Across a series of singles and three albums in the late ‘70s, the Buzzcocks created one of the greatest expressions of the punk rock movement—perhaps the greatest. Fronted by vocalist…
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Prog-rock has been the butt of many a rock critic joke, and for good reason: much prog-rock is guilty of that most embarrassing of rock-and-roll insecurities—trying to make rock music...
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Neu! was possibly the most one-dimensional of the major Krautrock bands—yet their minimalist approach generated a powerfully hypnotic body of music. Michael Rother’s ambient guitar textures backed by Klaus Dinger’s...
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My freshman year roommate at university (who also introduced me to Joy Division and more) was the first person to get me really listening to the Cure. But I’m pretty...
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I find my remaining albums of the year pretty thoroughly inundated by the UK’s fading punk and cresting post-punk scenes—Undertones, the Jam, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, and Simple Minds right here...
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My freshman year roommate at university (way back in 1986) introduced me to Joy Division and a host of other great-to-good bands from the UK post-punk scene. I have no...
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Formed in Paris in the late ‘60s by Australian singer and guitarist Daevid Allen and British singer Gilli Smyth, with additional British and French musicians, Gong was a truly international...
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The German singer Nico got her start as a model and actress before turning to music, singing with the Velvet Underground for an album before embarking on a solo career....
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Q: What do you get when you cross a bunch of nerdy, middle-class Rhode Island School of Design students with the burgeoning mid-‘70s New York City punk rock scene? A:...
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Composer Terry Riley was a huge influence on the minimalist side of contemporary classical music, as well as on electronic music and rock. His work combined an interest in Northern…
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