Category Archives: Live Music

Nits Enthrall For Their Golden Jubilee Concert At Royal Theatre Carré [part 3]

Posted on May 6, 2024 by postpunkmonk

…continued from last post Following a first set built around the new “Tree House Fire” EP, Nits opened their second half of their concert with the ebullient title track to 1994’s “dA dA dA.” While the lyrics always had the … Continue reading →

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Nits Enthrall For Their Golden Jubilee Concert At Royal Theatre Carré [part 2]

Posted on May 3, 2024 by postpunkmonk

…continued from last post As we made our way back to our seats, we noted that we were sitting near the sound and light board so we couldn’t help top notice that the Telman brothers; Paul and Tom were at … Continue reading →

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Nits Enthrall For Their Golden Jubilee Concert At Royal Theatre Carré [part 1]

Posted on April 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I’ve barely raised the topic of the great Dutch band Nits on this blog in the nearly 15 years we’ve been frantically hitting the keyboard. Last year when I found out about the NIT50 show we attended April 13th, 2024, … Continue reading →

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UK’s Record Store Day 2024 Still Surprises

Posted on February 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

There were so many things of interest in the US that that I wondered… if the US was getting the Core Collection likes of OMD and Ultravox, what, if anything, would be UK-only items of interest? I needn’t have worried, … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing Record Store Day 2024

Posted on February 28, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Wait, what’s that low rumble I hear in the distance? Could it be the throngs of music geeks converging to queue for their favorite holiday, now it its 17th year? Ooof! That makes me feel even older to think that … Continue reading →

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Savage Republic Captured The Paradox of Post-Punk In SoCal ’81

Posted on February 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

When I think back to 1981, I was listening to a lot of WPRK-FM. College radio from Rollins College; a tony private college in Winter Park, Florida that had much better programming than the offerings from the State University that … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey” Album More Than Just A Victory Lap

Posted on December 4, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was a few weeks ago that I received the CD of Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live At Paisley Abbey” that my good friend chasinvictoria ordered for me and while the last month or two has seen my … Continue reading →

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