http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=315&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody OnlinePost-Punken720Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:23:02 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=315&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5497&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:32:47 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5497 art.5497 Modest Mouse art.5497 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5497&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5497&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.153&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt/Punk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:44 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.153 art.153 U2 art.153 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.153&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.153&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss The Joshua Tree (1987) and the following year's Rattle & Hum capped the first phase of the band's career. The '90s were U2's pop decade, as they at once embraced and undercut their mega-star status, experimenting with dance beats and multimedia theatrics. Beginning with 2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 returned to their rock roots and embarked upon a "mature" career phase that included record-setting tour grosses and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. No Line on the Horizon -- released in March 2009, 30 years after their debut EP -- suggested that the band had no intention of slowing down. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5242673&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:42 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5242673 art.5242673 The Killers art.5242673 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5242673&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5242673&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Hot Fuss, appeared on Island in mid-2004, they were already selling out headlining shows in England. Named for a fictional group in a New Order video, the Killers practice a tense, stylish brand of rock in the vein of U2 and Bruce Springsteen, with lyrical left turns that recall classic Bowie. With their roots in glam and new wave, and their undeniable talent, the Killers have helped breathe fresh air into the '00s alt rock scene. - Jaan Uhelszki]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:42 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43119 art.43119 Smashing Pumpkins art.43119 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Gish, Siamese Dream, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness -- in addition to the myriad songs released as non-album tracks during that time -- were chiefly characterized by Corgan's vocals that could whisper one moment and wail the next, Corgan and James Iha's overdriven, buzzing, these-go-to-11 guitars, and Jimmy Chamberlin's propulsive, overwhelmingly powerful drum work that thrust "Silverf*ck," "Bury Me," and "Geek U.S.A." into fifth gear. Lineup changes and an electronica-embracing sound muddled the band's late '90s efforts, and the Pumpkins called it quits in 2000. After years of near-constant speculation, Corgan and Chamberlin partnered to reform the group in 2007, releasing the bombastic Zeitgeist and returning to the world stage. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1179&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Goth Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:53 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1179 art.1179 The Cure art.1179 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1179&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1179&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Pornography and Faith. Smith's formerly monotone vocals took a turn upon the release of The Top in '84 and suddenly he had adopted a kind of feline yelp in his vocals, and tracks like "The Caterpillar" bubbled with an odd, lively energy. Through the end of the '80s the band honed their incredible pop skills to much acclaim as "In Between Days" and "Just Like Heaven" piped out of every incense-lit bedroom from here to Calcutta. Just as their early fan base had begun to drift as the band explored the exceedingly vibrant pop of "Why Can't I Be You" and "Hot Hot Hot!!!," they released Disintegration in '89. A wonderfully dark and beautiful record, marked by Smith's relentlessly stunning guitar work and fluid imagery, it proved to be the band's biggest success. It also laid the groundwork for how the band would spend most of the '90s. Spiking their work with an almost irritating giddiness and melodic melancholy, the band continue to be masters of lush, crimson-hued pop.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56565&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:41 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.56565 art.56565 Yeah Yeah Yeahs art.56565 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56565&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56565&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Flashdance-style of dress, not to mention her vocals, which could moan and shriek with passion and suffering. The band itself ran from dance-oriented 4/4 beats toward choppy post-punk; songs are clunky, spastic and melodic. Their debut album, Fever Too Tell, came out in 2003 and features the hit "Maps." They followed up that success with 2006's Show Your Bones. For their third release, 2009's It's Blitz, the trio took a slightly different approach, washing their gritty guitar rock in a wave of synths and dance beats. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4049&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:54 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4049 art.4049 Talking Heads art.4049 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4049&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4049&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Fear Of Music (1979), the band began to radiate a kind of somber power, as they beefed up their previously lean sound with African rhythms. Remain In Light followed in 1980, and remains one of the more striking albums of that decade or any other. The rhythms were meticulous and yet completely driving, while the production was highly experimental with enough conventional flourishes to make "Once In A Lifetime" a radio success. Their blueprint now set, the group became hugely successful over the course of the 1980s, and their 1984 concert film is widely considered one of the best ever made. Their music was so immediate that their world beat-inspired songs still sound unique in whatever context they're heard. The group gave official notice that it was disbanding in 1991, bringing an inevitable close to one of the most creative and experimental commercially successful acts in rock 'n' roll. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65584&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:46 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65584 art.65584 Anberlin art.65584 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65584&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65584&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.746&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Jangle Pop Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:04 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.746 art.746 The Smiths art.746 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.746&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.746&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the Mancunian's first number one-selling album in the U.S. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55993&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:54 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.55993 art.55993 Pixies art.55993 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55993&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55993&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Surfer Rosa, the Pixies' 1988 full-length debut of skronked-out, surf-damaged punk-pop, was a revelation to just about everyone who heard it. At first listen the remedial chord progressions, utterly nonsensical lyrics, and bizarre delivery sounded like the flailings of inept college rockers with a psychotropic casualty for a lead singer, but once the hooks were in, there was no escape. The Bostonians reminded everyone how to write a perfect, repetitive song that you knew by heart two seconds in. With wonder-twin powers Black Francis and Kim Deal writing paeans to sexually charged dementia, an idiosyncratic guitar sound, and what sounded like the Jolly Green Giant playing drums, the Pixies took the alt-rock world by storm, releasing four near-perfect records before self-destructing under the weight of their own talent, in 1993, after opening U2's Zoo TV tour. In their wake, Deal went full-time with her side-project the Breeders and began working on Last Splash, which would eventually go gold in the U.S., and Black -- as Frank Black -- starting penning a solo eponymous debut, which didn't fair so well. In 2004 -- with disparate and storied careers -- Deal, Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering reunited for a North American tour and several dates at European summer festivals. The group is currently rumored to be working on a new studio album, the first since 1991. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237151&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:20 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5237151 art.5237151 Franz Ferdinand art.5237151 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237151&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237151&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Darts Of Pleasure came out, it was as though their lean, romantic, and often danceable form of post-punk fell right from the pages of a Smash Hits from twenty years prior. In their formative years, most of the band were students at the Glasgow School of Art and spent their time practicing music at a spot called the Chateau, a music/art space along the lines of Andy Warhol's Factory. The group's smart and slightly oily brand of angular pop was soon embraced by press and fans, whose appetites for a post-punk revival were whetted by the success of bands like Interpol and Hot Hot Heat. They finally released their first full-length in 2004. The LP's unorthodox but unstoppable single "Take Me Out" quickly took off all over the world. In the summer of 2005, Franz Ferdinand built on that success with It Could Be So Much Better, which actually lived up to its title by bettering their winning debut. The Scots then released their third album in early 2009. Stripping away some of their post-punk roots, the band opted to load Tonight with disco-punk beats and spacey synths, making it some of their most experimental and upbeat material to date. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42624&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:45 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42624 art.42624 The Strokes art.42624 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42624&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42624&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss The Modern Age EP in 2001 shortly following the band's first live appearance. They signed to RCA and released Is This It the same year amidst a media blitz of hype that both helped and hindered them. While their debut album yielded a hearty handful of hits (and countless cover stories of adoration from the U.K. and U.S. press) with their Velvet Underground-by-way-of-Television geometric cool, 2003's Room on Fire suffered from the inevitable backlash that only British journalists can dish out. To their credit, the Strokes went for a slightly different approach with 2006's First Impressions of Earth, smoothing out the angularity of their previous song structures into a more rounded rock 'n' roll approach, but ironically they seem to have been overshadowed by the neophyte bands born in the wake of Strokes hype (see Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Libertines, etc). - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9468165&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:52 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9468165 art.9468165 Band Of Horses art.9468165 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9468165&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9468165&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Everything All The Time, was released in 2006, and that's more than enough reason to start a stampede. - Michele K-Tel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:45 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39651 art.39651 New Order art.39651 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Blade soundtrack pits raw electro sounds against bitter, fluid bass kicks. They have also maintained impeccable integrity keeping one foot in the mainstream and the other underground, generating colossal worldwide hits as well as disturbing, alienated tracks with depressive guitar echoes and sad synth melodies. Even their most elevated, ethereal moments are grounded in melancholy, but provide a vaulting spirit that gives solace to any wilted flower. - Marc Kate]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5230944&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Rock Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:54 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5230944 art.5230944 TV On The Radio art.5230944 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5230944&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5230944&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Young Liars EP in 2003, which was met by unanimous critical praise. They toured throughout 2004 supporting their debut full length, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, which was similarly extolled. With dates opening for the Pixies and a fan in David Bowie, TV on the Radio's popularity outgrew their indie label, and in the summer of '06 they issued Return to Cookie Mountain on Interscope (featuring back up vocals from Bowie), which nabbed top spots on a number of year-end lists for 2006. They followed up with an equally solid album in 2008, Dear Science. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63230&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:10 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63230 art.63230 Spoon art.63230 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63230&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63230&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss
Spoon's early music recalled the "angular," pleasingly harsh sound of early Pavement and Archers of Loaf, with Daniel's impressionistic lyrics filling the empty spaces with an offbeat economy and the hint of a smirk. Matador issued Telephono and the Soft Effects EP before Spoon signed with Elektra for 1998's A Series of Sneaks. Their mightiest display of post-punk tactics, the record was nonetheless dead in the water before its release. Following this commercial disaster, the band's A&R champion at Elektra, Ron Laffitte, won himself the honor of a two-song CD single, "The Agony of Laffitte"/"Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now." (A Series of Sneaks was later reissued by Neil Young's Vapor imprint.)

Burned but game -- and seemingly determined never to release two similar albums in a row -- Spoon got back into the game with the Merge EP Love Ways and the subsequent Girls Can Tell. Named for a little-known Crystals/Dixie Cups number co-written by Phil Spector, Girls built on Spoon's reputation for literate, sophisticated, sometimes pounding rock. It became a staple at radio and scored high with critics, some of whom had no doubt missed out on the glories of the Elektra disc.

Branching out further, Daniel and Eno leaned more heavily on piano and even danceable grooves for 2002's Kill the Moonlight. Frequent airings of "The Way We Get By" made a slight erosion in the wall between alt pop and mainstream pop. Spoon achieved further renown with their third Merge long-player, 2005's Gimme Fiction. Agony? No more. - Jaan Uhelszki]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39715&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:40 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39715 art.39715 Interpol art.39715 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39715&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39715&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:44 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6996 art.6996 The Flaming Lips art.6996 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss In a Priest Driven Ambulance. Fusing only bits of their endearing, off-kilter indie rock into a sonically intense and more innovative fuzzcraft of mid-tempo songs and walls of neo-psychedelic guitar drone, IPDA offered up such memorable pop thunder as "Unconsciously Screamin'" "Rainin' Babies" and "Mountainside." Their songwriting having drastically improved, each completed song brought new, succinct arrangements and different chord progressions -- yet the album as a whole had an incredibly loud, distinctive sound. Subsequent albums like Hit to Death in the Future Head and Transmissions from the Satellite Heart began yet another chapter in the Lips' ever-transforming career, employing more selectively the relentless yet blissful bombast of IPDA into beautifully orchestrated, stripped-down mega-productions of pristine guitar twinkle and LSD-impaired Beach Boys harmonies. (Transmissions also spawned the Lips' big moment in the mainstream sun with the ubiquitous "She Don't Use Jelly.") Since the untimely departure of guitarist/noise enthusiast Ronald Jones, the Flaming Lips have resembled more a pop-deconstructionist science fair than a rock band, with drummer Steven Drozd and founder Wayne Coyne working as synched-up visionaries rather than contributing members of the same band. 1999's The Soft Bulletin found them again on the cusp of disciplinary mastery, incorporating their bent inclinations and atmospherics even more subtly into their strangely familiar and narcotic brand of pop, while donning character costumes on stage. Their next release, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots followed the same path, albeit with even brighter production and a greater attention to detail. At its core, however, the record was a mediation on love, death and the assurance is life after almost unendurable psychic pain. On the Oklahoma City band's 2006 opus At War With The Mystics, spiritual leader and sonic ringmaster Coyne shows the sheer depth of his profundity when he casts his baleful eye outward, focusing his laser vision on current events; pointing a sharp stick at frothy pop icons, superficial thinkers, the abuse of power-both personal and political-and fanaticism wherever it shows up in culture. Their songs show that there's a lot more going on underneath those pink bunny suits than we ever imagined. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk-Funk Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:20 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6488890 art.6488890 Bloc Party art.6488890 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6488890&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6928291&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:39:52 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6928291 art.6928291 The National art.6928291 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6928291&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6928291&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.288&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Rock Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:56 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.288 art.288 Sonic Youth art.288 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.288&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.288&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss EVOL in 1986 signaled the end of Sonic Youth's anarchic primitivism and the dawning of their golden age. They were gradually transforming bouts of alternate tuning overkill into tightly crafted song. Daydream Nation (1988) remains their pinnacle achievement, a thematically coherent pastiche of Gen-X cynicism, sonic tube disasters and surreal guitar passages that chime like harps in a hailstorm. The work of Sonic Youth is all the more remarkable for being almost entirely self-produced and truly collaborative in origin. Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo all lend a hand in writing and singing, which sometimes produces the jarring effect of listening to three different bands on the same album. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4212&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:21 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4212 art.4212 Morrissey art.4212 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4212&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4212&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Viva Hate, co-written by producer Stephen Street, was a triumph. Since then, the quality of Morrissey's output has careened wildly from respectable to moments of brilliance to leaden time-fillers. Mick Ronson (of early Bowie fame) helped toughen up his sound, but it was the reflective, peaceful and biting Vauxhall and I that reminded the public of this melodramatic crooner's unique vision. By the late 1990s, the public began to take Morrissey for granted and he was without a label for years. Then, in 2004, he released the best-selling You Are the Quarry and was once again embraced by sensitive rockers the world over. If songs as wonderful as "Trouble Loves Me" (1997) don't fly off his pen as quickly as they used to, it's still a comfort to have Morrissey around. He's your eccentric uncle, the one who laughs at stale convention and scoffs at the decadent hipsters ruling the pop world. Morrissey may be nostalgic for an England that never was, but he shows that the most revolutionary action in our busy, digital age may just be unhurried navel-gazing. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65900&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:32 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65900 art.65900 The Sounds art.65900 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65900&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65900&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Living in America, was released not long after the band members finished up with high school, rocketing up to the very top of the charts in Sweden and earning them a Swedish Grammy award (not to mention heaps of "best newcomer" accolades). In America, they were introduced to U.S. audiences when they toured with the Strokes and the Foo Fighters. Their second disc, Dying to Say This to You, was partly produced by Jeff Saltzman (credited for all the fuss surrounding the Killers' debut, and former Green Day co-manager) and recorded in Oakland, Calif., and in studios in New York and Boston. Despite their rather sneering, seditious attitude, when combined with a retro synthesizer sound and guitar hooks, the result is far from threatening: it's simply upbeat rock 'n' roll fun. - Michele K-Tel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3931&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:05:30 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3931 art.3931 Dinosaur Jr. art.3931 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3931&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3931&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5724&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:58 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5724 art.5724 Simple Minds art.5724 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5724&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5724&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6649531&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss '00s Post-Punk Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:46 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6649531 art.6649531 The Bravery art.6649531 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6649531&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6649531&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1091&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1091 art.1091 The Psychedelic Furs art.1091 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1091&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1091&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss sturm und drone with their own aplomb. Along the way, they became one of the most emblematic bands of '80s English rock.

By the time "Love My Way" achieved saturation play on the relatively new MTV in early 1983, the band was a firm critical favorite. After forming in punk-drenched London in 1977, they signed with CBS (Columbia in the U.S.) and shortly concocted a self-titled debut that matched single-length rockers ("We Love You") with epic-minded explorations ("India"). But it was 1981's Talk Talk Talk that really earned a buzz; the album's "Pretty in Pink" was a Blonde on Blonde-esque examination of a lonely girl's romantic stumbles.

"Love My Way" (from Forever Now, which saw Todd Rundgren taking over as producer from a young Steve Lillywhite), "Heartbreak Beat" and a remake of "Pretty in Pink" for its namesake John Hughes film all helped move the Furs toward the American mainstream. Personnel changes had begun much earlier, but the core of brothers Richard and Tim Butler (bass) and guitarist John Ashton remained steady. The albums Mirror Moves (1984) and Midnight to Midnight (1987) were must-haves for suburban hipsters of the era, and the band continually toured to great success.

After two more discs, Book of Days and World Outside, which didn't do nearly as well, the act split up. Richard Butler went on to Love Spit Love's moderate popularity before re-teaming with brother Tim and Ashton in 2000. The Psychedelic Furs have since been a fixture on the nostalgia circuit, with the live Beautiful Chaos getting a 2001 release. - Jaan Uhelszki]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4178&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss New Folk Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:44:57 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4178 art.4178 Violent Femmes art.4178 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4178&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4178&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4584&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Emo/Hardcore Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:30 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4584 art.4584 Alkaline Trio art.4584 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4584&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4584&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss From Here to Infirmary. Two years later they followed it up with Good Mourning, which made an appearance in Billboard 's Top-200 charts. There were a few more internal breaks in 2004, not fortunately within the band -- but due to Matt Skiba's adventures in skateboarding. First, he fractured his wrist, delaying the release of their fifth album to May 2005, and then as soon as that healed, he jumped back on his board and broke his left arm. Healed up Skiba and the latest lineup (drummer Derek Grant and bassist Dan Andriano) embarked on a near-sellout tour in support of Crimson, complete with an orchestral accompaniment. Perhaps in response to this, they've released a "deluxe edition" of the album with an additional disc of rougher hewn originals to please both their angry youthful admirers along with their more recently acquired pop-oriented fans. - Michele K-Tel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4067&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:22 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4067 art.4067 Echo and the Bunnymen art.4067 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4067&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4067&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss the) finest of the British post-punk exponents of the late '70s and one of the bright, shining lights of '80s music, Echo and the Bunnymen delivered a series of records that ranged from gloomy, muted blasts of dark guitars and moaning vocals to unabashed pop songs with glorious orchestral arrangements. At times frightening, at times beautiful, the band conjured up sullen images of mystery with their cloudy, swirling, psychedelic tapestries. Frontman Ian McCullough flaunted his permanently tousled and nicotine-addled persona through most of the English press of the '80s while his band backed him up with Doors-fueled dramatic dirges that grew into giant, arena-ready anthems for the darkly clad, pale art kids. This angular, epileptic pop could draw you into the glorious dregs of the underground as McCullough muttered post-Syd Barrett lyrical spirals on records like Heaven Up Here or sent you sailing across the deep blue orchestral seas of Ocean Rain. As the '80s closed, they achieved their biggest successes, filtering their original essence down to some catchy, at times brilliant, poetic alt-pop. Despite an ill-fated record sans McCullough in 1990, the band has kept their dignity in the time since. Most successfully, their 1999 release What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? showed the band were still capable of evoking their patented gloomy grandeur without falling victim to the dreaded "modern update." - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40043&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Goth Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:17 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40043 art.40043 Siouxsie and the Banshees art.40043 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40043&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40043&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5201&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:38 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5201 art.5201 Pavement art.5201 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5201&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5201&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Slanted and Enchanted was an instant sensation, helping to establish Lo-Fi as one of the preeminent subgenres of Indie Rock. Their unique, raggedly endearing sound -- shambling vocals attached to both pop hooks and discordant, repetitive rhythms colored by low fidelity production and bursts of noisy guitar -- has elevated them to deity status in the Indie community. They've done much to promote the Lo-Fi sound in the meantime, gaining an increasingly widespread cult following while occasionally breaking into the alternative mainstream. - Will Lerner]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2101&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:37 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2101 art.2101 Joy Division art.2101 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2101&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2101&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42634&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:41 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42634 art.42634 XTC art.42634 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42634&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42634&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:32:55 -0700 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6052081 art.6052081 Cut Copy art.6052081 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Bright Like Neon Love, but teamed up with French producer Philippe Zdar (Cassius, Motorbass and MC Solaar), and the album helped spawn a worldwide electro-house movement. On their second album, In Ghost Colours, Zdar was replaced by DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy and would take the group in a more indie rock and synth pop direction. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6774670&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Rock Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:45 -0700 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6774670 art.6774670 Kaiser Chiefs art.6774670 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6774670&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6774670&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Employment, to the masses. The buzz in the U.K. soon spread and the quintet became popular among hipsters digging the newest crop of Brit bands like Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and the Futureheads. The Chiefs became known for their energetic performances, opening the 2005 Philadelphia Live 8 concert and appearing at numerous U.K. festivals, earning them a 2006 Brit Award for Best British Live Act. In early 2007, they released Yours Truly, Angry Mob, with lead single "Ruby" reaching No. 1 on the U.K. charts. - Stephanie Benson]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8877169&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:42 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8877169 art.8877169 Hot Chip art.8877169 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8877169&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8877169&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Mexico, on a small London imprint in 2001. Hot Chip evolved their lazy, hip-hop inflected sound over the years, adding scraps of toy percussion and analog synths and taking on new members. They gained critical attention on the strength of 2005's Coming on Strong, their American debut, but it was 2006's Mercury Prize-nominated The Warning that exposed the band now a fulltime four-piece to larger audiences. While their albums are mostly laid back, toe-tapping disco affairs, their live shows are explosive and sweaty, especially for four pasty-white English guys playing synthesizers. - Jonathan Zwickel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472093&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:53:43 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7472093 art.7472093 She Wants Revenge art.7472093 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472093&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472093&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Garage Rock Revival Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:24 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.64366 art.64366 The Kills art.64366 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41559&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:56 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.41559 art.41559 The Walkmen art.41559 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41559&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41559&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss War-era U2, but without any sort of political grandstanding. Instead, the Walkmen use blocks of mellifluous feedback, creating a reverb-drenched hall in which they sometimes unwind slowly-- and sometimes turn it all into a nervous, panic-stricken, mad dash across town. There are definitely echoes of the mad, stop-start drumming of post-punk heroes Joy Division, but the entire blend is so melodic and personal, even as it reaches for great rapt heights, that comparisons do very little to explain why it works so well. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69330&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:42 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69330 art.69330 Nick Cave art.69330 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69330&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69330&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electronica/Dance Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:42 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66426 art.66426 LCD Soundsystem art.66426 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66426&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4219&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Power Pop Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:21 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4219 art.4219 Sloan art.4219 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4219&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4219&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Smeared); produced hooky, true-blue classic pop (One Chord to Another); and delivered classic rock-influenced, slightly dirtied power pop (Navy Blues) with the same satisfying end results. Once their secret gets out, maybe Sloan will achieve the success they so deserve outside of their native Canada. Until then, they remain Halifax's most wonderful, engaging secret. - Kali Holloway]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36189&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:20 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.36189 art.36189 Pulp art.36189 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36189&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36189&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40330&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:53:46 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40330 art.40330 Hot Hot Heat art.40330 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40330&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40330&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Scenes One Through Thirteen), but things changed for Hot Hot Heat when guitarist Dante DeCaro joined in early 2001, at which point they dropped the synths and moved towards a more stripped down rock 'n' roll -- if persistently pop -- sound. "We've basically brought together four categories of influences: classic Beatles and Stones; punk-rock; the whole singer/songwriter era, and anything contemporary worth listening to," explains Bays. This change of direction was followed by the release of debut EP Knock Knock Knock on Sub Pop in 2002 and, later the same year, LP Make Up The Breakdown, produced by Jack Endino (the knob-twiddler on Nirvana's Bleach). Shortly after the album's release, the band signed with Warner Music. In 2004, having completed the recording of their second album proper, Elevator, DeCaro left Hot Hot Heat to be replaced by Luke Paquina, formerly of San Francisco's the Stradlers. The band went on to release Happiness LTD. in 2007. - Jamie Dolling]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:24 -0700 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.60999 art.60999 The Jesus and Mary Chain art.60999 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Psychocandy. Influential beyond measure, it threw together walls of white feedback with angelic Beach Boys and Byrds-ian harmonies and the independent music world is still aping it. Their growth since that record has been marked by ups and downs and some might say, by a lack of growth at all. They've gone from confrontational noise to sample-heavy alterna-hits, to acoustic bliss and back to noise again. The brothers Reid (Jim and William) have not been known to deny their influence and continue their onstage feuding: drunken assaults amidst a smattering of occasional strung-out brilliance and too-often sameness. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.378&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:13 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.378 art.378 Adam Ant art.378 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.378&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.378&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Dirk Wears White Socks. A radical makeover and a new band ushered Ant into the 1980s with a series of successful singles, including "Ant Music," "Prince Charming" and "Stand And Deliver." He went solo in 1982, and immediately hit pay dirt with "Goody Two Shoes." By 1984, however, Ant's career was on the outs, and the Londoner turned to acting. He came back into the public eye briefly in 1995, with a surprise hit, "Wonderful," from the album by the same name. Nothing more was heard from the star until early 2002, when he was arrested in an assault incident supposedly involving a firearm in a London pub. Ant was admitted into a psychiatric hospital to evaluate whether or not he was competent to stand trail on the charges. Following a 12-month community service sentence, Ant made headlines again in August 2003 with news of yet another arrest, and once again his mental stability was publicly questioned. Regardless of his mental state, Ant has shown passion for a new cause: gorillas. He re-recorded "Stand And Deliver" as "Save the Gorillas" in an effort to call attention to the species' dwindling population, and he spent the better part of an hour talking on U.K. radio about subjects ranging from his arrests, his mental health, Malcolm McLaren and, of course, gorillas. - Linda Ryan]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2838&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:55 -0800 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2838 art.2838 Fugazi art.2838 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2838&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2838&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss 13 Songs. Ian MacKaye's Hardcore bellow and Gibson SG marched alongside Guy Piccioto's (formerly of Rites of Spring) demonic rasp and flailing Rickenbacker, serving notice to Punk's intelligentsia under the watchful eye of a razor-sharp, self-editing rhythm section. Six subsequent albums have shown Fugazi's continually evolving ear for sonic craftsmanship; writing and producing works that owe an equal amount to the Beatles and Radiohead as they do Gang of Four and AC/DC. Having reached a certain state of maturation, Fugazi have, to their credit, perhaps given themselves over to musical craft rather than live famously in direct contradiction to a self-made identity.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6596&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:54 -0700 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6596 art.6596 Love & Rockets art.6596 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6596&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6596&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Express), roll along in good spirits not unlike the Cure's "In Between Days." Drone anthems such as "Ball of Confusion" sleepwalk through shadowy melodies and a single groove that sacrifice none of pop's three minute, verse/chorus formula. After holing up in various side projects for the last five years, Love & Rockets are back with their contribution to electronica, as they've traded in their drum sets for more experimental (but less memorable) sequenced House beats and various sorts of sampled blip-and-bleep. - Kelly Bauman]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10773261&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:26:23 -0700 Top Post-Punk Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10773261 art.10773261 CSS art.10773261 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10773261&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10773261&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Fpost-punk%2Fartist-chart.rss Em Rotterdam Ja e uma Febre and A Onda Mortal/Uma Tarde com PJ, and issued their self-titled full-length LP on TramaVirtual's fledgling music label in 2005. It was re-released internationally on Sub Pop a year later, followed by wide international touring. - Nate Cavalieri]]>