Tag Archives: 1992

Corn-Fed New Wave: Pittsburgh’s The Affordable Floors’ Elegant Pop Still Works Thirty Years Later [pt. 2]

[…continued from last post] The Affordable Floors released their second album two year later, in 1989 and instead of co-producing with T.J. Wilkins, the band brought in Al Synder [Corbin Hanner Band] to share production with the band. A lot … Continue reading

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Making Up For Lost Time In The 90s With Associates [part 3]

Part 3: Obsession MAGNIFICENT… With my perceptions permanently altered by my encounter with Associates, I really started purchasing vinyl records once again after pretty much a five year layoff. By the early 90s, it was apparent that whole swaths of … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 19]

[…continued from last post] Following the flat commercial prospects of the “Springtime For The World” campaign, The Blow Monkeys did the honorable thing and called it a day approximately a decade into their lifespan. Reasoning that the releases were not … Continue reading

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Record Review: It’s Immaterial Album Shimmers After Almost 30 Years Tucked Away In A Closet [part 3]

[…continued from last post] We just reviewed an album with a song titled “Tell Me Why” and here’s another one already in our queue. The songs could not be more different. Only the ubiquitous early 90s shuffle beat points back … Continue reading

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Record Review: It’s Immaterial Album Shimmers After Almost 30 Years Tucked Away In A Closet [part 2]

It’s Immaterial: House For Sale – UK – CD [2020] Summer Rain Kind Words Just North of here Downriver Tell Me Why Up On The Roof The Gift Of Rain I Can’t Sleep In My Dreams How Can I Tell … Continue reading

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Record Review: It’s Immaterial Album Shimmers After Almost 30 Years Tucked Away In A Closet [part 1]

At the very least, It’s Immaterial can be said to have a public profile that comes with having a top 20 British single in the quixotic “Driving Away From Home.” That song was a  high point of the bathetic and … Continue reading

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Record Review: Andy Summers + Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked US CD

Andy Summers + Robert Fripp: I Advance Masked – US – CD [1992] I Advance Masked Under Bridges of Silence China – Yellow Leader In The Cloud Forest New Marimba Girl On A Swing Hardy Country The Truth Of Skies … Continue reading

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