Tag Archives: Pledge Music Campaign

Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 28]

[…continued from last post] “Feels Like A New Morning” was barely cooled off from manufacturing when one of the most thorough Blow Monkeys compilations ever was the first one to be issued now that the band was back in the … Continue reading

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Record Review: It’s Immaterial Album Shimmers After Almost 30 Years Tucked Away In A Closet [part 1]

At the very least, It’s Immaterial can be said to have a public profile that comes with having a top 20 British single in the quixotic “Driving Away From Home.” That song was a  high point of the bathetic and … Continue reading

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 67]

OMD – Architecture + Morality – Dazzle Ships | 2016 – 3.5 [continued from last post] Disc two opened with the title track to “Architecture + Morality” but that sounded like a playback. The next song, “Sealand” was far from … Continue reading

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 65]

Having performed at the Museum of Liverpool for the first time since losing Malcolm Holmes as a drummer after his heart attack in 2013, the band opted to replace him with the first OMD drummer… the reel-to-reel tape deck named … Continue reading

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Record Review: Hudson K

Hudson K: Hudson K US CD-R [2017] Wild Gravity Origin Mother Nature Serial Killer Fight or Flight Believer Biology Second I came across Knoxville synth-rock band Hudson K four years ago when their third album “Ouroboros and The Black Dove” … Continue reading

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Crowdsource Doubleheader: OMD VS Dr. Robert

I had written last December about the May 9th concert of OMD at the Royal Albert Hall where they will be performing the complete “Dazzle Ships” for the first time, followed by the complete “Architecture + Morality.”  Due to the … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Crowdsource New Album for 2015

Back in 2007, The Blow Monkeys, first waded into the waters of crowdsourcing when they funded their excellent “Devil’s Tavern” [2008] return album with money that a small portion thereof came from yours truly. For my donation, there is my … Continue reading

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