Post-Punk

  • We’re getting a new Cindytalk album on Oct. 21, via the False Walls label. Subterminal is a solo Cinder effort, featuring four new pieces. The Glasgow project dates back to the post-punk era of the early 1980s. Over the years, it has been both a band and solo project. Cinder’s progression – from new wave…

  • Is there any voice that captures the long and celebrated musical history of Manchester the way Mark E. Smith’s has? Its coarseness. Its monotone I-don’t-care-what-you-like implacability. Smith, through sheer force of stubbornness, has turned the vibrant but short-lived post-punk period into a life’s work. Four decades on, his genius has finally been well and truly…

  • London’s Cherry Red Records has something special for your holiday shopping list. This extraordinary five-disc box set packages up everything you need to know about the influential post-punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Complete with extensive notes and a string of licensing agreements the allowed the label to publish a comprehensive archive,…