Tag Archives: 2025

Figures On A Beach Resurface 34 Years Later With Lost Demo Of “Play”

Posted on October 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

It was some time on September 19th when stealing a glance [all I can muster lately] at the trouser Press Forum that I was alerted to the fact that there was a “new” Figures On A Beach single available for … Continue reading →

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Sextile and Automatic Touch Down At Grey Eagle Asheville [9-29-25] And Rock The House

Posted on September 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Last night was a little different for me. Last Thursday, I received the email from The Grey Eagle, my main live local venue. As usual, I scanned the wealth of Americana/Jam Band listings to stop on photos of artists who … Continue reading →

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Ultravox Release Blank + Jones so80s Reconstruction Remix of “Love’s Great Adventure”

Posted on September 29, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Following the expansive 11 disc reissue program Chrysalis Catalogue undertook for the “Lament” album by Ultravox, It’s astonishing that anything was left over but October 17th sees the release of a new EP of “Love’s Great Adventure” with several loose … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia Deathstar Tackle The Large Problem On Incisive And Defiant Album “They Kill The Flame” [pt. 2]

Posted on September 26, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post…] I had previously encountered “The Ground Belongs To Me” on the “Mutant Electro: Generation Blitz Volume 4” compilation that came out earlier this year but the heavy Discofunk rework that Sons Of Ken remixed had done … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia Deathstar Tackle The Large Problem On Incisive And Defiant Album “They Kill The Flame” [pt. 1]

Posted on September 25, 2025 by postpunkmonk

A someone born in the sixties, I thank my lucky stars that I made it through the education process before it had been hollowed out by politicians determined to have a populace incapable of critical thought as well making higher … Continue reading →

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Fluid Japan Explore Brightly Lit Dark Areas + Team Up With Rainsurfer In New Singles

Posted on September 24, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I’ve been hitting the road so hard lately that I can barely keep up with buying things that I’m interested in. And then there’s the time to actually listen to them! Case in point, The last two Fridays have seen … Continue reading →

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The Monk Was In A Metal Mood: Or, How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Judas Priest – Live @PNC Music Pavilion – Sept. 20th, 2025

Posted on September 22, 2025 by postpunkmonk

MONASTIC ROCK ROOTS I never have been too much of a Metal fan in my time. But perhaps a weird outlier in my musical development was the fact that the first “favorite band” I ever had were the hard + … Continue reading →

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