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Jul 6, 2015 · So dive into this guide to five of the best no wave albums, and see what feedback-laden rabbit hole it sucks you down. Various Artists – No New York. (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.
Mar 10, 2014 · Here’s a guide to the key bands to emerge from the scene. Suicide. Though widely regarded as the godfathers of the movement, Suicide were not, strictly speaking, a no wave band. For starters ...
Mar 1, 2024 · The no wave scene of New York’s underground is famously diverse and hard to pin down, largely by design. The darker cousin of the city’s blossoming new wave scene, largely characterised by bright colours, a dilution of the punk spirit, and pop sensibilities. No wave, on the other hand, signified a move away from this sense of conformity ...
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Jul 18, 2007 · The other well-known No Wave bands are a bit more challenging. I personally can't stand Mars, even though "Helen Forsdale" is a pretty neat song. Then again, I love Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, who seem to be universally hated. DNA are probably the next best band to investigate.
The Theoretical Girls were among the most enigmatic of the late '70s New York no wave bands, famous not so much for their music, since they released only one single during their brief existence, but because the group launched the careers of two of New York's best known experimental music figures, composer Glenn Branca and producer Wharton Tiers.
Aug 9, 2017 · The negation in “no wave” has a double-meaning. First, there’s no real wave; no specified provisos for taking part in the ethos. Second, that in itself is the affirmative proviso: to be without a concrete ethos and play music as abstractly as possible. When musicians in the late ’70s and early ’80s were churning up some weird, disparate stuff throughout Greenwich Village, avant-punk ...
Jul 16, 2015 · (No More Records, 2004) Listen / Buy. The scene’s most crucial band and exemplifier of the intelligent humour that underpinned much of no wave. This compilation has songs entitled ‘New Fast’, ‘New New’, Newest Fastest’, ‘Brand New’ – a running joke indicating titles were just one more convention to be interrogated.
