Context: As the initial punk movement dwindled, vibrant new scenes began to coalesce out of a variety of bands pursuing experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory in their work. Many of these artists drew on backgrounds in art and viewed their music as invested in particular political or aesthetic agendas. British music publications such as the NME and Sounds developed an influential part in this nascent post-punk culture, with writers like Jon Savage, Paul Morley and Ian Penman developing a dense (and often playful) style of criticism that drew on critical theory, radical politics and an eclectic variety of other sources.

Question: When the punk movement started shrinking, what began to fill the void left by their demise?
Answer: vibrant new scenes

Question: What territory did the post-punk bands pursue in their works?
Answer: wider conceptual

Question: What nationality's music magazines had an influential part of post-punk culture?
Answer: British

Question: What professional is Ian Penman known from?
Answer: writers

Question: What kind of background did many of the initial post-punk artists have?
Answer: art

Question: Who were well known authors covering the post-punk era?
Answer: Jon Savage, Paul Morley and Ian Penman

Question: What were popular post-punk culture media sources?
Answer: NME and Sounds

Question: What were the bands coming in on the heels of post-punk beginning to sound like?
Answer: experimental sounds and wider conceptual territory

Question: What was a common background of post-punk musicians?
Answer: backgrounds in art

Question: What was a common theme to post-punk music?
Answer: political or aesthetic agendas

Question: What happened as the pot-punk movement dwindled?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did American music magazines have an influence on? See later
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What fueled the many postpunk artists go into?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What American writers developed a dense style of criticism?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What caused the punk movement to increase in popularity?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What career did Paul Morley avoid?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What nationality's music magazines did not have an influential part of post-punk culture?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What styles of criticism were not used by writers?
Answer: Unanswerable