Posted by Mod Lang on 5/15/2012, 5:07 pm, in reply to "Post-punk recommendations"
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I've sort of stumbled into that niche in my blog, simply because most other WRC sites don't cover the genre so much:
http://c--noise.blogspot.com/
Browse around. The Sound in particular are very highly recommended, particularly their first two albums.
For 21st century bands, Interpol do the Joy Division-lite thing quite well.
Some other obvious choices -
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Wire (any of the first 3 albums)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream; Kaleidoscope; Juju
The Stranglers - Black & White (not usually considered post-punk because they preceded punk, but a massive influence on Joy Division - that bass playing style had to have roots somewhere!) Anyway, their darkest, weirdest, and post-punkiest.
The Fall - oh hell, just read my or Mark Prindle's reviews!
PIL - Metal Box, yes, but I never got into the Minutemen. Violent Femmes are OK but I never thought of them as post-punk - a three-piece, mostly acoustic psychobilly band (and I do mean psycho).
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