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Associates “Sulk” Ultrabox Aims For Excess…As Ever [part 2]

Posted on August 16, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The wizened chestnut “Gloomy Sunday” was perhaps the outlier to the band’s early days as a cabaret act who played working man’s clubs. The appearance of the Hungarian standard from the Thirties would be the only … Continue reading →

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Associates “Sulk” Ultrabox Aims For Excess…As Ever [part 1]

Posted on August 15, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Last week, the 40th Anniversary boxed set for Associates sumptuously heady “Sulk” arrived in my mail box and I’ve not yet been able to get past disc one, but we aim to dive deep into this classic right now, in … Continue reading →

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Crucial Rupert Hine Solo Albums Remastered And Reissued In New Box

Posted on August 12, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Great news. Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings label has given new life to the three A+M solo albums by Rupert Hine that preceded his run of the [also amazing] Thinkman albums. The last time these came in print was in 2001 … Continue reading →

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Has It Been A Dozen Years on WordPress Already?

Posted on August 10, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Gosharootie. I just logged into my dashboard this morning for a look under the hood of PPM and to what to my won’dring eyes did appear, but a badge proclaiming that I’d been blogging on WordPress for a stately dozen … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Robert Fripp – “League Of Gentlemen” US LP [part 2]

Posted on August 9, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] One of the most astonishing songs here, “Eye Needles,” was built on urgent tick-tock rhythms played furiously on keys that had Fripp soloing with a shower of double picked notes before hanging back to beefier chords … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Robert Fripp – “League Of Gentlemen” US LP [part 1]

Posted on August 8, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Robert Fripp’s “Drive To 1981” culminated in a trio of albums for that most significant year. The first out of the box was perhaps the most surprising of the Fripp albums of that period. “The League Of Gentlemen” was a … Continue reading →

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New Wave Blind Spots: Squeeze

Posted on August 4, 2022 by postpunkmonk

There’s almost 2500 posts at PPM and this is the first one on Squeeze. There’s a reason for that. In all candor, they were never a group that really excited me in any way. I know many at the time … Continue reading →

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