Showing posts with label post-punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post-punk. Show all posts

Friday, October 4, 2013

Stigma - Last Japan Dream (1981)


So it's been quite a long time since a new post has been made here, sorry about that! You know, the usual every day life excuses. In any case, here we have a really fun 7" flexi from Japan, featuring the track "Last Japan Dream", which you may be familiar with from a recently released compilation LP called "Various Distractions". I've been digging Japanese stuff more and more lately, and this record did not disappoint. Plenty of drum machine driven angst that should satisfy any lover of early post-punk / coldwave sound. Enjoy!

Track List:

A1 - Last Japan Dream
A2 - Kinzoku Bat
B1 - Sodai Gomi

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Secret Life - Searching (1985)

How about a 2nd post for the day to make up for the 10-day hiatus. Probably you've heard of Secret Life by now, as they're featured on a handful of ace compilations, including the recent (and great) Underground Belgian Wave Vol 2 on Walhalla Records. Most everything I've heard by them is good, and this 7" hasn't changed that one bit. Sound is something similar to Invisible Limits / Invincible Spirit. Enjoy!

Track List:

A - Searching
B - Aggression

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Vivante - Drömmaren (1983)

I swear, so much good stuff comes out of Sweden. This privately pressed gem is no exception. A wonderfully melancholic 7" with lots of synth, but plenty of guitar and *gasp* actual drumming (sorry to the machinists among you). Enjoy it while it lasts, I don't often present much of that!

Similar sound on both sides of this one. So much so, in fact, that when the b-side begins, if you're not paying attention you might think you're hearing the a-side again. That soon changes, however. Check it out & enjoy!

Track List:

A - Drömmaren
B - Angela

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Faded Image - Modern (1984)

So after my request for Move's self-titled 12" was finally filled by Mr. Frankie Teardrop with the help of Pieter @ Wierd Records, I decided to post up another gem from Italy. Really nice synth wave 12" that I think deserves some recognition. On the same label that would release XNO's Angel 12", 3 years later. Worth checking out. Enjoy.

Track List:

A1 - Instanity
A2 - A-Totale
B1 - Strumentale
B2 - Sleeping City
B3 - Il Nuovo Tempo

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Phantom Limb - Dance Of The Guilty (1982)

This mini-LP is from the Netherlands on "Sublabel" which is a division of Torso records, and is a post-punk / wave gem. The sound on this record is very much ahead of its time. There are parts of it where I'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between a modern indie rock/post-punk band. A bit more guitar-based upload this time, after all that synth I've been posting. Enjoy!

Track List:

A1 - Beast Of Eden
A2 - Dance Of The Guilty
B1 - Far Sound Of Laughter
B2 - Numbered Hills
B3 - Deep In Mines

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Ladomir - Discography (87-09)


Ladomir are a new wave / post-punk / synthwave band which originally formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1984. The band moved to Gothenburg in 1985, played a lot of gigs around Sweden and released 3 singles, all of which are below (my favorite is probably Laika). In 1988 the band broke up, but reunited in 2006. They released a brand new, full-length album in 2009 (which I will post, as they've made all tracks available for free online). Let me tell you, we should be very grateful they did, as it is truly fantastic! Just listen to "Under Noll", "Inte En Hund", and others. The entire album is a brilliant blending of styles and instrumentation, really.


First, the singles:

Inför Min Dom (7") (1987)


A - Inför Min Dom
B - Bara Inte Tystnad
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Tro Mig (7") (1987)


A - Tro Mig
B - Beväpna Er

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Laika (7") (1988)


A - Laika
B - Cysifos

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Now, the full length:


Ladomir (2009)


01 - Under Noll
02 - Marken blundar Där Jag Går
03 - Lust
04 - Inte En Hund
05 - En Helt Ny Taktik
06 - Den Lyckliga Människan
07 - Den Girige
08 - Evig Längtan
09 - Lycka Till
10 - Stora Svarta Hus (II)
11 - Min Orsak

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Enjoy!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Underground Life - The Fox (1982)


This is a really great debut LP by the Italian new wave band Underground Life. Recommended to me by a friend, and now recommended to the rest of you. Originally grabbed from Venus+On, I cleaned up the tags and re-uploaded the loose tracks into one zip file. The opening track just brilliant, check this one out!

Track List:

A1 - Le Vol
A2 - The Fox
A3 - Gropius Village
A4 - Adler Car
B1 - Away
B2 - La Tempesta
B3 - Cathedral's Echo

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Last Man In Europe Corporation - Songs From The Ark (1982)


This was requested by a few of you after I posted the Last Man In Europe 7" . My friend Cinico was kind enough to rip and post it on his blog. Check out "Midas Touch".

Get it here. Enjoy!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Trem - My Robotic Friend (1983)


Really brilliant and hard to come by minimal synth 7" out of the UK, the only release by Trem that I am aware of... The title track is also available on then Once Bitten compilation LP. Can't say I know much else about this one, I'm afraid. Maybe someone can provide more info? Enjoy.

Track List:

A - My Robotic Friend
B - Colour Vision

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Dead Neighbors (pre-Lowlife)

Full Discography here. I prefer the 2nd, myself. Here's some info taken from Lowlife's wiki page:
Dead Neighbours was an early-1980s psychobilly band from Grangemouth, Scotland, originally consisting of Craig Lorentson (vocals), David Steel (bass), Ronnie Buchanan (guitar) , and Grant McDowall (drums). The band was managed by Brian Guthrie, brother of Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, and had recorded an album, Harmony in Hell (1982), that briefly hit the lower regions of the UK independent record charts.
In 1983, Steel left the Dead Neighbours in the middle of recording the band’s second album, Strangedays/Strangeways. Upon learning that Cocteau Twins founding member and bassist Will Heggie had recently departed that band (after a lengthy and reportedly difficult European tour), Guthrie asked Heggie to help Dead Neighbours out in finishing the album’s recording, and join them on a tour opening for Johnny Thunders. Heggie agreed and, after the album was completed and the tour was done, he stayed on and began rehearsing new material with the band. Guthrie noticed that with Heggie, the entire chemistry of the group suddenly changed and they began forging a completely new, atmospheric sound very different from their original Cramps-influenced beginnings. Apparently unhappy with the direction they were clearly aiming for, Buchanan abruptly departed the band. A new guitarist was brought in, Stuart Everest, who adapted quickly to the band’s updated vision. In 1984, the group retired the Dead Neighbours moniker for good and rechristened themselves as Lowlife.

Dead Neighbours - Harmony In Hell (1984)

Track List:

A1
Crazy Wolfman
A2
Burning Up
A3
Island Of The Living Dead
A4
Crawlin' Viper
B1
I Can See
B2
The Room
B3
Once Bitten
B4
Sold Your Soul

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Dead Neighbours - Strangedays: Strangeways (1985)

This contains an early version of the great Lowlife track "Coward's Way".

Track List:

A1
Wreckage Of Your Mind (4:48)
A2
Turmoil (2:41)
A3
Terror Eyes (2:37)
A4
The Survivor (3:02)
B1
The Ultimate Goal (3:48)
B2
Beauty And The Beast (2:32)
B3
Tell Me Why (2:26)
B4
The Cowards Way (4:02)

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Dead Neighbours - Wild Women vs. Rubber Fish! (1985)
Big thanks to Earthcub/Sean for providing this rip and completing the discography!

Track List:

A1
Ghost Train (3:06)
A2
My Desire (2:10)
A3
The Room (3:06)
A4
Crazy Wolfman (2:35)
A5
Island Of The Living Dead (2:51)
A6
Crawlin' Viper (2:55)
B1
Devils Cry (2:24)
B2
Love Bites (1:26)
B3
Drive Me Insane (3:09)
B4
Too Young (3:32)
B5
Beauty And The Beast (2:32)
B6
Tell Me Why (2:26)
B7
Hells Own (4:03)

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Lowlife - Discography

Lowlife are easily one of the most under-rated bands of all time. I expect that most of my readers are very familiar, or at least somewhat familiar with their music. For those that are not, it's time!

I plan on posting a semi-discography of the band that came prior to Lowlife (Dead Neighbours) after this.

A quick summary on the sound: A perfect blending of post-punk/goth/shoegaze sounds. Heavy, melancholic vocals and some of the most ethereal, dark, and overall brilliant musical compositions you'll hear anywhere. The members shifted around a bit early on (ex-Cocteau Twins, etc) before settling on a final line-up, which produced some of the most saldy over-looked songs of the style/era. Comparable to a number of bands, including Joy Division, The Cure, SaTB, Chameleons, Cocteau Twins, Asylum Party, etc.

Ok, enough out of me. On with the downloads:


Lowlife - Rain EP (1985)
Track List:

A1
Sometime Something
A2
Reflections Of I (For Kelly)
A3
Gallery Of Shame
B1
Sense Of Fondness
B2
Hail Ye
B3
Again And Again

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Lowlife - Permanent Sleep (1986)
Track List:

A1
Cowards Way
A2
As It Happens
A3
Mother Tongue
A4
Wild Swan
B1
Permanent Sleep
B2
A Year Past July
B3
The Betting And Gaming Act 1964
B4
Do We Party?

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Lowlife - Vain Delights (1986)
Track List:

A1
Hollow Gut
B1
Permanent Sleep (Steelmix)
B2
From Side To Side

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Lowlife - Swirl, It Swings EP (1987)
Track List:

A1
Swing
A2
Colours Blue
B1
Ramified
B2
Eternity Road

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Lowlife - Eternity Road 12" (1987)
Track List:

A1 - Eternity Road
B1 - Ramified
B2 - Of Pale Yellow

Tracks available on other releases


Lowlife - Eternity Road 7" (1987)
Track List:

A - Eternity Road
B - Of Pale Yellow

Tracks available on other releases


Lowlife - Diminuendo (1987)
Track List:

A1
A Sullen Sky
A2
Big Uncle Ugliness
A3
Raggedrise To Tumbledown
A4
From Side To Side
B1
Off Pale Yellow
B2
Tongue Tied And Twisted
B3
Licking Ones Wounds
B4
Wonders Will Never Cease
B5
Given To Dreaming

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Lowlife - The Black Sessions (1988)
Track List:

01 River of Woe
02 Where I Lay, I'll Lay
03 Missing The Kick
04 The Beggars Burning Bush
05 Moved To Tears
06 Bittersweet
07 Forever Filthy
08 Neverending Shroud
09 We The Cheated
10 Acrid Tongue
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Lowlife - Godhead (1989)
Track List:

A1
In Thankful Hands
A2
Where I Lay, I'll Lie
A3
Marjory's Dream
A4
I Don't Talk To Me
A5
Drowning Leaves
A6
Bittersweet
B1
River Of Woe
B2
I The Cheated
B3
Missing The Kick
B4
Forever Filthy
B5
Neverending Shroud

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Lowlife - From A Scream To A Whisper (1990)
Track List:

A1
Ramafied
A2
Sometime Something
A3
Cowards Way
A4
Big Uncle Ugliness
A5
Wild Swan
A6
Hollow Gut
B1
Again And Again
B2
A Sullen Sky
B3
As It Happens
B4
Eternity Road
B5
Swing
B6
From Side To Side

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Lowlife - San Antorium (1991)
Track List:

A1
Jaw
A2
Inside In
A3
My Mothers Fatherly Father
A4
Big Fat Funky Whale
A5
Good As It Gets
B1
Suddenly Violently Random
B2
June Wilson
B3
Give Up Giving Up
B4
Bathe
B5
As Old As New

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Lowlife - Gush (1995)
Track List:

1
Bleach (5:13)
2
Kiss Me Kick (6:34)
3
Former Compadre (5:55)
4
Truth In Needles (4:27)
5
Tocopherol (4:40)
6
Loaded Primed And Pulled (3:51)
7
Wicked Papa Tantalus (4:16)
8
Patricide (4:12)
9
Swell (4:44)

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Lowlife - Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85-95 (2006)
Track List:

01
Sometime, Something
02
Again And Again
03
Coward's Way
04
Permanent Sleep
05
The Betting & Gaming Act 1964
06
Hollow Gut
07
Ragged Rise To Tumbledown
08
From Side To Side
09
Eternity Road (7" Version)
10
Swing
11
Ramified (Underground Version)
12
Where I Lay, I'll Lie
13
I Don't Talk To Me
14
I The Cheated
15
My Mother's Fatherly Father
16
Suddenly Violently Random
17
Give Up Giving Up
18
Truth In Needles
19
Swell
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Phew, that took a while. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Various Artists - First Relation (1983)

Here we have a nice and rather sought after compilation from Italy on Mask records. If you liked Lisfrank (below), this contains another of their tracks, and quite a few other tasty morsels. I have to apologize in advance as this copy has some skips/hops on the Tanzen's Fields track, but everything else should be good. If anyone out there has a clean copy of that track, please share it!

Track list:

A1 - Aus Decline - Five Years Life
A2 - Militia - Limbo
A3 - Lisfrank - Man Without Limits
A4 - F.A.R. - Lights In The Deep
A5 - KKD - House TV
B1 - KKD - And Your Mind
B2 - V.U.D. - Look!
B3 - Take For Run - Please Me
B4 - Tanzen's Fields - Sally Song
B5 - Dark Tales - Dismals

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