Tag Archives: EP

Sparks Got “Mad!” and “Madder!” In 2025 [pt. 2]

Posted on December 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I was immediately enraptured by the formalist fortissimo of “I-405 Rules.” An almost Rococo, orchestrally driven expansion of their “L’il Beethoven®” ethos as resulting in a paean to their local Interstate highway. The subtlety of the … Continue reading →

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Countess Of Fife Scorch Earth With Title Track Of Their New EP, “Call Me The Witch”

Posted on February 27, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Fay Fife’s Alt Country band, Countess of Fife, just had a successful Kickstarter campaign to pay for their second album coming in about a year from now, but in the interim she and her band are throwing fans a bone … Continue reading →

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Steven Jones + Logan Sky Drop A New Winter EP Today From The Sky For A Pensive Holiday Season

Posted on December 18, 2023 by postpunkmonk

When it rains, it pours, and when it’s cold, it’s snow. Steven Jones + Logan Sky have been creating a catalog of synthetic music frosty in its mien but warmly rich in its analog instrumentation. Giving us those frissons of … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Record Review: November Group

Posted on July 25, 2022 by postpunkmonk

January 7, 2016 November Group: November Group US EP [1982] Shake It Off Flatland Pictures Of The Homeland We Dance The popular Front How I remember mail order ads for this EP in the back pages of Trouser Press back … Continue reading →

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When The Universe Is Demanding You Listen To A Record: Illustrated Man EP/CD

Posted on June 3, 2022 by postpunkmonk

THE BACKGROUND It was some time earlier this year when there was a discussion on the Trouser Press Forum that I frequent regarding Rob Dean, the original guitarist for JAPAN. Talk turned to Illustrated Man; the New Wave “supergroup” that … Continue reading →

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That First Taste Of Transvision Vamp On A Freebie Record Mirror EP

Posted on May 26, 2022 by postpunkmonk

There I was. Minding my own business in the late 80s. Trying to get some nourishment from the thin gruel of the UK music scene of the time, when during one of my weekly MTV sessions during 120 Minutes [all … Continue reading →

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Bryan Ferry Sends Us “Love Letters” On His New EP

Posted on April 25, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Last month we got the news from the Bryan Ferry mailing list that a new EP was coming soon from The Maestro, but in the current fashion, it’s on a slow drip that began on March 23rd, and is lasting … Continue reading →

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