Bauhaus bassist David J collaborated with an original member of the Bauhaus movement, painter and poet René Halkett, for this rather interesting collaboration.
Post-Punk
[Music] Geometric Vision – Joy
Geometric Vision are a post-punk band out of Naples, Italy whose grungy sound fits their home terrain rather fittingly.
[Music] Swans – God Loves America
Never doubt The Swans, even if we’re enduring a tough love.
[Music] Girl Band – De Bom Bom
Here’s another track from what, to these ears, is the best band in Ireland today. Girl Band sound something like a violent crashing of The Birthday Party, early Nirvana, with touches of This Heat.
[Music] Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
The lyrics of this track by Dead Can Dance, off their 1988 album titled Aion, can be found in the words of the Spanish lyric poet, Luis de Góngora.
Click here to read an article in Spanish on the poet’s influence on the band.
[Music] Nurse With Wound & Stereolab – Exploding Head Movie
There’s little in this track outside of atmospherics to suggest that Nurse With Wound contributed much to this particular track, but Stereolab gives a very nice Neu!-inspired groove to this track in homage of Krautrock.
[Music] Current 93 & HÖH – The Dream Of A Shadow Of Smoke
This track by neofolk giants Current 93, in collaboration with composer, soundtrack musician, and now pagan head priest HÖH (Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson) was released on the album Island (Iceland) in 1991.
[Music] The Durutti Column – Snowflakes
Not quite “Jingle Bells,” but it’s still some lovely post-punk/new wave music which fits the season nicely, courtesy of Vini Reilly and the Durutti Column.
[Music] Paul Haig – Christiana
Have a post-punk Christmas with Paul Haig, former singer of Josef K and Rhythm of Life.
Album Review: Body/Head No Waves — Consequence of Sound
After the dissolution of Sonic Youth, the various members kept just as busy as they had in between full band records, branching out into various solo and side projects. It was a fun puzzle to map out just what each person had brought to the band, what direction they’d contributed, where they were heading and…
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 