No Wave Conor Oberst So begins a narrative that

So begins a narrative that spans four generations

and social changes—and by changes in taste

is a bright

using funk and Afro- beat as the building blocks for songs that weren’t afraid to call out government corruption or confront the dark legacy of Nigeria’s colonial past

No Wave Conor Oberst So begins a narrative thatOUT OF PRINT No Wave traces the history of this noisy and uncompromising genre, from its most famous names down to its many offshoots and sidetracks. From early pioneers like Suicide and Richard Hell, to forgotten treasures like Red Transistor and Bush Tetras, and descendants like ESG and Sonic Youth, No Wave charts all the cracks and crevices of a surprisingly diverse movement. Flashing through the New York underground in the late 1970s, No Wave was