Ten Favorite No Wave (or No Wave Adjacent) Albums

(These ten albums are either products of, descendants of, or immediate progenitors of the New York “No Wave” scene of the late 1970’s. I’ve listed them alphabetically by artist.)

 

  • Greed by Ambitious Lovers

  • Sleep It Off by Cristina

  • Press Color by Lizzy Mercier Descloux

  • Mundo Civilizado by Arto Lindsay

  • Optimo 12” by Liquid Liquid

  • World of Echo by Arthur Russell

  • Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

  • Suicide by Suicide

  • Born to Laugh at Tornadoes by Was (Not Was)

  • Off White by James White and the Blacks

— July 5, 2024


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