's of biblical lyrics but not much experimentation.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLA ... jJ65nqpDjc

4 more tracks.

Ultravox - Someone Else's Clothes

Altered Images - I Could Be Happy

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm

Idles - Model Village

Best hardcore punk band of the last few years. If you haven't heard anything by Idles yet, get 'em heard!

Orbited insanitarium · Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:05 pm

Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven

Siouxsie and the Banshees - This Unrest

Orbited insanitarium · Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:41 pm

Flowered Up - Doris... is a Little Bit Partial (1991)

This album is my favourite of the jangly, indie madchester era.

Phade Rhombus · Post by **Phade Rhombus** » Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:21 am

The Stranglers - 10, and Feline
Ultravox - Rage in Eden
Visage - The Anvil
The Icicle Works - The small price of a bicycle
Blondie - Parallel lines

Orbited insanitarium · Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:52 pm

Dog Police - Dog Police

Glen_Glog · Post by **Glen_Glog** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:23 pm

Nice thread I love this stuff always something new kind of an elusive genre

Glen_Glog · Post by **Glen_Glog** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:00 pm

TheStatPow wrote:This compilation is a very good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4BjaiTLt0c

This was so good -- any other comps like this out there with obscure tracks -- international etc, I can't find jack shit using search engines these days. I know they are out there I have seen them in the stores. Or any other youtube comps similar to above thanks for posting I am recording this for driving around.

Orbited insanitarium · Fri May 10, 2024 12:18 pm

Tracks on my mind.

The Stranglers - Second Coming

Lords of the New Church - Russian Roulette

The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another

Steve Kilbey - Out Of This World

The Durutti Column - Lips That Would Kiss

Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan!