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Fluid Japan’s “Equilibrium” Manages To Attain A Fascinating Paradox of Dynamic Stasis

We were gone on travel last week when I got the notification that Fluid Japan had released their new single, “Equilibrium,” on Bandcamp. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that on PPM I’m sometimes privy to music long before … Continue reading

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René Peraza Has Crisp New Single In “The Siren [Aye Aye]” That Ticks The Right Boxes

One of the joys of having this blog are the people and music that enter over the transom that I might be otherwise completely unaware of. In recent weeks we’ve had René Peraza discuss both the general topics we all … Continue reading

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Countess Of Fife Release New Single As Edinburgh Fringe And Charts Beckon

It’s hard to believe that it has already been nine months ago when the CD by The Countess Of Fife was first released, but the silver disc barely counts for anything these days, and the LP version finally happened courtesy … Continue reading

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Corn-Fed New Wave: Pittsburgh’s The Affordable Floors’ Elegant Pop Still Works Thirty Years Later [pt. 2]

[…continued from last post] The Affordable Floors released their second album two year later, in 1989 and instead of co-producing with T.J. Wilkins, the band brought in Al Synder [Corbin Hanner Band] to share production with the band. A lot … Continue reading

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Just Three Weeks Later Fluid Japan Serve A Fourth Sophisticated Single: “You Shut Down”

Fluid Japan: You Shut Down – US – DL [2023] Fluid Japan are not wasting any time in drip feeding us a series of elegant Art Rock singles. Their stunning “Afterlife” was released on March 10th and now there’s a … Continue reading

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Steve Jones + Logan Sky Smolder With “This Intensity”

We were away on a rare instance of travel these days when the neü Steven Jones + Logan Sky EP dropped on March 3rd. So we had to catch up a few days later upon returning home. “This Intensity” will … Continue reading

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Gardening By Moonlight “Method In The Madness” Still Not On CD, But It IS A Digital Download

Good news for modern man! One of the earliest obscure but potent albums it was my pleasure to champion in the early days of PPM is once more available, and in digital format. “Method In The Madness” from Gardening By … Continue reading

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