Category Archives: New Romantic

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 →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, New Romantic, Want List | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Two More CDs Coming Bring “Lament” 40th Anniversary Tally “Up To 11”

Posted on October 16, 2024 by postpunkmonk

The “Lament” 40th anniversary ultrabox that just arrived last month is something that I’ve just begun to get into in the last week of pseudo-normality. It was seven CDs and a DVD with the Steven Wilson 5.1 surround remix as … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, DVD, New Romantic, Record Store Day, Scots Rock, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | 17 Comments

Maybe It’s Time To Compile That Box Set: Produced By Midge Ure? [part 2]

Posted on September 11, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from this post] Today we’ll continue and hopefully finish looking at the career of PPM icon Midge Ure as a producer of other peoples records. We got into this a few weeks ago and I knew the timing was … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

Midge Ure Rocks His Canon At Alberta Rose Theater, Portland Oregon 8-25-24

Posted on September 3, 2024 by postpunkmonk

When I’m out of town (and not posting regularly) and my friends and commenters occasionally send emails to me that are for all the world posts that I would be making on PPM were I in their circumstances, the thought occurs; … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Concert Review, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | 7 Comments

Maybe It’s Time To Compile That Box Set: Produced By Midge Ure? [part 1]

Posted on August 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Today we’ll start looking at the career of PPM icon Midge Ure as a producer only. I swore that I’d already posted on this before, but inasmuch as I may have mentioned it, the nuts and bolts of it remained … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Re/Generation [Leah Lane + Peter Godwin] Revisit Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners”

Posted on August 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

When thoughts turned to Peter Godwin’s upcoming reissue of his Polydor material, the fact is that he’s been making new material that slipped by me. Due to last year being very distracting on the personal side of things. This was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Immaterial Music, New Romantic | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Maybe It’s Time To Fully Investigate Detroit Starrzz… Steve Strange’s Project That Flickered Into Life Then Vanished

Posted on July 30, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I’d posted ages ago about an ill-fated regroup of a Visage lineup by Steve Strange and a host of electro youngsters that was known as Visage MK II [though I’d personally have called them Visage MK III…]. But that never … Continue reading →

Posted in New Romantic, Record Review | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments