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Articles tagged "joy division" 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....  Music ReviewJoy 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.  Film ReviewControlby Matt Mazur[12.Nov.07] :. What could have easily ended up as a humorless exercise in hipster excess turns out warm and snappy.  Film ReviewControlby Cynthia Fuchs[7.Nov.07] :. Despite occasional strange and impossibly intimate reveries, the film lapses frequently into biopickish shorthand. NewsAnton 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,... NewsTragic 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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