-
New In The Record Cell
-
-
Last 7 Posts
- Want List: Adam Steiner’s “Silhouettes + Shadows” Gets One Of Bowie’s Most Fascinating Albums Under The Microscope In Upcoming Book
- The Human League’s “Credo:” Still Vexing After All These Years
- ABC★★★ “Lexicon Of Love” Ultrabox Coming With LPs, Blu-Ray…But No CDs?
- The Metamorph Returns With Crisp, Unnerving Album Of Synthetic Dystopia Pierced With Shards Of Hope
- The Nits 50th Anniversary Show In Amsterdam Next Year Draws Monk Out Of Record Cell
- Want List: Stewart Copeland’s “Police Diaries” To Shed Light On the Band’s ‘Hungry Years’ Along With Demo CD
- Want List: Electronic Sounds #101 Offers The Blue Hit Of Space With Martyn Ware 7″
Last 7 Comments
- postpunkmonk on The Human League’s “Credo:” Still Vexing After All These Years
- Logan Sky on The Human League’s “Credo:” Still Vexing After All These Years
- chasinvictoria on The Human League’s “Credo:” Still Vexing After All These Years
- Jeremy Shatan on Want List: Adam Steiner’s “Silhouettes + Shadows” Gets One Of Bowie’s Most Fascinating Albums Under The Microscope In Upcoming Book
- postpunkmonk on Want List: Adam Steiner’s “Silhouettes + Shadows” Gets One Of Bowie’s Most Fascinating Albums Under The Microscope In Upcoming Book
- slur on Want List: Adam Steiner’s “Silhouettes + Shadows” Gets One Of Bowie’s Most Fascinating Albums Under The Microscope In Upcoming Book
- postpunkmonk on The Human League’s “Credo:” Still Vexing After All These Years
Feed Me
Month By Month
Categories
Category Archives: Ska
Terry Hall: 1959-2022
Yesterday I got home from work and was starting to get ready for dinner when I saw an email from commenter schwenko that simply said “Terry Hall, GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” That certainly hit out of the blue. I had not heard of … Continue reading
Posted in obituary, Ska
Tagged 2022, Bananarama, Fun Boy Three, Terry Hall, The Go-Gos, The Specials
21 Comments
80s Soundtrack Week: Tuesday – “Party Party” GER CD
Today’s album came from much earlier in the decade and came from a completely different mindset. Instead of US teens living in the “alternative music” scene of the mid-80s, our next soundtrack was from a British holiday comedy about a … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock, Ska, SOTD
Tagged 1982, A+M Records, Altered Images, Bananarama, Elvis Costello, Midge Ure, New Wave Cover Version, ska, soundtrack
10 Comments
“Checkered Past” Was A Tidy Look At The 2-Tone Label [part 2]
[…continued from last post] By the time that 2-Tone moved forward into 1980, the label’s acts began to sprawl from the focused retro Ska style into exotic new syntheses that found less favor on the British charts. The radical sophomore … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Ska
Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials
8 Comments
“Checkered Past” Was A Tidy Look At The 2-Tone Label [part 1]
Various Artists: The 2-Tone Collection – A Checkered Past – US – 2xCD [1993] Disc One The Special A.K.A.: Gangsters The Selecter: The Selecter Madness: The Prince The Selecter: On My Radio The Specials featuring Rico: A Message To You … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Ska
Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials
1 Comment
Song Of The Day: The Specials – Ghost Town
The Specials: Ghost Town US 12″ [1981] Ghost Town [extended version] Why? [extended version] Friday Night Saturday Morning “Ghost Town” was a non-LP single by The Specials that made a really big impact in 1981. The song was inspired by … Continue reading
They’ve All Gone …BEAT CRAZY!!
Joe Jackson Band: Beat Crazy US CD [1985] Beat Crazy One To One In Every Dream Home [A Nightmare] The Evil Eye Mad At You Crime Don’t Pay Someone Up There Battleground Biology Pretty Boys Fit It’s funny about Joe Jackson. … Continue reading
Post-Punk Monk 