Best Rough
The Fall’s “Grotesque (After the Gramme)” is a significant post-punk release from 1980. This Rough Trade album marked The Fall’s introduction to a wider audience and achieved a number one position on the UK Independent Chart. Known for its intensely rhythmic, angular guitar work and Mark E. Smith's...
Cabaret Voltaire’s “The Voice of America” is a pivotal 1980 post-punk album produced at their Western Works studio in Sheffield. The record’s stark industrial sound and politically charged lyrics—reflecting anxieties about technology and societal breakdown—established the band as significant voices...
British Sea Power’s “The Decline of British Sea Power” (2003) is a significant post-punk revival album. Its atmospheric soundscapes and layered instrumentation draw heavily on classic bands like The Cure and Joy Division while forging its own distinctive identity. The record's success helped popular...
The Raincoats’ 1981 album, Odyshape, is a significant post-punk record. It showcases the band’s experimental approach blending angular rhythms with unusual instrumentation like gamelan music. Robert Wyatt and Charles Hayward's contributions are notable, adding depth to this challenging and influent...
"New Picnic Time" is the third studio album by the Cleveland-based art-punk band Pere Ubu, released in 1979 on Chrysalis Records. The record marks the band's final album with original guitarist Tom Herman until his return in the 1990s. It pushes further into experimental rock, incorporating complex...
Described by American entomologist Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1876, Trachyrhachys aspera is a North American grasshopper species inhabiting arid western plains.
A scorpion from Asia described by Birula in 1913, with its Latin name 'asperrimus' meaning 'very rough,' referring to its textured exoskeleton.
