no-wave
New York Noise Douban
Various Artists
release date 2003-07-01 publisher: Soul Jazz
Soul Jazz Records' 'New York Noise' features the cream of New York's punk-funk bands from the early 80s, ESG, Liquid Liquid, Bush Tetras, Arthur Russell's 'Dinosaur 1' etc. All the bands that had a huge influence on the current wave of New York groups such as The Rapture, Metro Area, The Liars, & The Strokes. Slipcase. 2003.
Junkyard Douban
8.0 (6 ratings) The Birthday Party genre: Rock
release date 1982-01-01 publisher: Shock
Junkyard is the third studio album by Australian post-punk group The Birthday Party. It was released on 10 May 1982 by Missing Link Records in Australia and by 4AD in the UK. It was the group's last full-length studio recording. It has received critical acclaim.
Prayers on Fire Douban
8.2 (10 ratings) The Birthday Party genre: Rock
release date 2000-08-11 publisher: 4AD
Australian reissue of their second album (1981) plus two outtakes from the sessions for the album. 13 tracksin all.
Boom In The Night Douban Spotify
Bush Tetras genre: Rock
release date 1995-10-31 publisher: Roir
"Boom In The Night" is the first and only Bush Tetras CD ever released from this historic, now kicking-ass band, that was one of Stiff UK Recordings' first signings in the early '80s. It includes all the crucial recordings made from 1980 to 1983. Fifteen songs, including unreleased demos, all digitally re-mastered.

Here we have their original studio recordings, 1980-83, remastered by band member/drummer Dee Pop. It includes all their Clash period production work by Topper Headon and Joe Blaney.
Everything Douban
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks genre: Rock
release date 1995-01-01 publisher: Atavistic Records
The Flowers of Romance Douban
8.3 (7 ratings) Public Image Ltd. genre: Rock
release date 1981-04-10 publisher: Warner Bros / Ada
Out-of-print in the US. The fourth Public Image Limited album is something of a milestone. Spread across its 33 minutes is some of the harshest and least "user-friendly" music ever recorded for a major record company. FLOWERS, the first album following the departure of the band's initial bass player, finds John Lydon largely abandoning guitars in the construction of his songs. The music is mainly comprised of jerking, off-kilter drumming, layered with creepy keyboard effects. Echoing, buried backing vocals add menace to his uniformly disturbing lyrics. The tone of "Spread her body all naked and silly, a bulbous heap batting her eyelids" ("Track 8") and "What do you want, you're annoying go away, it's not my fault that you're lonely" ("Banging the Door") is not atypical. In "Under the House," a tale of a ghostly haunting in a dream-house, the almost lethargic vocals are undercut with frenzied drumming, distant growls, and creaking sounds. "Go Back," one of Lydon's classic anti-middle-class-complacency rants, features a tinny, squalling guitar--almost as an afterthought to the rigid drums. "Francis Massacre" ends the record abruptly with a mixture of seemingly unrelated drums, samples, and vocals. FLOWERS is a classic album of awkward and disturbing anti-"pop" music.
Press Color Douban
9.0 (10 ratings) Lizzy Mercier Descloux genre: Rock
release date 1979-01-01 publisher: Light in the Attic
Press Color is the debut album of French no wave singer, Lizzy Mercier Descloux. Although largely forgotten the album has received some critical acclaim, being called "the real thing" by Uncut magazine.
Widowspeak Douban
release date 1999-07-13 publisher: Pilot
Features both new tracks & classic from Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch, Clint Ruin (a.k.a. Foetus), Thurston Moore & Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth, Lucy Hamilton and more! Includes: 8 Eyed Spy 'Do Wah Diddy', Sonic Youth 'Death Valley '69', Clint Ruin 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road', Lee Renaldo 'NoExcuse', Thurston Moore 'Still Burning' and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks 'Orphans'. 23 tracks total. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 New Millennium Communications release.
Smoke In The Shadow Douban
release date 2004-11-23 publisher: Atavistic Records
Flavored in her hard-boiled, post-mod Raymond Chandler style, but running an eclectic gamut with help from the Anubian Lights production team in channeling beats, diseased invectives, word projectiles, and twisted cabaret noir. "Smoke" delivers serious night music and features performances and contributions by Nels and Alex Cline, Carla Bozulich, Vinny Golia, Terry Edwards, and NYC avatar Adele Bertei. Presented in a deluxe 4-color 24-page booklet, and utterly perfect for the 3 a.m. social extension of your choice, or perhaps a soundtrack for the skeletons in your closet.
DNA on DNA Douban
8.7 (9 ratings) DNA genre: No Wave / Noise Rock / Synth Punk
release date 2004-05-11 publisher: No More Records
Previously released on CD by No More Records, now issued on a limited edition 2LP featuring newly-discovered songs exclusive to this LP: "Pompeii," "Shrinking Thing," "Drinking Water," plus two encores from DNA's final performance at CBGB's. Definitive collection of studio and live recordings by New York's seminal no wave band DNA. Surviving two line-ups over a brief period of four years; this highly influential, strikingly original and extremely under-recorded band left a huge void in its wake. Formed in 1978, Brazilian-raised singer/guitarist Arto Lindsay hastily assembled an international trio of non-musicians. Robin Crutchfield played keyboard and Japan's Ikue Mori played drums. DNA played their first gig within weeks and recorded their first 7" shortly afterwards. The ear of Brian Eno was quickly caught, recording them for the infamous No New York compilation alongside James Chance, Mars, and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. Before No New York was released, Robin left the band after a total tenure of nine months. Bassist Tim Wright had just left Pere Ubu, relocated to NY and quickly joined DNA. With a new face, a new instrument, and a new sound, DNA recorded their classic 9-minute EP A Taste Of DNA. DNA toured the States and Europe, bringing their explosive live show to a wider audience. DNA only released 12 songs during its lifetime, and another 3 shortly afterwards on a European compilation. Their impact was far and wide-reaching. Many musicians have sited DNA as a main influence including Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and the band Blonde Redhead, who appropriated their name from a DNA song title. This LP compiles all of the studio and many choice live recordings. Of particular interest are the original line-up's "early versions" of "Detached," "5:30" and "Low" (which is closely related to "A New Low"). The unreleased studio tracks "Grapefruit," "Police Chase" and "Young Teenagers Talk Sex" are heard here for the first time, as well as live versions of the unreleased songs "Nearing" and "Surrender." Featuring exclusive liner notes from Byron Coley, Jason Gross and Glenn O'Brien alongside many unseen photos and flyers housed in a gatefold sleeve.
Off White Douban
8.8 (5 ratings) James White & The Blacks genre: Jazz
release date 2004-09-06 publisher: Ze Records France