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John Foxx Reads From “The Quiet Man” For Spoken Word/Ambient Piano Album “The Marvellous Notebook” on LP/CD

Posted on June 23, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Yikes! I vaguely remember getting an email about this earlier this year [checks email…] and it was apparently late May when the first word of this new Foxx project filtered out. And this has been a very different year. There … Continue reading →

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The Shriekback Wheels Keep Spinning With Two More Releases

Posted on September 22, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Jumpin Jiminy! It was only three months ago when a brace of Shriekback projects [all downloads] were offered up in their webstore. Our attentions turn elsewhere, but not for long! The productive trio have two more albums with some physical … 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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Monastic Musings Part Four: You Can’t Go Home Again or “…Are You Finished With That Pressing Plant?”

Posted on July 3, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I’m an old guy. I recall when there was a long wait to get a CD of a title I wanted due to the fact that there were only three CD pressing plants in the world int he mid-80s. All … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak [part 2]

Posted on June 2, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from previous post] Anderson maintained her usual sprechgesang vocals that were closer to narration; leaving the melodic singing to the trio of Dolette McDonald, Michelle Cobbs, and Brenda Nelson. When Anderson says “and the little girls sing” before the … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak [part 1]

Posted on June 1, 2017 by postpunkmonk

 Laurie Anderson: Mister Heartbreak US CD [1984] Sharkey’s Day Langue D’Amour Gravity’s Angel Kokoku Excellent Birds Blue Lagoon Sharkey’s Night I was certainly sensitive to Laurie Anderson’s move from the art world to the dirty business of “rock and roll.” … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Shriekback – The Elated World [part 2]

Posted on April 7, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from previous post] When I popped this into the CD player, it immediately paid dividends with the frantic drum + bass of “Artminx.” The furious and repetitive vocal loops seemed like something more in Yello’s playbook than the work of … Continue reading →

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