Tag Archives: 2024

There’s Nothing Quite Like Citizen Vinyl – The Alpha And Omega Of Record Production + Sales

Posted on July 3, 2024 by postpunkmonk

After returning from our trip to Europe in April, my wife and I were visiting the various art galleries dotting the Asheville landscape and stopped for a snack and beverage at the Battery Park Book Exchange + Champagne Bar. While … Continue reading →

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Tot Taylor’s New Single Puts A Damper On Rishi’s Reign

Posted on July 2, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Things are rough all over. Multiple fronts are being battered by hurricanes, tornados, and facsism has its claws embedded in places where it was previously unheard of as generations far removed from the grim realities of its practice 80 + … Continue reading →

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New Single and UK Tourdates For Countess Of Fife in July

Posted on July 1, 2024 by postpunkmonk

The kettle’s on the boil for Fay Fife and her alt-country project The Countess Of Fife this July. Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the streets. The Glaswegian band make their first assault on the capital … Continue reading →

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Monk Agog As Ultravox “Lament” Ultrabox Drops With Multiple Surround Formats

Posted on June 27, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Well, we knew that there would be a Lament” ultrabox sooner or later after the implications of the RSD Steven Wilson remix EP that managed to drop my jaw on the floor as I went from “will I buy it?” … Continue reading →

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Altered Images Get Another DLX Remastering To [Hopefully] Correct Long-Standing Flaws

Posted on June 25, 2024 by postpunkmonk

I was just checking in last week to see if the Altered Images 2xCD of “Bite” was still available when I saw that, Boy Howdy, Edsel/Demon [them again] were currently turning their attention to the first two Altered Images albums. … Continue reading →

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Rusty Egan’s Blitz Playlist Can Be Yours To Take Home In New Boxed Set

Posted on June 24, 2024 by postpunkmonk

After 43 years this Monk still feels the gravitational pull of the New Romantic movement. The push and pull of the music associated with it still remains the North Star that guides my taste in music. Looking back I almost … Continue reading →

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The Twistettes say: “Tory C***s” Are Still Running The World…But Not For Long!

Posted on June 21, 2024 by postpunkmonk

This came in over the transom a while back and today it’s released to a waiting world, just in time for the General Election in the UK. The Twistettes are a powerful Scots sister duo [Nicky D’Arc on drums and … Continue reading →

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