Rolling Stone — The Band: Blank Dogs The Buzz: Joy Division stuck in a tape deck: New York band crafts weird, warbly new wave songs, spaced-out and singular. Listen If: You’re not looking for the post-punk revival, but the post-punk reconstruction, where elements ... more info

Stereogum — Twilight Sad worked up a nice, icy wall of noise on their cover of Joy Division's "Twenty Four Hours." Returning from their U.S. tour with fellow gentle feedbackers Mogwai, the Scottish quartet has some post Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters mater... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jeffrey Siegel said...For fans of jazz guitarist Marc Ribot, currently celebrating his 55th birthday with a series of shows in Manhattan.http://straightnochaserjazz.blogspot.comScholar said...Massive post featuring soul, funk, and hip hop covers, mas... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Growing up in a small town in the south of Sweden, discovering all the amazing postpunk/independent music exploding from every corner of the UK during the dawn of the 1980s, instigated the feeling of living in the right time – but in the wrong... more info

Stereogum — Punning on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures while painting the old black-and-white landscape a pretty sunset pink, Alan Palomo, aka Austin's VEGA (not these folks) goes for pure joy (sorry) on his Well Known Pleasures EP. Before this, the Austin Ital... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The Jam – Batman Theme (1977): This is high school. A boys’ school. I hated it. But we had a ‘trendy’ art teacher who allowed us to have a record player and play music at lunchtime. One of the boys had an older brother who ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This posting was the subject of a dmca notice. I've been able to re-post the words and images, but sadly the many comments left behind have gone astray.The Jam – Batman Theme (1977): This is high school. A boys’ school. I hated it. Bu... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Why can't we just let Ian Curtis die already? It's what he wanted! Still, if you've been waiting for the newest incarnation of Joy Division since She Wants Revenge, new Lake Worth venue Propaganda may provide the fix you need this Saturday. Besides, ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Metastazis.com The Band: Amesoeurs The Buzz: French band blends post-punk with black metal to jarring, fascinating results. Listen If: You like Joy Division, you just wish they were familiar with the concept of distortion. Key Track: “Heurt,... more info

Instrumental Analysis — After a few days off due to holidays, day trips and other things that have popped up, I am finally back on track and will give you some ideas for what to spend your time and money on Thursday and the coming weekend for auditory and visual entertainme... more info