New Wave/Post Punk

bar italia - Tracey Denim

bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, have announced details of their new album ‘Tracey Denim’, which will be released on CD on May 19th, and on LP on 8th September, on Matador Records...

Big Country - The Crossing

The Crossing is the debut album from Scottish band Big Country. Originally released in May 1983 it went on to reach number 3 in the UK album charts and to be certified platinum in sales.The band's "classic" lineup between 1981 and 2000, consisted...

Blancmange - Everything is Connected (Best Of 79-24)

Celebrating 45 years of Blancmange, Everything Is Connected (Best Of) is the first collection to be curated by Neil Arthur, tastefully blending a mixture of hits and personal favourites. Originally from the UK’s post punk DIY scene, Blancmange...

Blancmange - Private View

Esteemed British electronic outfit Blancmange return with Private View. Originally from the UK’s post punk DIY scene, Blancmange found success in 1982, long player Happy Families selling Gold in the UK, and its 3 singles...

Blondie - Parallel Lines

Until 1978, Blondie was perceived mostly as a '60s-referencing, British-invasion-meets-girl-groups band. With veteran producer Mike Chapman at the helm for their third album, though, everything changed for this group bred from the New York punk scene...

Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe

Cocteau Twins – vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Simon Raymonde – formed in Grangemouth, Scotland in the late 70s. The brainchild of Guthrie and original bassist Will Heggie, by 1981 they had added Fraser and...

David Sylvian - Manafon

David Sylvian describes his 2nd solo album for his own Samadhisound label as being: “A modern kind of chamber music. Intimate, dynamic, emotive, democratic, economical”. Recorded in London, Vienna and Tokyo, the 8 songs and 1 instrumental on...

David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers (2LP)

A revised, remastered reissue of Sleepwalkers. It's a selection of collaborative work produced over the period encompassing Blemish through to Manafon, also included is compositions by Nine Horses as well as more fleeting...

Depeche Mode - 101 Live (2LP Gatefold)

Limited edition double 180g vinyl LP pressing. In 1988, Depeche Mode was known to the average American radio listener as little more than “that band that did ‘People Are People,’” having achieved no significant mainstream success...