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    Post-punk, rock classics and the sound of the suburbs.

    Strogino, Moscow, a winter night, December 2023. Photo: Artyom Svetlov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
    Strogino, Moscow, a winter night, December 2023. Photo: Artyom Svetlov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Music

    The Russian doomer wave: how post-punk from the suburbs took over Western playlists

    Cheap synths, concrete courtyards and lyrics most listeners cannot understand — yet millions of them press play. A field guide to the sound, its cities, and the five tracks to start with.

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