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Associates “Sulk” Ultrabox Aims For Excess…As Ever [part 3]

Posted on August 18, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Following the pensive “Skipping,” the album got a jolt of the closest it came to Rock energy with “It’s Better This Way.” Rankine’s anxious, ominous guitar chords proffered a cinematic foreshadowing of emotional dread in the … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2022, Alan Rankine, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, boxed set, Mike Hedges, Sulk | Leave a comment

Associates “Sulk” Ultrabox Aims For Excess…As Ever [part 2]

Posted on August 16, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The wizened chestnut “Gloomy Sunday” was perhaps the outlier to the band’s early days as a cabaret act who played working man’s clubs. The appearance of the Hungarian standard from the Thirties would be the only … Continue reading →

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Associates “Sulk” Ultrabox Aims For Excess…As Ever [part 1]

Posted on August 15, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Last week, the 40th Anniversary boxed set for Associates sumptuously heady “Sulk” arrived in my mail box and I’ve not yet been able to get past disc one, but we aim to dive deep into this classic right now, in … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2022, Alan Rankine, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, boxed set, Mike Hedges, Sulk | 3 Comments

It’s 2022: Time For The 40th Anniversary Ultrabox Of Associates’ Meisterwerk “Sulk”

Posted on March 30, 2022 by postpunkmonk

I’ve known about the 40th Anniversary DLX RM of Associates “Sulk” album for a few weeks now, but today is when it gets real for this Monk! This will be the fifth remastering of the crucial 1982 album; one of … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, Want List | Tagged 1982, 2022, Alan Rankine, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, BSOG, Sulk | 3 Comments

Billy MacKenzie: The Second Decade After [part 8]

Posted on February 3, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] As someone who had immediately acted in 1992 on buying “Outernational,” I was one of the lucky few [estimated 500 in the initial Circa 1992 edition] to have gotten copies. As Billy’s legacy had grown in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged 2006. 2010. 2013. 2016, 2020, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, DLX RM, Solo Album | 7 Comments

Billy MacKenzie Remixed [part 7]

Posted on February 1, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2003 brought a shake up to the already established Billy MacKenzie canon of posthumous releases. Nude records had cone out of business at the time, giving One Little Indian some of their catalog titles. In 2003, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock | Tagged 2004, 2005, Associates, Billy Mackenzie | 2 Comments

The Long Tail Of Billy MacKenzie [part 6]

Posted on January 29, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 6: Five Years… From 2001 to 2006 brought our ears a positive deluge of Billy MacKenzie music in the for of archival issues, compilations, and reissues. In 2001, Paul Haig’s Rhythm of Life label dropped another new album of … Continue reading →