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Song of the Day: Pere Ubu “The Modern Dance”

Pere Ubu‘s “The Modern Dance” fuses garage rock and punk with outsider art sensibilities for a truly unique sound.

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Leeds-based post-punks, Gang of Four, kicked off their sophomore LP with “Paralyzed”: agit-prop that you can dance to.

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“Cool” was Pylon‘s ironic emotional hot-take of a single about forging your own path artistically. The band took its own advise.

Orange Juice‘s hit, “Rip It Up” propelled the Scottish post-punk group into the pop charts with their oddball riff on disco.

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Joy Division‘s “Digital” is a pure-punk assault with the rest of the band rising to match Ian Curtis‘ bleak and paranoid vision.

Young Marble Giants‘ “Credit In The Straight World” is great post-punk song that helped to launch the lo-fi movement of the ’80s and ’90s.

The Modern Lovers‘ “Roadrunner” is a blast of Velvet Underground-linked pre-punk, that helped put Jonathan Richman on the map.

Eddie and the Hot Rods‘ UK hit “Do Anything You Wanna Do” proved to be a surprising miss in the United States.

Mink Deville‘s “Spanish Stroll” is a great slice-of-life song from the the gritty streets of New York City circa 1977.

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“Ahead” may be the closest that legendary post-punk group, Wire, ever came to releasing and out-and-out pop single.