Sometimes rankings seem arbitrary. My Top 6 from 1979 had a few albums that feel head and shoulders above the rest of the albums of the year. But after that,...
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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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Before the retrospective listening project that has since become this website, I had never heard of the Undertones. None of their songs felt remotely familiar to me. Yet so much…
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- Art Rock
- Artist spotlight
- Best of the Decade Playlists
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- Books
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- Year in Review Playlist
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