Tag Archives: Billy Mackenzie

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 →

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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 →

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Billy MacKenzie: The Posthumous Era [part 4]

Posted on January 26, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 4: The Aftermath… Billy’s mother Lily had died the previous summer and the already mercurial singer was capable of wild mood swings as his attitude to his singing career had already showed. On January 22nd, 1997, he went into … Continue reading →

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My Tragically Late Recognition of Associates Changed Everything [part 2]

Posted on January 24, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 2: The EPIPHANY… As we was in said last post, I had many opportunities to be exposed to both Billy MacKenzie and The Associates and I was curiously deaf to the evidence. Nothing clicked for me. Until that fateful … Continue reading →

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Want List: Associates – Perhaps UK 2xCD DLX RM

Posted on November 19, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Associates: Perhaps DLX RM – UK – 2xCD [2020] Disc 1: Perhaps + Bonus Tracks Those First Impressions Waiting For The Loveboat Perhaps Schampout Helicopter Helicopter Breakfast Thirteen Feelings The Stranger In Your Voice The Best Of You Don’t Give … Continue reading →

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REDUX: The Eventual Joy of Orphaned Albums

Posted on January 19, 2017 by postpunkmonk

June 20, 2013 Last week a CD arrived in the mail that I only recently became aware of, and it got me thinking on an interesting tangent. The album was The Sound Barrier’s “The Suburban Suite” and the main reason … Continue reading →

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Associates Remasters Imminent On Pledge Music

Posted on May 5, 2016 by postpunkmonk

I’ve known about this for some time as a Pledge Music user, but circumstances conspire to make me take a pass on preordering the new batch of DLX RMs from The Associates; my favorite band of Scot Post-Punk practitioners. I’m … Continue reading →

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