An interesting series of articles -- but the analysis of the Wolf Parade song is just dead wrong. There's nothing polyrhythmic about it -- the song is in 3/4 throughout, Dave just hears the drummed quarter notes equally emphasized in the intro and assumes 4/4. But he's wrong.
(I am about the same age as Tom -- I'm 68 this year -- and followed a similar prog-to-punk path, just got into punk earlier than him.)