Tag Archives: Simple Minds

Simple Minds Reconnect With New Wave Roots On New Single “Your Name In Lights”

Posted on December 11, 2024 by postpunkmonk

It’s been a hectic few days with no writing due to the demands of the eight-to-five, but as of yesterday my deliverable was handed off. I was preparing for bed last night and had one last look at the personal … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Dip Into The Surround Sound Well A Second Time With Twin Blu-Rays In Dolby Atmos®

Posted on November 21, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Of course commenter negative1ne has already acted swiftly on the comment thread of a post I made to commemorate “New God Dream [81, 82, 83, 84]” but I was away on travel for a memorial last weekend when I got … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Drop A Surprise Cover Album With The Biggest Surprise Of All – All Michael Been, All Of The Time!

Posted on April 1, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Forty six years into a career that’s seen the Glaswegian Art Rockers try a little but of everything, as of 10:35 this morning one can no longer say that The Minds haven’t had the very modern feather in their caps … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey” Album More Than Just A Victory Lap

Posted on December 4, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was a few weeks ago that I received the CD of Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live At Paisley Abbey” that my good friend chasinvictoria ordered for me and while the last month or two has seen my … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds’ Bassist Extraordinaire Derek Forbes Unleashes His Autobiography

Posted on November 20, 2023 by postpunkmonk

If we have learned anything in the 42 years of listening, often compulsively, to Simple Minds, it’s the fact that the band’s most compelling music was usually down to the sinuous and trance-inducing bass lines of Derek Forbes. I first … Continue reading →

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Want List: Simple Minds Finally Issue ‘New Gold Dream’ Live Album With Sky Arts Concert Tonight

Posted on July 21, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Today I received an email from Simple Minds that had me blindsided. It feels like this should have already happened, but while there have been concerts featuring it, there has never been an album released with all of “New Gold … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Superfans Can Invest In A New Gold Dream: Songwriting + Sound Recording Royalties For 1977-1981 Material Now Up For Sale

Posted on April 25, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Last week I got a eye-popping email from my old buddy JT. As a person with a career in the music industry as a musician and engineer, he keeps an eye peeled on the horizon for things which can evade … Continue reading →

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