Tag Archives: 2024

Trump Shot…Biden Out Of Election…Earth Tilts On Axis…Cats Laying Down With Dogs…And Peter Godwin’s Polydor Era Is Finally On The Silver Disc!

Posted on July 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

It was two years ago when the Polydor era of Peter Godwin’s solo career finally reached the downloading and streaming public with the “Dance Emotions” and “Correspondence” releases, even though it seems like only yesterday. At the time, I was … Continue reading →

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Jemaur Tayle Steps Away From Shelleyan Orphan To Ignite Vamberator With Boris Williams

Posted on July 26, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I first heard Shelleyan Orphan on MTVs 120 Minutes with “Southern Bess [A Field Holler]”and was immediately smitten with the bucolic Chamber Pop music the duo of Jemaur Tayle and Caroline Crawley were crafting. I loved the interplay of his … Continue reading →

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Autumn Comes Early This Year With Exquisite “Catacombs” Single

Posted on July 25, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I get a lot of incoming email that sometimes we don’t have the time to parse due to…life, the universe, and everything. In spite of the .com in the URL here, PPM is not a business. It’s a passion project … Continue reading →

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Modern English Maintain The Standards Of Post-Punk Admirably With “1 2 3 4”

Posted on July 24, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I have a shameful past concerning Modern English. For a band that is such a strong element of the foundation of Post-Punk and New Wave I have never had one of their albums! It’s not that I disliked what I … Continue reading →

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Record Signing Road Trip: Modern English @ Schoolkids Records – Raleigh

Posted on July 23, 2024 by postpunkmonk

So the weekend before last was the Totally Tubular Festival in Raleigh. Great fun, but one of the nicest features of the weekend was finally meeting up with Todd Lewis of Fluid Japan. We had the day after the show … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Chaz’s Bull City Records – Durham, NC

Posted on July 22, 2024 by postpunkmonk

So there I was in Hillsborough, NC the Friday night before the Totally Tubular Festival in Raleigh on the 13th. I woke up at a luxuriously late 7:30 but still had many hours to eat breakfast and recon with my … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn’s Dove Blood Debut With EP That Leaves Us Wanting More

Posted on July 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

We got an interesting promo over the transom last week and today sees it released in all of those platforms where one can hear music, with a nod to Bandcamp or the iTunes store if you actually want to send … Continue reading →

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