Category Archives: Record Review

Releases that get the scrutiny of The Post-Punk Monk.

Merry Christmas Mr. Linton: Fluid Japan And Jan Linton Team Once More For Cover Of “Forbidden Colours”

Posted on December 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Jan Linton + Fluid Japan: Forbidden Colours – HK/US – DL [2025] Last winter we enjoyed the crystalline beauty of Fluid Japan’s cover of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,” where Fluid Japan, working with a piano recording by Reiko … Continue reading →

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Bob Gaulke Still Maxing Out His Credit Cards – With Shriekback’s Help This Time On A Trio Of Releases [pt. 3]

Posted on December 29, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Bob Gaulke: When Are These Not Difficult Times? – US – CD-R [2025] Bob Gaulke released a third disc concurrently with “(S)words” and “(detail)” last summer on June 6th. Like “(S)words,” it featured Hans [The Dutch] … Continue reading →

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Bob Gaulke Still Maxing Out His Credit Cards – With Shriekback’s Help This Time On A Trio Of Releases [pt. 2]

Posted on December 23, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Bob Gaulke: (S)words – US – CD-R [2025] “Our Tiny Struggle” began with the emphatic piano rhythm courtesy of Mr. Barry Andrews boring a hole in our brain that wouldn’t let go as Gil Olivera on … Continue reading →

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Bob Gaulke Still Maxing Out His Credit Cards – With Shriekback’s Help This Time On A Trio Of Releases [pt. 1]

Posted on December 22, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Bob Gaulke is an interesting guy! He’s a very busy musician with 34 releases in the last decade. Nine of those were released in 2022 alone! I happened to really get to know Bob on the occasion of his tribute … Continue reading →

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Sparks Got “Mad!” and “Madder!” In 2025 [pt. 2]

Posted on December 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I was immediately enraptured by the formalist fortissimo of “I-405 Rules.” An almost Rococo, orchestrally driven expansion of their “L’il Beethoven®” ethos as resulting in a paean to their local Interstate highway. The subtlety of the … Continue reading →

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Sparks Got “Mad!” and “Madder!” In 2025 [pt. 1]

Posted on December 17, 2025 by postpunkmonk

While it’s true Sparks new album, “Mad!” was released on May 23rd, I was hung up on the domestic issues I struggled with on a daily basis this year. I did not actually buy their new CD until August 10th, … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Adele Bertei – When It’s Over 12″

Posted on December 16, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Adele Bertei: When It’s Over – UK – 12″ [1985] I will admit to being wrongly biased against Adele Bertei and it all came down to first hearing her [intentionally] strident performance on Thomas Dolby’s obnoxious single “Hyperactive” where she … Continue reading →

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