16 mixes taggedpost-punk synth pop

As I get older, I tend to get a bit misty and nostalgic about the past. As the end of each year draws near, I find solace in the songs of my youth. The songs I speak of are from the 80s. Enjoy! ….And reminisce if you grew up in the 80s like me.

In conjunction with Critical Mob's review of the new album by Canadian synth wunderkind Grimes, please enjoy this collection of tracks by some of her influences and contemporaries.

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Duran Duran, Joy Division, INXS

Alongside Critical Mob's profile of UK synth pioneer Gary Numan, please enjoy this brief introduction to some of the other post-punk icons who incorporated the cold, hard-edged synthesizer sound into their music in the late 1970s and early '80s.

The soundtrack to a ride on a glacier from Yeasayer, Foster the People, and The Temper Trap. http://lynxmouth.tumblr.com/post/6147992865/everything-old-is-new-mix

fourteen neue deutsche welle (new german wave) tracks including music by Abwärts, Grauzone, and Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.

Shriekback were part of a subset of UK post-punk bands who mixed dance rhythms with their punky angst. Please enjoy this playlist featuring some of Shriekback's dance-punk contemporaries.

Ten tracks including music by Killing Joke, Lyrebirds, and The Boxer Rebellion. Length: 44:37.

Twelve tracks including music by Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance and Death in Vegas.

What I listened to the other night when I was going to sleep.

Eight tracks including music by Q Lazzarus, Aphex Twin and Joy Division.

A soundtrack for the Jack Smith film www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlIxr5_nyUg">"Flaming Creatures" (NSFW). It definitely gets pretty "flaming" by the last few songs.

Songs that make me think of spring. Includes tracks by Ministry, Duran Duran, and Cortex.