„the group of us there were listening to the Iron Curtain reissues, and we were kinda obsessed with the Christian Death Theatre of Pain album. I’m a bit older than Tom, so I was showing him Coil and Throbbing Gristle as well.”

„we know that’s the main aim of the sound: to get a sound that makes you feel sick in the stomach, because it sounds so good.” Dark, 70-80s horror film influenced cold wave synth punk from Australia by NUN. Debut album on Aarght (Aus) & Avant! Records (Italy)

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Hard rock but otherwise than Saxon. Post punk but harder than Gang of Four. The Protomartyr from Detroit

„Under Color of Official Right” album on Hardly Art

Desperately optimist French raw psych pop with the taste of 60s

Juniore – debut 7″ by Les Disques Entreprise

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P.K. 14 (Public Kingdom for Teens) is the most influential Chinese post-punk band. The singer, Yang Haisong is one of China’s  better-known young poets. Their music is influenced by Joy Division, Talking Heads, Television, Pere Ubu, Fugazi, Bauhaus, Wilco and more. The album „1984” was recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini!

It’s released in August on CD and digitally by Maybe Mars Records, but now it’s on vinyl too by  Tenzemen.

Yang Haisong has two sideprojects. Dear Eloise – electro noise pop with his wife, and After Argument – shows his interests in Washington D.C. punk bands.

An interview about the Chinese rock scene