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Skafish Kickstarts Deluxe Remaster Of “Conversation” That Includes The Album Miles Copeland Didn’t Want You To Hear!

We’ve been watching the Skafish reissue program unfold patiently over the last handful of years as the artist first obtained the rights to his I.R.S. masters and then set about remastering and rebuilding the package for a stunning reissue that … Continue reading

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John McGeoch Film Beginning Kickstarter Campaign Today!

We’ve already discussed Rory Sullivan-Burke’s biography of the crucial Post-Punk guitarist John McGeoch which appeared last year. That was a cause celebre as far as we were concerned, but the book managed to reach the eyes of Scot documentarian and … Continue reading

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Shriekback Spit In The Eye Of The Zeitgeist With Extroverted “Bowlahoola” [part 2]

[…continued from last post] As a seasoned Shriekback listener I should know better, but the cowbell that “The Wolfman Whinesplains” had dashed all expectation to attain a groove much closer to War’s “Low Rider” than anything ever issued from Barry … Continue reading

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Shriekback Spit In The Eye Of The Zeitgeist With Extroverted “Bowlahoola” [part 1]

Shriekback: Bowlahoola – UK – CD [2022] The last Shriekback album, “1000 Books” was a bit pensive following the defiant extroversion of “Why Anything, Why This? ” and “Some Kinds of Light.” “Bowlahoola” comes practically a year on the dot … Continue reading

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That Next Shriekback Album Is Right On Time…And I Didn’t Even Know The Train Was Running!

Gloryoski! I was keeping my head down, minding my own huge stack of affairs threatening to rain down on my head yesterday morning when I received a communique from the Shriekback mailing list. Apparently idle hands are still the Devil’s … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 36]

[…continued from last post] I loved the echoey synth riff that heralded “Earthbound” with the strings easing in underneath that. The slow tempo gave us plenty of time to absorb all of the fine detail employed here. The juxtaposition of … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 35]

[…continued from last post] I should have known that by this time that The Blow Monkeys had plenty of fuel in their tanks! As if the previous eleven albums hadn’t made it fully apparent! I had seen an interview with … Continue reading

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