With hooks galore and a post-punk edginess, the band's aggressive sound proves uber-catchy.

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Fans of 1970s post-punk band The Durutti Column have rallied round to help frontman Vini Reilly after three strokes left him unable to pay bills.

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For a man who can pump out such blistering, no-nonsense post-punk hard rock, the air of the more mannered art-school rocker hangs thickly around Jack White.

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Hailed in the 1980s as Canada's answer to Paul Westerberg, Soria performed with his post-punk band The Nils, which drew comparisons to Husker Du and The Replacements.

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Its dystopian sensibility, international range of sounds, and smart, chic nod to the some of most respected innovators of '80s new wave and post-punk music results in a memorably stirring entry into the budding genre of indie-rock world music.

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Post-punk also factors into the mix.

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On its first two albums, Sweden's Shout Out Louds followed a similar formula by updating the dour post-punk of bands like The Cure and Joy Division with ragged guitar riffs, clean production and girl-boy vocal harmonies from singers Bebban Stenborg and Adam Olenius.

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