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#NewWave / #PostPunk from that era, also #punk, #ItaloDisco, #NewBeat, #experimental, #vinyl.
The Turn Ups – Turn Up

Released in 1980 in the US. The band was probably based in or near Harrisburg, PA (that's where the album was recorded). Anybody knows more about #TheTurnUps?

#NewWave #punk
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#12inchTuesday: Kazino – Binary

Released in 1985.

#Kazino #ItaloDisco #NewWave #SynthPop

This is the B-side:
▶️ youtu.be/JkPQevLjpdg?...
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
30 days til #Kraftwerk in Berlin 😃 Got tix 🎫🎫

🤖🤖🤖🤖
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#80s #YouthCulture in the #DDR / #GDR

For being “ #NegativeDecadent ” and not fitting in the socialist system, they all needed to be observed, harassed and oppressed.

But the #Stasi snitches didn't have a clue.
Metal ➡️ #goth ? 😝
#punk ➡️ #NewRomantic ? 😖
Popper (snobs) 🟰 break-dancer ? 😵‍💫
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#12inchTuesday: The Cravats DCL – The Land Of The Giants

Released in 1985.

#TheCravats #NeoDada #NewWave #avantgarde #PostPunk #ArtRock

▶️ youtu.be/i2XA-Q4zVAE?...
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#Sounds 🇩🇪 Nov 1980: #Ramones #RoxyMusic #RobertWyatt #999
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#302020s: This is not my area of expertise, so I asked my friend Tom to give me some ideas. I will tag those with #TomsChoice. Looking forward to this #newmusicchallenge initiated by @dxsuperpremium.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#JelloBiafra married his girlfrirend #TheresaSoder (Ninotchka of the SF punk band The Situation) in San Francisco #otd October 31, 1981. #Halloween!

The ceremony took place in a graveyard. The wedding reception was attended by members of Flipper, Black Flag, and D.O.A. 🥳

#punk #PunkCulture
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#Totentanz2025 on #12inchTuesday: Les Vampyrettes – Les Vampyrettes

Released 45 years ago, in November 1980 (not otd, but: 3 days til Halloween!). The mutants are dancing!

#LesVampyrettes = #AxelGros + #ConnyPlanck + #HolgerCzukay #minimal #SynthPop #experimental

▶️ youtu.be/-D-QgbSUslo?...
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
John Peel suffered a heart attack and died #otd October 25, 2004 (aged 65) in Cusco, Peru.

"teenage dreams, so hard to beat": This line from #TeenageKicks by #TheUndertones is written on John Peel's gravestone, and the song was played at his funeral. 🎶

#JohnPeel
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I have the #XYX rerelease from 1988. No matter, what issue: Get it, before the ultimate warlord gets you!
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Released in 1985, in the US by S/M Operations, in Germany by Normal (I have the Normal version ⬇️).
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Released #otd, October 8, 1980: Talking Heads – Remain In Light

It was voted number 11 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s (#NME 1993).

#TalkingHeads #NewWave #ArtRock #80s #GreatestAlbumsOfThe80s
October 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The original 12" was released by Factory Benelux. I had to take it out of the protective sleeve for the picture. The cover design by #PeterSaville is a "night-time" version of the Thives Like Us sleeve, using a painting by Giorgio de Chirico.
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Released #otd, Oct 5, 1979: The Human League – Reproduction

Reproduction is their debut studio album - initially a commercial failure, but it was re-issued and entered the charts almost two years later in August 1981.

#TheHumanLeague #SynthPop #NewWave
October 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
#Sounds 🇩🇪 Oct 1980, page 6: #GaryNuman takes a selfie.
October 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#Totentanz2025: A Time To Dance - A Time To Die. Ok, this is not a song. This is a real book, and the #DancingPlague of 1518 is a historical event.
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Her's the Tommi Stumpff – Seltsames Glück cover. The tracks of this 12" were reissued in 1991 on the Mich Kriegt Ihr Nicht compi (with the cover used for the YT video).
September 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir action thriller directed and co-written by #WilliamFriedkin starring #WillemDafoe.

The original motion picture soundtrack was exclusively by #WangChung and released on September 30, 1985. #otd #80s
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
John Foxx (Dennis Leigh), was #botd September 26, 1948. Happy Birthday!

#JohnFoxx #PioneersOfElectronicMusic
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
First released as 7" by WEA Belgium in 1979. I have the French 12" by #Celluloid from 1980.
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Released #otd, Sep 21, 1979: Wire – 154

It's the third studio album by Wire, titled from the number of live gigs the band had played at time of release. 154 peaked at number 39 in the UK Albums Chart.

#Wire #NewWave #PostPunk
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The cover usually looks like this or similar (here my copy)
September 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Released #otd September 8, 1978: Wire – Chairs Missing

It is their second studio album and peaked at number 48 in the UK Albums Chart.

#Wire #WireTheBand #PostPunk #NewWave
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM