I just finished reading Adele Bertei’s No New York, a memoir of her time in the No Wave scene in the late 70s and into the early 80s. She was a keyboardist for The Contortions, and though she left the band prior to the recording of their debut album Buy, she did perform on the […]
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Daisuck & Prostitute – “死ぬまで踊りつづけて” (“Keep Dancing Until You Die”) (1981)
I remain powerless when faced with obscure vinyl, curiosity and a need-to-have-it impulse flaring up in my amygdala and forcing one hand to reach for the record and the other my wallet. Which is precisely how I found myself spending something like $80 on this album the other day over at one of my newest […]
“From Punk To Ultra: The Plurex Story” (2024)
I claim no expertise in early Dutch punk. But what I do know is there have been a ton of great regional comps over the years from various European countries, and I find things to like in all of them. So From Punk To Ultra: The Plurex Story, which covers the Dutch label Plurex, was […]