Post-Punk / New Wave

http://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-haze wrote:Mayflower Madame is a psychedelic post-punk band. Expect dark and haunting songs, sometimes ecstatic and noisy, yet always indulgent to the soothing charms of melody.

They have earlier been selected as "Band of the Week" at NRK P3 Urort. Gigs in 2013 include the Norwegian Wood Festival as well as support gigs for Night Beats (US) and Crystal Stilts (US).

"Into the Haze" is their debut-EP

http://www.last.fm/music/Brandenburg wrote:The band “Brandenburg” was formed in January 2010. It took them less than a year to release three independent records the genre of which can be described as post-punk/new wave. Despite these three records have come in different sound, they share a distinctive style which embraces the dance rhythms with atmospheric guitars and harmonious vocals. The band became a resident of the most popular Moscow clubs, took part in the Afisha Picnic Festival, F5 like fest, Fred Perry Music Night Fest. In 2011 the band released the 4th EP

http://www.discogs.com/artist/1092231-Soror-Dolorosa wrote:Formerly from Toulouse (southern France), SOROR DOLOROSA was originally founded in 2001, with Andy (Nuit Noire, Mutiilation, Peste Noire, Celestia, Darvulia, Fornication) on drums, Franck (ex Funeraell) on guitar, Herve (ex Funeraell) on bass, and Christophe Guenot (ex Funeraell) on vocals.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-associates-mn0000038977/biography wrote:Formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1979, the Associates comprised vocalist Billy Mackenzie and multi-instrumentalist Alan Rankine. Built on an eclectic mix of influences and interests ranging from art rock to glam and disco, the group debuted with a manic cover of David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging," which earned them a contract with Fiction Records. Their 1980 debut LP, The Affectionate Punch, was a critically acclaimed work which expanded the duo's sound into both stark minimalism and melodramatic ballads, earning Mackenzie's powerful voice favorable comparisons to Scott Walker.
Sulk After jumping to the Situation Two label, the Associates released a series of singles which explored a continually diverse array of styles and textures. With 1982's "Party Fears Two," issued under their own Associates label imprint, the group finally hit the U.K. Top Ten, and the follow-up singles "Club Country" and "18 Carat Love Affair" both reached the Top 30. 1982's Sulk was the group's definitive statement, a fascinating blend of lush, New Romantic popcraft and dark, surreal cabaret stylings.

http://www.last.fm/music/M!R!M wrote:M!R!M begun as a duet in 2011 and created a huge buzz around their name instanly. Today M!R!M is a 23 year old boy, named Iacopo Bertelli. His music was generously tagged as “post punk”, however the layers of it make any categorization a difficult matter.

Bertelli created “Heaven” in his bedroom, trapped inside four walls of loneliness and fear of what the future may bring.

innocent76 wrote:very interesting ...

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Soft+Moon wrote:Raised under the burning sun of the Mojave desert, Luis Vasquez channels both his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly dystopian soundscapes for a new generation of torn romantics. It’s a record set somewhere in the near post-apocalypse where technology enchants as much as it destroys.

The Soft Moon is a San Francisco based neo-post-punk band composed of Luis Vasquez (singer/songwriter/guitar/synthesizers), Justin Anastasi (bass), Damon Way (synthesizers) and Ron Robinson (visuals). Keven Tecon joined the band as a drummer in early 2012.

http://www.last.fm/music/Gang+of+Four wrote:Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Church wrote:The Church is an alternative rock band which formed in Sydney, Australia in 1980. Initially linked in with neo-psychedelia acts of the period, their music later became largely defined by the interplay of guitarists Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes coupled with the abstract lyrics of bassist/singer Steve Kilbey. Their debut album, Of Skins And Heart (1981), earned them their first radio hit “The Unguarded Moment”. They were originally signed to EMI’s Parlophone label, but record company dissatisfaction led to them being dropped overseas, which limited their exposure early on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artery_(band) wrote:Artery are a British post-punk band from Sheffield, that was founded in 1978. They were originally known confusingly as just The. After several changes in the line-up and four albums they split up in 1985. They reformed in 2007 after being invited by Jarvis Cocker to perform at the Meltdown Festival.

http://www.last.fm/music/Killing+Joke wrote:Notting Hill, London, England (1978 – present)

Killing Joke are an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been the only constant members.

A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and John Dougan as well as industrial metal and “quasi-metal, dancing to a tune of doom and gloom,” which gradually evolved over the years, incorporating elements of electronic music, synth-pop, gothic rock, and alternative rock, though always emphasizing Coleman’s “savagely strident vocals.”

http://www.last.fm/music/O.+Children wrote:London, United Kingdom (2008 – present)

O. Children are a London, UK-based band formed by Tobi O’Kandi (singer and main songwriter), Andi Sleath (drums), Gauthier Ajarrista (guitarist) and Harry James (bass). O. Children take their name from a song by Nick Cave.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Birthday+Party?ac=THE%20BIRTHDAY wrote:Melbourne, Australia (1977 – 1983)

The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, from 1977 to 1983. Formed in Melbourne, the band were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early ’80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave’s difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Their sound drew upon punk, rockabilly, free jazz and the rawest blues, but transcended concise categorization.

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Horrors?ac=THE%20HORRORS wrote:The Horrors is a garage rock/post-punk band which formed in 2006 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom. The band consists of Faris Badwan (vocals), Joshua Hayward (guitar), Tom Cowan (keyboards), Rhys Webb (bass) and Joseph Spurgeon (drums). The band has released three full-length albums: 2007’s Strange House, 2009’s Primary Colours, and 2011’s Skying (the latter being recorded by the band in their own London studio built by Hayward). They are often tagged as goth rock, garage rock, shoegazing and post-punk.

http://www.last.fm/music/Der+Noir wrote:Born in Roma, MMXI. From Here To Eternity.

DER NOIR is the Italian wave trio composed of
Manuele Frau (vocals), Manuel Mazzenga (electric & bass guitar) and Luciano Lamanna (drum machines, synthesizers).
The group formed in Roma in summer 2011 by the will of both elements to create something new far from their usual musical out-fits, in fact all the members come from different musical fieldsThe sound result blends cold wave, dark pop, shoegaze and depressive with a focus on vocal and guitar textures. Also the choice to use vintage machines and equipment to give the sound a particular old & cold shape is not by chance, during the recording sessions were used 80’s synths like Polysix, Pro One, Moog Voyager and Juno 6, the Roland 909 drum machine, valve outboard signal processors and all that have nothing to do with digital stuff.

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist_1106847/bio wrote:Dark opus of 60’s retro/no-wave, combined with the dry heat of old El Paso flare. Austin based pysch-rock poppers pulsate with the inevitable flow of time, changing the cities culture with every chord.

http://www.last.fm/music/Soviet+Soviet wrote:Pesaro, Marche, Italy (2008 – present)

Soviet Soviet is a three-piece post-punk band based in Pesaro, Marche, Italy and formed back in 2008. The lineup consists of: Alessandro Constantini (vocals, guitar), Andrea Giometti (bass, vocals) and Alessandro Ferri(drums).
Their full-length album Nice was released in February 11th, 2011.