Category Archives: Canadian Content

Record Review: Trans-X – “Living On Video” GER 12″

Posted on June 17, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Trans-X: Living On Video – GER – 12″ [1983] All of this deep diving into Rational Youth has got me thinking about other Québecois Synthpop in Ye Olde Record Cell. Specifically, Montreal’s Trans-X! The middle eight of Rational Youth’s” City … Continue reading →

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Want List: Rational Youth – “Cold War Night Life” CAN DLX RM CD

Posted on March 12, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Rational Youth: “Cold War Night Life” CAN – CD [2019] As night follows day, today we are looking at the elephant in the room about yesterday’s posting. I was trying to post about the debut Men Without Hats EP and … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe That I Just Found Out About The OTHER Heaven 17…

Posted on March 11, 2021 by postpunkmonk

I was getting ready to write a quick post about Montreal’s technopop titans, Men Without Hats, when during the hasty [yet undeniably real] research portion of my post, I came across some new data that was slightly mind blowing! And … Continue reading →

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Record Review: M+M – The World Is A Ball DLX RM [part 3]

Posted on February 3, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Following the ferocity of “Don’t Jump the Gun,” “Stuck on The Grid” only retreats a smidgen in its intensity. Here, Mark Gane took the mic with his understated everyman -under-pressure delivery. Dick Smith was as busy as ever … Continue reading →

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Record Review: M+M – The World Is A Ball DLX RM [part 2]

Posted on February 2, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[“continued from last post] “Only You” was one of the three singles pulled from the album, and the bright open guitar chords that Mark Gane unleashed to fly like a shower of sparks over the dense, busy rhythms of Mike … Continue reading →

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Record Review: M+M – The World Is A Ball DLX RM [part 1]

Posted on February 1, 2017 by postpunkmonk

M + M [Martha + The Muffins] – The World is A Ball DLX RM Can CD [2017] The World Is A Ball I Watch • I Wait Watching The Boys Fall Down Only You By The Waters Of Babylon … Continue reading →

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Want List: Martha + The Muffins Crowdsource “The World Is A Ball” On CD

Posted on December 8, 2016 by postpunkmonk

M+M: The World Is A Ball GER LP [1986] Gloryoski! Just yesterday, I was at Pledge Music and started scanning the campaigns to see if I was missing out on anything and it transpired that Martha + The Muffins had … Continue reading →

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