101 Amazing Post-Punk / New Wave Songs You Should Hear

Hi Music Explorers! Post-punk is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and diverse influences. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented with sources including electronic music and black styles like dub, funk, free jazz, and disco; novel recording and production techniques; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. These aren't the same 20 New Wave songs you here on retro radio! How many of these songs have you heard?