Tag Archives: New Wave/Post-Punk Revival

If there’s a good example of a Portuguese music group that didn’t quite fulfill its potential, Ornatos Violeta is most definitely one of these. Initially known as Suores dos Reis, Ornatos Violeta produced in 1991. Its lineup was nearly formed from the starting, save for a limited period where in …

Indicating “red-haired one” in People from france, La Roux may be the synth pop task of flame-haired singer/songwriter Elly Jackson and keyboardist/producer Ben Langmaid. Before they collaborated, Jackson, the child of celebrity Trudie Goodwin, was raised hearing folk performers and vocalist/songwriters like Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, and drew motivation …

Culling ’70s affects just like the Buzzcocks and Era X, brash and bratty punk group the Cyanide Supplements formed in Leeds in ’09 2009. Going from the aliases Phil Privilege, Chris Wrist, Sy Pinkeye, Alarick “THE SECRET,” and Alex Arson, the five-piece released two 7″ singles that 12 months (Suicide …

A Seattle electro combo shaped by Luke Smith and Shaun Libman, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Mind have drawn evaluations to such established genre titles as the Fitness and america of Electronica. Their debut gig, after dealing with additional people David Cost and Claire Britain, took place in the grand starting of …

The darkly stylish electronic/post-punk threesome Thieves Like Us are named for the 1984 New Purchase song (instead of the 1974 Robert Altman film), plus they take a lot more than simply their moniker from Manchester’s darkly stylish electronic/post-punk pioneers. Their well-timed, ’80s-indebted approach offers garnered comparisons to varied dance-pop acts …

Providing taut, straightforward rock and roll & move with sharply interwoven guitar lines, muscular rhythms, and a melodic feeling that splits the difference between indie rock and roll and garage-influenced punk, Brooklyn, New York’s the Obits certainly are a group with an extraordinary pedigree — guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg …

Best known on her behalf are Warpaint’s bassist and business lead vocalist, Jenny Lee Lindberg embarked on the solo career while jennylee. Joined up with by collaborators including Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa and maker Norm Stop (who also caused Plexi and Tag Lanegan) at Silverlake, California’s Content Ending Studio room, Lindberg …

Called for the Korean belief that sleeping within an enclosed space with a power fan running could cause hypothermia or asphyxiation, Enthusiast Loss of life’s music is normally similarly frosty and suffocatingly lush. Dandilion Blowing wind Opaine (of Dandi Blowing wind) and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever focus on the darker factors in …

Finnish indie pop stalwarts Jessika Rapo (vocalist for Le Futur Pompiste) and Henry Ojala (drummer for Pet cats burning) teamed up to create the shambly, synthy duo Burning up Hearts in 2004. Sounding something similar to a warm, wispy mixture of Le Futur Pompiste and Pet cats on Fire, Burning …

Auckland, New Zealand-based TAKE OFF Your Hands help to make catchy and melodic post-punk-influenced indie rock and roll. In early stages, the band transformed its name from Shaky Hands in order to avoid misunderstandings having a Portland, OR, ensemble from the same name. TAKE OFF THE HANDS released their debut …