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Jan 14, 2008 · In the late 1970s, a loose collective of New York bands created a radical reaction to New Wave and Punk that came to be known as No Wave. Led by Mars, DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, the ...
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Mar 1, 2024 · Five easy masterpieces: an introductory guide to no wave. Ben Forrest. Fri 1 March 2024 21:30, UK. When it comes to music listening habits, it is all too easy to stay within your own personal bubble. Simply accepting whatever tracks the singles charts or TikTok push upon you is an undeniably easy option. While there is nothing inherently wrong ...
- Various Artists – No New York
- Contortions – Buy
- Glenn Branca – The Ascension
- Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
- Swans – Filth
(1979; Antilles) Any and all awareness of no wave, outside of a small group of weirdos in the ’70s in New York, can be attributed pretty much directly to No New York. A compilation of 16 tracks by four bands on two LPs, it’s about as concise-yet-comprehensive a document as you’re likely to find of the scene, compiled and produced by none other than...
(1979; Ze) James Chance and the Contortions were the most immediate band featured on No New York, and if we’re not counting Swans or Sonic Youth—which we shouldn’t, since they only embraced greater accessibility after the no wave era ended—they were also the most approachable of the genre as a whole. A bizarre and dance-friendly take on punk with m...
(1981; 99) If The Contortions represent the most pop-oriented elements of no wave, then Glenn Branca is much farther down on the avant garde spectrum. More than a songwriter, he was a composer and an experimental visionary. He conducted ensembles of electric guitars as if they were orchestras, all of them treated and tuned to yield a certain sound ...
(1985; Blast First) No wave didn’t make stars of anyone. It was, however, the launching ground of quite a few notable careers, including DNA’s Arto Lindsay, would would make a long career out of experimental pop records, as well as Bill Laswell, whose name was on any number of notable pop/rock/art records of the ’80s and ’90s. The one major excepti...
(1983; Neutral) So, here’s something funny. A couple years ago, I wrote up a Beginner’s Guide to Swans, but I didn’t include their debut album Filth in my list of essential starting points. And that has more to do with the long arc of the band’s career, which curves toward a dark, but ultimately melodic presence. Filth is ugly and atonal and messy ...
Feb 6, 2023 · With its harsh, rhythm-based sounds and nihilistic lyrics, no wave was a fresh and innovative scene among avant-garde artists and noise musicians. Visceral, raw, liberating, no wave is considered New York’s last cohesive, experimental, avant-rock movement. Born in the low-rent district of Manhattan’s lower East Side in 1978, no wave lasted ...
December 08, 2022. No Wave. No wave was a musical genre that emerged in New York City in the late 1970s. The genre was characterized by a DIY aesthetic, a focus on experimentation and innovation, and a strong influence from avant-garde music.
