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