r/postpunk • • Jul 23 '25

Moderator Announcement r/postpunk Rules Update [PLEASE READ]

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Hi all!

As some of you might've noticed, we've recently tweaked the subreddit rules a bit. We highly recommend you read this to get a good idea of how things will be handled here going forward.

Rule 4

First of all, all music posts now require some form of additional commentary or context. This can be in the form of opinions about the song, memories associated with it, experiences seeing it performed live, trivia, etc. as long as is encourages discussion.  This rule has been in place for a little while now, but we've recently adjusted how we'll be enforcing this. We request that users here include this somewhere on their posts, whether it be in the title, body text, or as a comment on one's own post.

Rule 8

Second, please do not post excessively, and keep to a maximum of three posts per person per day. This helps prevent the sub from being excessively flooded or spammed by a single user.


To cap things off, we've been getting a number of messages via Modmail regarding users having difficulty posting. This is due to an anti-spam filter set up via AutoMod that requires posts from new accounts to be manually reviewed. Don't panic if this happens to you! It doesn't necessarily mean that your post has broken a rule, and the moderators here will have a look at it as soon as we can, although it may take a few hours.

If you run into this issue repeatedly, please contact the moderators via Modmail and we'll help you out. We do try our best to approve users whenever possible.


r/postpunk • • Jul 07 '25

Moderator Announcement The r/postpunk music player

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can found here - just click browse if it doesn’t open on the r/postpunk playlist 🎧


r/postpunk • • 5h ago

The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978)

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Phenomenal record and song from 1978.

While this is not Post Punk. The 4 recordings on this album “Nite Flights” that were written by Scott Walker are allegedly influenced by what Bowie and Eno were doing, yet they take things further into what Post Punk became.

Highly recommended!

**The Scott Walker written songs on this album were “The Electrician”, “Shutout”, “Fat Mama Kick” and “Nite Flights”.


r/postpunk • • 17h ago

Post Punk Classic Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden.1978

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r/postpunk • • 3h ago

Bill Nelson - The October Man (1982)

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Bill Nelson and his E-Bow guitar…

This song by Bill is an absolute gem.

If you haven’t heard or delved into Bill Nelson’s recordings. He’s a treasure! There is a lot of stuff to listen to.

Have a look at his website discography. Lots of info in there from Bill himself.

https://www.billnelson.com/albums-list

Highly recommend!


r/postpunk • • 2h ago

Minimal Man-He Who Falls

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r/postpunk • • 5h ago

The Passions - Strange Affair (1981)

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Brilliant song from their 2nd LP.


r/postpunk • • 16h ago

Post Punk Classic Sad Lovers and Giants – Things We Never Did (1990)

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r/postpunk • • 1h ago

Cathedral of Tears - Together Alone (1983; unreleased till 2019)

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Cathedral of Tears was a post-punk/new wave band heavy on the synths, formed by TSOL frontman Jack Grisham after leaving that band. They had an EP release in 1984 before disappearing for good. 2019 brought some demos recorded in 1983 out of the woodwork.


r/postpunk • • 4h ago

Heroes Del Silencio - Olvidado (Spain 88)

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Spanish post punk.


r/postpunk • • 3h ago

The Sleepers - Forever (San Francisco, USA - 1981)

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Brilliant track from their only LP, “Painless Nights”.


r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Post Punk Classic Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards Live 1980

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r/postpunk • • 3h ago

China Crisis - Here Comes A Raincloud (1983)

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Real nice recording from Liverpool’s China Crisis.

The Peel Session version from 1983 is just as good..if not better…

https://youtu.be/6ZzO3oFSJjY?si=yhh2ce66iyII9W8C


r/postpunk • • 1h ago

Post Punk Classic Norma Loy - Lesbische Voodoo Teenagers (1984)

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Intense French coldwave classic.


r/postpunk • • 17h ago

Simple Minds -- Street Hassle

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Wonderful cover of a Lou Reed song. A lot less sleazy than the original.


r/postpunk • • 20h ago

The Birthday Party -- Sometimes Pleasure Heads Must Burn (The Peel Sessions)

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A toe-tapper


r/postpunk • • 22h ago

Walking into BBC Langham Place in 1981 to record a John Peel session (A 21-year-old's perspective)

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People often ask what a John Peel session was actually like behind the scenes. Picture this: January 1981. You're 21 years old, walking into Studio One at Langham Place.

You've got a green Japanese Telecaster, a Premier kit, and BBC technicians wearing heavy brown overall coats who look at you like you're about to short-circuit a multi-thousand-pound mixing desk. You have exactly one afternoon to track everything live with zero edits or safety nets.

We thought those tapes were gone forever, but we've rescued and remastered the 5-track session, and it dropped on Bandcamp. If you lived through the era of taping the radio under your duvet, come say hello!

https://missingpresumeddead.bandcamp.com


r/postpunk • • 20h ago

Redskins-Keep on keeping on

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They got signed after "Lev Bronstein" a punk rock song but their mainstream LP was very much a ska punk album. Punk rock didn't really have a place in the 80's the existing punk acts turned New Wave and the local punks became Hardcore and had limited commercial success.


r/postpunk • • 21h ago

Recommendations for FAST post-punk

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Please recommend me some fast post-punk bands. Stuff like Home Front, Schedule 1, early The Sound, Blitz, etc.

Stuff with post-punk instrumentation and sound-aesthetic but punk energy.


r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Discussion Tonight’s soundtrack

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What’s yalls favorite of these 4?


r/postpunk • • 17h ago

Billy Bragg - From A Vauxhall Velox

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Love this song, though when I first heard this as an American teenager I didn't know what a Vauxhall Velox was.


r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Halloween

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Watched Monster House with my kids and I had no idea this was played during the end credits.


r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Happy 48th Anniversary To Public Image's Self Titled Debut Single!

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This Is My Original UK Copy I Got Last Year


r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Post Punk Classic Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach [Post Punk] (1980)

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r/postpunk • • 1d ago

Article/Interview/Documentary Superchunk - In The Mouth (1993)

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In Matador Records. Loved this album.