Category Archives: Live Music

2024: The Year In Buying Music [part 2]

Posted on December 30, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2024 BUYING STATS Total titles purchased: 185 [↑78% 2023]Total expenditures: $1201.55 [↑87% 2023]Average cost: $6.25/title [↑3.6% 2023] I spent a lot of money on music this year. More than I have in a while and more … Continue reading →

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The Visage Train Keeps On Rolling With The Least Likely Live Album Ever [part 2]

Posted on December 18, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I must admit that “Mind Of A Toy” has never been my go-to Visage jam, but the live version here was more direct and impactful, with a crispness that the effete album version just didn’t get … Continue reading →

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The Visage Train Keeps On Rolling With The Least Likely Live Album Ever [part 1]

Posted on December 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

We’ve been thrilled with the Visage final wave of activity from 2013 which concluded too swiftly with the death of Steve Strange in 2015. But the impact of that period is still causing waves to lap at the shores of … Continue reading →

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The Lilac Time’s “Astronauts” Prepare For Launch In Expansive DLX RM Later This Month

Posted on November 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

It was almost two years ago when we wrote about the DLX RM of The Lilac Time’s “Astronauts” album being prepped by Needle Mythology; Pete Paphides’ well curated label whose name was in fact taken from a Stephen Duffy song … Continue reading →

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Two New Visage Albums Delight In 2024 – Just When We Need Perking Up

Posted on October 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

This Tuesday afternoon, I was minding my business, coming to grips with returning to what was a somewhat normal schedule following hurricane Helene, when I thought to look in my junk mail folder for the first time in weeks. I … Continue reading →

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TVLKINGHEVDS:77 Ultrabox Prepping For Launch

Posted on September 20, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Okay. so I’ve been busy. Work and home is buzzing with activity, not to mention faint signs of a social life, so can you blame me for just finding out today from commenter schwenko that there’s a new ultrabox vying … Continue reading →

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Monk Agog As Ultravox “Lament” Ultrabox Drops With Multiple Surround Formats

Posted on June 27, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Well, we knew that there would be a Lament” ultrabox sooner or later after the implications of the RSD Steven Wilson remix EP that managed to drop my jaw on the floor as I went from “will I buy it?” … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, BSOG, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, DVD, Live Music, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments