Few recordings transport me directly to a time and place like Dusted, the 1987 album by foundational New York noise-rock band Live Skull. Founded in 1982 by guitarists Tom Paine and Mark C., Live Skull were a buzz saw of guitar-led postpunk that combined art-rocker sensibilities with leather-jacket sneer, almost perfectly encapsulating the early-80s Lower […]
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Saving civilization with Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke
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Gifts that sing—are you listening?
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Postpunk oddballs the Bonemen of Barumba played ‘barbecue music from hell’
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One Direction brings an obscure punk classic to the charts
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