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Home-town honour for Joy Division

5351 days ago
Scotsman.comINDIE band Joy Division are to be commemorated with a walking tour of locations in their home town. more info

Joy Division walking tour to bring fans closer to unknown pleasures

5352 days ago
Guardian MusicGuided stroll through hometown that informed band's music marks 30th anniversary of Ian Curtis's deathIt is unlikely to be the most lighthearted walking tour on offer this summer. But one taking in the places that helped shape lives of Joy Division a... more info

Walking tour for Joy Division fans

5352 days ago
The MirrorJoy Division are to be commemorated with a walking tour of locations which had a formative influence on the band in their youth. more info

The Art of Classic Rock by Paul Grushkin | Book review

5354 days ago
Guardian MusicJon Dennis reads a sad story of decline through the ephemera of rockThere are no Jamie Reid designs for the Sex Pistols in this book, or any of Peter Saville's for Joy Division and New Order. Indeed, there's no punk or new wave. The canon of "classic... more info

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION (4)

5356 days ago
The Vinyl VillainThe penultimate posting with songs found on the 1986 compilation LP A Different Kind Of TensionSide B : Track 2mp3 : Vee VV - The Romance Is Over Now this was the toughest of the lot to find info about, but thankfully the interwebby thing makes it a ... more info

Disorder and Control

5357 days ago
New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FLThirty years ago, on May 18, 1980, radio DJ John Peel announced, “Bad news, lads. Ian Curtis of Joy Division has just died.” Curtis, just 23 years old, hanged himself in his kitchen just days before beginning an American tour. Less than a y... more info

'I'm going to celebrate Ian Curtis'

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicThirty years after the death of Ian Curtis, Peter Hook brings his Joy Division pal to lifeIn the newly converted rehearsal studio behind his Alderley Edge home, Peter Hook is sifting through his personal collection of Joy Division memorabilia, includ... more info

I'm in a Rock'n'Roll Band

5366 days ago
Guardian MusicMen envying me? Women lusting after me? Yes, I could have been in a rock'n'roll bandI remember telling a careers adviser at school that I wanted to be the lead singer of a rock'n'roll band. But, he told me, I couldn't sing or dance, I was awkward and... more info

Xiu Xiu & Deerhoof Cover Joy Division At Donaufestival

5369 days ago
StereogumLast night at the Donaufestival in Lower Austria, Jamie Stewart collaborated with labelmates Deerhoof on a complete run-through of Joy Division’s 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures. Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier is sort of an honorary Xiu Xiu member, so ... more info

Xiu Xiu Want Locks of Your Hair

5371 days ago
PitchforkPhoto by Huy Ngo Art-pop provocateurs Xiu Xiu have been involved in plenty of mind-boggling and arguably disgusting body-horror art projects lately, from giving away t-shirts written in real blood to the vomit-centric video for "Dear God, I Hate Myse... more info

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