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Matt Cahill shines a light on the Post-Punk overtones, and musicians, and shares his thoughts about the albums & singles. Matt Cahill is a Toronto writer. Matt worked for twenty years in the film and television industry before training to become a psychotherapist. He now has a private practice and is a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Imaginary Magnitude » Post-Punk
1y ago
This is a wonderful track from a band I overheard while doing some revising at Voodoo Child. I love these moments of serendipity, where I hear something that simply sounds “new” yet check the boxes (motorik, electronic, Stereolab-ish).
Everyone’s Crushed by Water From Your Eyes
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Imaginary Magnitude » Post-Punk
3y ago
I just discovered Glenn Branca. I don’t actually remember how this came about, but it was late last week that I tripped over him, perhaps as part of a randomized Spotify playlist or some post-rock/Minimalist rabbit hole I was chasing. [edit: what’s odd is that I couldn’t have discovered him on Spotify because what I’d first heard was a track from his tremendous early album The Ascension which doesn’t exist on Spotify; a bit of a mystery, I admit.]
It’s like both barrels of a shotgun going off. The first barrel fires and I’m like Whoa — what’s this? And all I want to do is dig furthe ..read more
Imaginary Magnitude » Post-Punk
3y ago
One of my favourite tracks currently.
Peanuts by Yard Act
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Imaginary Magnitude » Post-Punk
3y ago
At some point early this year I found myself sitting at one of my writing spots in Little Portugal and hearing a really good post-punk band, Ought (note: the album to hear is 2015’s Sun Coming Down). It was everything I liked, reminding me very much of one of my favourite post-punk bands, The Fall.
And I was sick of it.
I’d had enough. I’d heard too much. And so I’ve spent the year focusing intently on other types of music: ambient (which I’ve written about here), classical, Afro-funk, R&B, soul, you name it. Especially coming back from Memphis I rediscovered blues in all its forms (g ..read more