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Articles tagged "joy division" Featured: Section Front Page FeatureVarious Artists: Factory Records: Communications 1978-92by Timothy Gabriele[24.Sep.09] :. Factory Records was as influential in design, sound production, and defining what a label could be as it was in music. Mixed MediaLow - “Transmission” (video)by Timothy Gabriele[31.Jul.09] :. This one’s 14 years old as a cover, but it’s perhaps the best rendition of this song omitting possibly only the original. Low slow the tempo to a narcotic level and milk every note... Mixed MediaSteel Harmony - “Transmission” (video)by Timothy Gabriele[31.Jul.09] :. Speaking of steel drums, there’s a ton of them in this live rendition recorded in the middle of a parade/procession in Manchester as the cameraman races to chase... Mixed MediaCovers of Joy Division’s “Transmission” (video)by Timothy Gabriele[31.Jul.09] :. Hot Chip redo “Transmission”, reduce the urgency, shove in some groovy vocoder, and crank up the balearic steel drums. Not nearly as bad as it sounds, but definitely a pale shade of the...  Sound AffectsMusical Genius & Its Discontents (ii): British-styleby G E Light[29.Jul.09] :. Part 2 of our video venture through lost musical geniuses discovers an unhappier tradition in The UK, where comebacks are not de rigeur! Exemplars include Joe Meek, Brian Jones, Syd Barrett, and Ian Curtis.  Short Ends and LeaderOde to Joy: Joy Division / Control (2007)by Bill Gibron[1.Jun.08] :. The most revolutionary thing about punk wasn’t the music, though it’s hard to imagine that ‘70s listeners were ready for the Ramones/Sex Pistols style of cacophonous crash and burn.... Joy Division: The Best of Joy Divisionby Daniel Rivera[8.May.08] :. The legendary post-punk pioneers get Rhino's famous "Best of" treatment. Sadly, we all could have made this album ourselves. Featured Article Music ReviewJoy Division: Unknown Pleasuresby Evan Sawdey[21.Dec.07] :. Anton Cobijn's movie biopic has triggered the largest revival of interest in Joy Division in nearly a decade. Controlby Matt Mazur[12.Nov.07] :. What could have easily ended up as a humorless exercise in hipster excess turns out warm and snappy. Controlby Cynthia Fuchs[7.Nov.07] :. Despite occasional strange and impossibly intimate reveries, the film lapses frequently into biopickish shorthand. Anton Corbijn’s ‘Control’ is a joyby Jim Harrington [The Oakland Tribune (MCT)][26.Oct.07] :. “Control” is a joy. It’s one of the best music biopics in years, as good as the Johnny Cash film “Walk the Line” and the Ray Charles saga “Ray.” Of course,... Tragic rocker Ian Curtis the subject of two new moviesby Rafer Guzman [Newsday (MCT)][11.Oct.07] :. When Ian Curtis hanged himself at his suburban home outside Manchester, England, the 23-year-old singer ended a short career. But he was about to embark on a second life as one of rock’s most... |
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