prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
"...So let the love tear us apart, I've found the cure for a broken heart, Let it tear us apart, ...
Material Interest (Free subscription) | yesterday
Coldplay and Apple, Joy Division and Microsoft, and now the latest in musician/digital-music-player collaborations: ZVUE and Journey. The 1GB player, emblazoned with a Journey-approved flaming scarab, comes preloaded with 22 of the band's tracks. The upshot? It's available at Walmarts...
Film Junk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Anton Corbijn’s Joy Division/Ian Curtis biopic Control wasn’t necessarily a commercial smash hit, but it attracted a lot of attention from people in the know. Not only is the movie’s star Sam Riley rumoured to be starring in Ridley Scott’s upcoming Nottingham movie, but now the writer Matt Greenhalgh is chasing down another even bigger [...]
View From The Porch (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In my now-almost-obligatory morning stack of CDs: Fluke, Risotto Rush, Vapor Trails Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures Camouflage, Meanwhile Alice In Chains, Dirt Beck, Odelay Ozzy Osbourne, Tribute Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking Jesus Jones, Doubt Nine Inch Nails, Demos...
Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Art Vinyl, the pioneers of showcasing the aesthetics of vinyl records, have linked up with Joy Division / New Order bass player Peter Hook to launch a limited edition framed T-shirt commemorating Fac 51 The Haçienda. The package will be launched with a Peter Hook DJ set at a special launch party at the Art Vinyl Gallery on East London's Broadway Market on 31 July 2008 which will also see the launch...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
in post SUNDAY MIX TAPE - VOLUME 102 from Communications Major, English Minor .
Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The current issue of excellent London art and music magazine Art&Music carries an article by Ikonand co-conspiritor Jamie Holman talking to and about Malcolm Whitehead and Jon Savage and their contributions to the recent Joy Division documentary, illustrated with a series of previously unpublished stills. In 'From the End to the Beginning: The Joy Division Films', Holman focuses on 'Joy Division: A...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The 2007 debut from this Liverpool trio-- known for exuberant singles like "Kill the Director" and "Let's Dance to Joy Division"-- gets a stateside release, just in time for summer. read more
Create Digital Noise (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Author: Jess Gulbranson Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:48 pm (GMT -4) Topic Replies: 2 "Closer" for me, actually. I heard "Pleasures" first, and was sold on JD back in high school, but it wasn't until about a year ago, relistening to "Closer" and being completely floored.
Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
In follow up to the release of the custom Zune digital media player commemorating the ' Joy Division ' documentary DVD, Zune Marketplace is now featuring exclusive Joy Division content including a 3-part video podcast that is available for free download. In an exclusive interview, the band's former bassist Peter Hook talks about Joy Division's tremendous influence on modern music and youth movements...
Sorrow at Sills Bend (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
I watched the Joy Division film. And I thought it was pretty dreadful, veering off sharply into ghoulishness at the end. There is something fundamentally awful about the rock documentary genre as it's commonly practised anyway: I just don't want to hear from vague critics and scenesters about how electrifying something was or how you just knew you were hearing something profoundly amazing taking place....
Create Digital Noise (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Author: Jess Gulbranson Subject: Joy Division and a broader question Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:01 pm (GMT -4) Topic Replies: 0 Hey, pretty noobalicious here. I am a bass player primarily, also vocals, drums, guitar, etc. I have a project with a friend of mine, and we are going for a minimalist sound, veering between folk, doom, coldwave, etc. As we're working on a setup for recording our rockish stuff,...
Look At This... (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Top 10 Greatest Fictional Bands ( via ) 23 album covers that changed everything 6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think 10 Things You Didn't Know About 'The King', Elvis Presley Michel Gondry Picks 25 Classic Music Videos Some douche steals Ian Curtis' (of Joy Division) headstone 7 Songs with Fewer Than 35 Words The Biggest Secret Rock Concert Ronnie Wood 'dumped by his wife of 23 years' over...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
MUSIC British pop music has been known for its tendency to get bored with itself and search for outside influences--think of New Order mining Detroit house music to transform the Joy Division formula--but the movement known as BritPop was always about wallowing, if sometimes with tongues in cheek, in the national sound. Which is why Blur front-man Damon Albarn's recent projects have been both a break...
Design Blog - Design Forte (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Spent all day getting my accounts ready for the taxman, before taking my brother Craig to see Alicia Keys in Manchester. A stunning audiovisual show, fabulous lighting and great music….a long way from the days of The Undertones, Joy Division and The Pogues. Just need my ears to stop buzzing now!
