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Record Shopping Road Trip: Monk Turns Over New Leaf At Time Traveler Records

Posted on September 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

So last week I was on vacation. I’ve touched down back to work for a few days, so now we can blog. You may know the rules of PPM, but if you don’t it’s easy: we blog during our lunch … Continue reading →

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Pulp Offer Pure Pop For Pulp People With “More” [pt. 2]

Posted on August 22, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] It was pretty cheeky of Jarvis Cocker to pilfer an iconic John Foxx song title for “My Sex,” but the important thing was…how was he going to stamp his imprint on such a loaded title? By … Continue reading →

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Pulp Offer Pure Pop For Pulp People With “More” [pt. 1]

Posted on August 21, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Pulp: More. – US – CD [2025] So Pulp’s “More.” dropped two months ago,” but I’ve been busy paying out travel costs from this month through Rocktober, so buying new music is not a high priority. Except for the fact … Continue reading →

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When It Rains, It Pours…Shriekback Stock Merch Store To The Gills With New/Old Albums And …Shirts

Posted on August 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

When we last reported on the new Shriekback album, “Monument” there was some confusion over the hows and whys of distribution. Like usual, the album was crowdsourced but this time, I never caught wind of this possibly due to natural … Continue reading →

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New European Synth Collective A State Of Flux Tries On The Grey Suit For Dystopic Ultravox Cover

Posted on August 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Yesterday I got a submission to the contact form that certainly raised an eyebrow…or three. The mysterious Euro collective A State Of Flux joined with Stefan Netschio of Beborn Beton and Pete Burns [no, not that Pete Burns] of Kill … Continue reading →

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Speaking Of China Crisis, Get Ready For An Expanded 10th Anniversary Reissue of “Autumn In The Neighbourhood”

Posted on August 14, 2025 by postpunkmonk

So yes, we finally saw China Crisis live as part of the Lost 80s Live tour, and now we are happy to report that the still scarce, self released album “Autumn In The Neighbourhood,” will get a 10th anniversary reissue. … Continue reading →

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Lost 80s Live A Virtual Top 40 Of New Wave [part 4]

Posted on August 13, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] GENERAL PUBLIC Another of my several musical deficits to be addressed by this show was my failure to see Dave Wakeling sing in person! My brightest flame burned for all three Beat albums, but he actually … Continue reading →

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