Category Archives: 30 Days – 30 Albums

30 Days: 30 Albums | Various – Rebel Rebel – A Tribute To David Bowie [Uncut]

Posted on September 2, 2013 by postpunkmonk

I’m not one of those people who buys those UK mags with a CD attached to the cover with a strip of gookum. Too rich for my blood. The last UK music rag I had the time for was Q … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Sølyst – Lead

Posted on September 1, 2013 by postpunkmonk

This was another album I bought out of the blue, just because of the label it was issued on. I had no idea who or what Sølyst was. The cover looked nice and threatening, in the finest possible way, but in … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Conrad Schnitzler – CON 3

Posted on August 31, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Well, it’s three days later and I’m puttin’ on the Schnitz’ again! I really enjoyed the first Conrad Schnitzler album I heard. How would this one fare? # 12 • Conrad Schnitzler: CON 3 GER DLX RM CD [2012] Kohlen … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Lloyd Cole / Hans-Joachim Roedelius – Selected Studies Vol. 1

Posted on August 30, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Please tell me that after the last two posts, you saw this one coming like the proverbial freight train. When I first heard of this pairing I though it was one of the more provocative teamings I could have ever … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Lloyd Cole – Don’t Get Weird On Me, Babe

Posted on August 29, 2013 by postpunkmonk

This was an album I always wanted to get but for various and sundry, it didn’t happen for 22 years. I quickly snapped up the first pair of Commotions albums, but to this day i’ve never heard “Mainstream.” The single … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Roedelius – Offene Türen

Posted on August 28, 2013 by postpunkmonk

The minimalism of this 1982 offering by Hans-Joachim Roedelius even extends to the cover art, where it seems the the artiste himself did the honors with a blue fountain pen. “Offene Türen” [“Open Doors”] consists of a dozen, brief compositions … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Conrad Schnitzler – Consequenz

Posted on August 27, 2013 by postpunkmonk

I approach Conrad Schnitzler from a strange tangent. I first heard of him nearly 30 years ago, not by following the music press, but by reading comic books. 30+ years ago my friend Tom recommended a series serialized in the … Continue reading →

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