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Richard Hell and the Voidoids were at the forefront of the New York punk scene. Hell, who had done time with Television and Johnny Thunders the Heartbreakers, elevated the punk art form on the first album, but then struggled to follow it up with Destiny Street five years later. This was at a time when punk/New Wave bands (see The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads) were cranking albums out at about one (sometimes two) a year.
The expanded and remastered double disc reissue
Destiny Street Complete (Omnivore) features three versions of the same album 1982 s original
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The Avalanches celebrated and reframed their legacy on Friday - but one big omission left fans confused.
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The third album by The Avalanches,
We Will Always Love You, arrived as a glimmer of light at the end of a long, dark, COVID-infected tunnel.
Its boundless optimism was a panacea for the Australian music community still reeling from its annus horribilis and it was a surprise to no one that the pair nabbed the J Award for Album of the Year. I think I can speak for a lot of people in Australia when I say we fucking needed it.
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