The What For Riverside, California
old skool new wave
Thanks to I.E Pyrate Punx, Minnie Green Show, Emily and the Blackouts, False
Profit, Goldband, Off The Wall, Tony Vicious, The Void, Back to the Grind, Brooks Bar, Pixels, Static Sundays, Primo Sound Systems, KM & Sparrow Heart Recs. Spooksieboo, James Boyd, #pain8er & Hey Riverside!
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The What For recommends:
Sparrow Heart Records Presents-Protest Songs Against Police Brutality
by C.ell Arts
proceeds benefit protesters' bailout funds - 56 bands
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This is my fave album at the moment, I've been playing the vinyl and it has a cohesive post-punk mood all the way through. Really terrific listen, stellar pressing! (but no dead wax message? tsk tsk!)
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Leucovorin Rescue b/w What Is Owed
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Boston goth/post-punk band True Faith offer two punchy, hooky, perfectly melodramatic cuts on this new 7-inch.
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Bug-eyed fury meets acid-tongued sarcasm on the latest from this New York group.
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The first new album from iconic new wavers Modern English is as muscular as it is tuneful.
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