Blog: NPR Music: Monitor Mix

First, there were the originators: Kraftwerk, Neu!, The Cure, Joy Division, Gang of Four, The Sonics, The Wailers and Link Wray, to name but a few. From electronic to post-punk to garage and blues, each genre had its own progenitors and its own set of prominent years. And then, more recently, each of these sounds had a resurrection. But before the tidal wave of revivalists, before Interpol and Bloc Party paraded around like post-punks and before The White Stripes re-ignited garage, there were artists who had already borrowed, re-imagined and paid tribute. These bands -- like The [...]