The Buzz Playlist: CBGB, New York City

The hub of New York’s burgeoning punk rock and new wave bands in the mid-to-late 70s, CBGB was privy to some of the most influential gigs in punk music and beyond. Here’s a playlist to prove it.

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In Review: Benny Sings – Music

Rather than striving for thematic ties, Sings (with “kindred spirits” including Mac DeMarco and Tom Misch) instead goes for sonic cohesion on his latest album. On that note, he succeeds marvellously.

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In Review: Pond – ‘Pink Lunettes’

Speeding toward “totally wired wobble punk”, the hectic synths and high-tempo drums on the psychster’s new single sounds like travelling through a kaleidoscopic wormhole.

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In Review: Iceage – ‘Shelter Song’

On their latest single the Danish punks soften around the edges with a Britpop-inspired, unifying alternative to their earlier, more abrasive overtones.

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