Pylon: Chomp (1983)

Pylon are one of those bands held in great reverence by music critics and indie bands alike. They're definitely on the more challenging side, so I won't oversell them here; but there is no doubting their influence, and they do hold up as a solid example of intriguing, bracing early post-punk. And since their brief discography, in and out of print over the years, is now back up on Spotify and headed for a remastered box set later this year, figured they were worth a check-in.

Along with the B-52's...