Category Archives: Core Collection

Releases by groups that make up the serious bulk of my music collection. There are bands that I have been collecting for around 30 years or so.

Mitch Easter + Gang To Revisit Let’s Active Catalog Of Prime Pop/Rock Next Month In Winston-Salem

Posted on October 22, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Great Googley Moogley! Last Friday I got a text message from my wacky neighbor Steve. His buddy had just gotten him a ticket to see Let’s Active and he was mentioning it to me. As we’d enjoyed the dBs show … Continue reading →

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Ultravox Go There: “The Collection” In Ultrabox Form Coming In December ’25

Posted on October 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Knock me over with a feather! When the Blank + Jones remix EP of “Love’s Great Adventure” manifested last month I mistakenly pegged it for the very last tracks to be issued from the “Lament” ultrabox campaign. What it really … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged , , , , | 32 Comments

Steven Jones And Fluid Japan Lovingly Scratch An Elegant Post-Punk Itch With New Single “Truth”

Posted on October 13, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Timing, as they say, is everything. On September 24th, I reviewed the latest offerings from both Fluid Japan and one of their collaborative efforts. Wouldn’t you know it, the very next day another Fluid Japan collaboration was released and I … Continue reading →

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Thomas Dolby Expands His “Iconic” 80s Recollections Tour Nationwide

Posted on October 8, 2025 by postpunkmonk

When we last looked it felt like Professor Thomas Dolby was taking a quick Fall Break Tour in between classes at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches. But the Prof. is taking time off for a much wider tour judging … Continue reading →

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Heaven 17 Drop First New Single In 9 Years With Sleek “There’s Something About You”

Posted on October 6, 2025 by postpunkmonk

What do I often say? That it’s better to be late than never? That goes quintuple when the new Heaven 17 single is being discussed! We loved the last H17 singles to come our way in…[whistles] 2014 and 2016! “Pray” … Continue reading →

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Ultravox Release Blank + Jones so80s Reconstruction Remix of “Love’s Great Adventure”

Posted on September 29, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Following the expansive 11 disc reissue program Chrysalis Catalogue undertook for the “Lament” album by Ultravox, It’s astonishing that anything was left over but October 17th sees the release of a new EP of “Love’s Great Adventure” with several loose … Continue reading →

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ZTT Royalty Frankie Goes To Hollywood + Propaganda Get 40th Anniversary BSOG/Blu-Ray Treatments

Posted on September 23, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Sometimes you are on the road when big news drops. I’ve been in the middle of a whirlwind for the last month or two [as if one couldn’t tell from the lack of posting here at PPM], and when news … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, BSOG, Core Collection, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps, Your Prog Roots Are Showing | 30 Comments