“Chicken In Black” (1984) By Johnny Cash

Dog Faced Hermans (1986-1995) live at Le Cafe Shakes in Lincoln, NE (1994)

“Glasshouse” (1985) by Party Day

Further Experiments was a British band formed in 1979. They went on to take the moniker Party Day in 1982.

Further Reading:

official(ish) site great resource of information run by Steve Drury

link

NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.

“Wir bauen eine neus Stadt” (1981) by Palais Schaumberg (1980-1984)

This song is from their second album Palais Schaumberg, which was released in 1981. Palais Schaumburg was an early 80’s Neue Deutche Welle (German New Wave) band from Hamburg, Germany. The band was co-founded in 1980 by Holger Hiller and Thomas Fehlmann, who met each other at the HFBK.

Listen to more here.

Further Reading:

Art-Magazin interview of Hoger Hiller in German (2013)

Article in Electronic Beats

A Guide to Neue Deutche Welle

“Dayvan Cowboy” (2005) by Boards Of Canada (1986-present)

Boards of Canada is a duo from Edinburgh, Scotland.

“Summertime” (2009) by Dead Prez (1996-present) & DJ Green Lantern

I just discovered an interview series called Making Music.  They have a set of videos with Alan Sparhawk from the band Low.  The few interviews I've seen so far are very different than most.  They get into the gritty details of the songwriters methods of creating songs, gear used, and much more.

“Songs for Swinging Larvae” (1981) by Renaldo and the Loaf (1975-1988; 2006-present)

Pretty uncategorizable and weird….this is a short film compromised of bits and pieces from the album of the same name.

Further Reading:

Renaldo and the Loaf Official Site

Article on The Weirdest Band in the World

“Beat and the Pulse” (2011) by Austra (2009-present)

Austra is a three piece from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even if one can’t get into their sound itself, it should come as no surprise that vocalist Katie Stelmanis is a classically trained opera singer.

Further Reading:

Bio on Domino Records

http://www.youtube.com/embed/PWA_kJI8mA8

“Blaue Augen” (1981) by Neonbabies (1979-1983)