Tag Archives: 2025

Dave Allen: 1955-2025

Posted on April 7, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Not 48 hours ago I had the urge to hear Shriekback. Many of you reading this might very well say, “not very surprising, Monk.” And you’d be correct, but that evening I pulled a very specific disc to play: “The … Continue reading →

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Ferry Bobs And Weaves Late In The Bout With “Loose Talk” Album With Amelia Barratt’s Spoken Word Texts

Posted on April 4, 2025 by postpunkmonk

This certainly came from left field. A completely unexpected development. It’s been seven years since Bryan Ferry‘s last release of songs. At the time I was floored by the “Bitter-Sweet” album he made with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra revisiting songs … Continue reading →

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French Artist Larsovitch Looks To The East With “Normal’No” EP

Posted on April 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

We got a new toy this week at PPM when we got wind of Larsovitch; a mononymous French performer with a new EP out on Bandcamp as well as physical goods on other labels a fortnight ago. Though late to … Continue reading →

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Monumental Words: Barry Andrews Of Shriekback Discusses Their New Album

Posted on April 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

We’ve been riding the Shriekback train for 42 years now, and my tour of duty with Barry Andrews himself dates back to the 1980 “League Of Gentlemen” for a 45 year run! While I’m open to interviewing anyone of interest … Continue reading →

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Shriekback Return With A Monument For The Now [part 2]

Posted on March 31, 2025 by postpunkmonk

A four-to-the-floor disco beat is not the typical Shriekback sonic garb but this was a case of the band making the best ironic dancefloor anthem since Pulp were administering CPR to Handbag. “Idiot Dancing” [hint: a clue] started out simmering … Continue reading →

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Shriekback Return With A Monument For The Now [part 1]

Posted on March 27, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Anyone who reads this knows that I follow the path of Shriekback rather closely. I consider them one of the intrinsic Post-Punk projects that have been in motion, variously now, for over 44 years. With only one duff album to … Continue reading →

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Gary Numan Turns Attention in 2025 to His Numa Label Releases With “Berserker” Box Now in Pre-Order First Out April 25th

Posted on March 24, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Though in 1978-80 I was a dyed-in-the-wool [if not hair] Gary Numan fan, owing to a single playback of “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” on the what-were-they-thinking FM Rock of the day, I will admit that by 1983 I’d moved on. I … Continue reading →

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