Category Archives: Record Review

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

Steven Jones And Fluid Japan Lovingly Scratch An Elegant Post-Punk Itch With New Single “Truth”

Posted on October 13, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Timing, as they say, is everything. On September 24th, I reviewed the latest offerings from both Fluid Japan and one of their collaborative efforts. Wouldn’t you know it, the very next day another Fluid Japan collaboration was released and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Immaterial Music, Record Review | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Deena Shoshkes Of The Cucumbers Has A New EP To Give Us Some Uplift

Posted on October 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Yay! It’s a happy time when Hoboken’s Pop Goddess Deena Shoshkes of primo New Wave band The Cucumbers has new music out to soothe our savage breast. You don’t need me to tell you that were are heading into troubled … Continue reading →

Posted in Immaterial Music, Record Review | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Kaspar Hauser Pull Back From The Brink Of History With “Live At The Zone Art Center” CD From 43 Years Ago

Posted on October 9, 2025 by postpunkmonk

One of the many benefits of living as long as I have is the ability to see what we call “orphaned albums” finally reach the ears of listeners sometimes decades after they had been recorded. Some of these are legendary … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Heaven 17 Drop First New Single In 9 Years With Sleek “There’s Something About You”

Posted on October 6, 2025 by postpunkmonk

What do I often say? That it’s better to be late than never? That goes quintuple when the new Heaven 17 single is being discussed! We loved the last H17 singles to come our way in…[whistles] 2014 and 2016! “Pray” … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Immaterial Music, Record Review, Tourdates | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Head Noise Go There…With A Re-write Of A DEVO Cover On “Working On A Laptop”

Posted on October 3, 2025 by postpunkmonk

This has been the kind of summer where I have been so busy I’ve forgotten that I pre-ordered releases! Now when the pre-order is for physical goods, that’s easy to deal with. We ignore it until a package arrives int … Continue reading →

Posted in Immaterial Music, Record Review | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

A COAT Plow A Singular Furrow Of Idiosyncratic Pop With Self-Titled Debut Album

Posted on October 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I’d not heard of the band A COAT before, but when word of them came over the transom, I had the spare minute to sample the wares on Bandcamp and I was immediately smitten by the poise and wit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Immaterial Music, Record Review | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Nostalgia Deathstar Tackle The Large Problem On Incisive And Defiant Album “They Kill The Flame” [pt. 2]

Posted on September 26, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post…] I had previously encountered “The Ground Belongs To Me” on the “Mutant Electro: Generation Blitz Volume 4” compilation that came out earlier this year but the heavy Discofunk rework that Sons Of Ken remixed had done … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment