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When It Rains, It Pours…Shriekback Stock Merch Store To The Gills With New/Old Albums And …Shirts

When we last reported on the new Shriekback album, “Monument” there was some confusion over the hows and whys of distribution. Like usual, the album was crowdsourced but this time, I never caught wind of this possibly due to natural … Continue reading

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Dave Allen: 1955-2025

Not 48 hours ago I had the urge to hear Shriekback. Many of you reading this might very well say, “not very surprising, Monk.” And you’d be correct, but that evening I pulled a very specific disc to play: “The … Continue reading

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Monumental Words: Barry Andrews Of Shriekback Discusses Their New Album

We’ve been riding the Shriekback train for 42 years now, and my tour of duty with Barry Andrews himself dates back to the 1980 “League Of Gentlemen” for a 45 year run! While I’m open to interviewing anyone of interest … Continue reading

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Shriekback Return With A Monument For The Now [part 2]

A four-to-the-floor disco beat is not the typical Shriekback sonic garb but this was a case of the band making the best ironic dancefloor anthem since Pulp were administering CPR to Handbag. “Idiot Dancing” [hint: a clue] started out simmering … Continue reading

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Shriekback Return With A Monument For The Now [part 1]

Anyone who reads this knows that I follow the path of Shriekback rather closely. I consider them one of the intrinsic Post-Punk projects that have been in motion, variously now, for over 44 years. With only one duff album to … Continue reading

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Chaz’s Bull City Records – Durham, NC

So there I was in Hillsborough, NC the Friday night before the Totally Tubular Festival in Raleigh on the 13th. I woke up at a luxuriously late 7:30 but still had many hours to eat breakfast and recon with my … Continue reading

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New Shriekback Viddy For “The Wolfman Whinesplains”

Gloryoski! We got notice a few days ago that the new Shriekback viddy was online in …that place. The Hodah-helmed clip was actually shot and featured the very real and not at all simulated Barry Andrews in the clip itself, … Continue reading

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