Category Archives: Immaterial Music

Corn-Fed New Wave: Pittsburgh’s The Affordable Floors’ Elegant Pop Still Works Thirty Years Later [pt. 2]

[…continued from last post] The Affordable Floors released their second album two year later, in 1989 and instead of co-producing with T.J. Wilkins, the band brought in Al Synder [Corbin Hanner Band] to share production with the band. A lot … Continue reading

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Just Three Weeks Later Fluid Japan Serve A Fourth Sophisticated Single: “You Shut Down”

Fluid Japan: You Shut Down – US – DL [2023] Fluid Japan are not wasting any time in drip feeding us a series of elegant Art Rock singles. Their stunning “Afterlife” was released on March 10th and now there’s a … Continue reading

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Vicious Pink Phenomena Caught In Live Snapshot From 1982 As A Download

Gloryoski! I recently found a still zipped DL on my file server that dated back to about a year ago, when there was much moving of the needle on the Vicious Pink legacy with their fabbo “West View” compilation. There … Continue reading

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Fluid Japan Populate An Elegant “Afterlife” With Their Art Rock Chops

Sometime it’s hell keeping a secret! Especially one you’d prefer to shout from the rooftops! In the case of the group Fluid Japan, I first encountered their member Todd Lewis [vox, synth, bass, drum programming] when he had played bass … Continue reading

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Steve Jones + Logan Sky Smolder With “This Intensity”

We were away on a rare instance of travel these days when the neü Steven Jones + Logan Sky EP dropped on March 3rd. So we had to catch up a few days later upon returning home. “This Intensity” will … Continue reading

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Gardening By Moonlight “Method In The Madness” Still Not On CD, But It IS A Digital Download

Good news for modern man! One of the earliest obscure but potent albums it was my pleasure to champion in the early days of PPM is once more available, and in digital format. “Method In The Madness” from Gardening By … Continue reading

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Man Parrish + Steven Jones Find The Romance In Outer Space With “Sunset On Mars”

When I think of Man Parrish, my mind goes to NYC Electro and the fascinating flashpoint where musicians sparked up by the innovation of Kraftwerk and the emergence of Hip Hop started synthesizing new subgenres in the early 80s as … Continue reading

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