With brittle, danceable classics, The Wake helped define
the 80s indiepop sound. Their influence can be heard on today's crop of pop, from The Radio Dept. to Wild Nothing, and The Drums. San Francisco trio Weekend are a blistering post punk wall of sound, rocket-fueled by volume, effects pedals and feedback. Their album Sports was one of 2011's most impressive debuts, indebted to the past yet making a confident din all its own.
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