So of late Ive been getting really heavily back into old NY No Wave and experimental punk, and gone through pretty much every compilation I could dig up on the scene, but I’m finding the tracks that have really been standing out for me are still the slightly poppier numbers. From a recent compilation that Rong Music put out called ‘Not Wave’ comes a new(ish) UK band called Circuits. The London four piece’s frantic, twitching, spiky guitar pop looks to the new wave sound of the late 70s and combines it with a distinctly modern twist. Im gonna say it sounds a little like Sting and the Police, but DON’T let that put you off! Try it for yourself.
Another band off that comp are Research, who I know absolutely nothing about, but give off that same punk-funk vibe as Liquid Liquid (creators of one of the best songs in the known universe, Optimo).
I posted a track from the Japanese experimental/punk/psych/awesome band The Boredoms a few weeks ago, and since I still cant stop listening to the album, Vision Creation Newsun, heres another amazing number off that.
BONUS:
This is all over Gorilla VS Bear, but I do love the beat in this.
Animal Collective – Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)
And judging from the lack of feedback, not enough of you jumped on this bouncy track, so try it again.
That Circuits song won’t d/l.
JD, you are breaking that many links lately…..
deeeemn that animal collective remix is sooo nice
damn, i cannot stress the freshness of that 6th borough project track! actually the whole EP is absolutely ace…
ironically, the 6TH BOROUGH PROJECT song was one of my favorite stumble-upons earlier this week
i bounced to do it to the max all weekend. mad tune.
Love the circuits song…can’t stop playing it over and over…