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There's Room in Joy Division's Expansive Universe for Jon Savage's 'This Searing Light...'
Can Jon Savage's literal book This Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else close the metaphoric book on Joy Division once and for all?
19 Apr 2019
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Joy Division and Jon Savage's Latest, 'This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else'
Jon Savage's This Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else, marks a time for considering how Joy Division became, and continues to be, so popular.
02 Apr 2019
Music
Moving Units: Damage With Care
Moving Units has always crafted eminently danceable, melodically infectious dance-punk. With Damage With Care, nothing changes.
07 Jun 2016
Music
New Order US Tour Kicks Off with Bang at Radio City (Photos)
New Order return to the U.S. for a short tour in support of their latest album Music Complete and visit the Late Show for a performance while in New York.
17 Mar 2016
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Bernard Sumner's Modest Tales of Joy Division and New Order
Guitarist Bernard Sumner shares his recollections of Joy Division and New Order, both seminal post-punk outfits whose influence cannot be overstated.
06 Dec 2015
Books
Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
Bernard Sumner artfully describes where the music of Joy Division came from; distilled to a single cold, bleak, industrial Manchester night.
Bernard Sumner
02 Nov 2015
Music
The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '80s: Part 5: 20 - 1
Songs of anxiety, paranoia, freak-outs, chilling verses, feverish desire, harrowing lyrics -- they all make for damn good music.
01 Oct 2015
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"The Goodness of Privacy in a Warm Room with Books"
We all search for escape, and while music, drugs, radicalism, or fame may ease the monotony, the protagonists of so many of these tales find themselves at the end of their narratives still constrained.
03 Feb 2014
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'Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division' Enters the Void but Survives the Plunge Valiantly
"On the one hand, he was ill and vulnerable; on the other, he was a screaming rock god." By taking Ian Curtis down to his own level, Peter Hook provides his mate with a fitting tribute, neither sordid nor facile, neither pat nor pandering.
31 Jan 2013
Music
5 Great Bands (Spun Off from Other Great Bands)
Not every band borne out of a great predecessor can measure up. Here are five that do.
08 Aug 2012
Music
Cygnets: Dark Days
Canadian trio offers up mixed bag that's heavy on the cold, light on the bold.
Jedd Beaudoin
29 May 2012
Music
Total Control: Henge Beat
Down under supergroup mixes Joy Division, Suicide, Cabaret Voltaire, and Devo for a good time.
27 Mar 2012
Music
Counterbalance No. 64: Joy Division’s 'Unknown Pleasures'
Can Joy Division’s 1979 debut make you feel the pleasures of a normal man? It's the 64th most acclaimed album of all time. We’ll share a drink and step outside for another Counterbalance.
13 Jan 2012
Music
On Making that Holiday Music List and Checking It Twice
It's that time of the year, again. Music fans are making their lists of what they hope to find wrapped in pretty paper at Christmas, and music publications are making their lists of what should be on those lists. Now, I have something to say about lists.
22 Nov 2011
Music
Up, Down, Turn Around: The 15 Best New Order Songs of All Time
New Order's debut album, Movement, celebrates its 30th birthday this month. To celebrate, we're counting down the classic group's 15 best tracks.
09 Nov 2011
Music
20 Unsung Music Videos from the 1980s
PopMatters begins a new series examining at the widespread emergence of music video in the 1980s. From major artists like the Clash, David Bowie, and U2 to less famous brethren such as Haysi Fantayzee and Grandmaster Caz, these are the unsung videos from that decade that might have missed your attention the first time around.
Dennis Shin
01 Sep 2011
Music
Daft Punk Is Playing at Your House: 10 Essential Dance-Rock Albums
Today, the intersection of dance music and rock music seems only natural. However, the process has been in the making for decades, and this list provides an introduction to ten of the best albums this genre combination has to offer.
20 Jul 2011
Music
Counterbalance No. 41: Joy Division's 'Closer'
Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn take on Joy Division's Closer in this week’s edition of Counterbalance. It’s Number 41 on the Acclaimed Music list of the Greatest Albums of All Time. This is the way—step inside!
08 Jul 2011
Events
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: 29.June.2010 - New York
The subterranean recesses of New York City's Le Poisson Rouge were an appropriate location for Susanna’s Tuesday night performance, a mix of original tunes as well as well-known covers.
Sachyn Mital
05 Jul 2010
Music
Touched by the Hand of God: Paying Tribute to the Birth of New Order
If the singer in your band suddenly died, would you call it quits? New Order did the opposite, proving in an endless stream of brilliant music that Joy Division was merely a warm-up on the path to pop greatness.
10 Jun 2010
Music
Atmosphere: The Image and Allure of Joy Division
It’s not surprising that Joy Division’s cigarette-smoking crowd of followers in their dark, heavy overcoats would in a few short years become the first wave of gothic rock fans.
28 May 2010
Music
Walked in Line: The Musical Disciples of Joy Division
If any band is heir to the musical path Joy Division laid out, it would be the Cure, quite possibly the second-most influential band of the post-punk era.
18 May 2010
Music
Remembering Joy Division's Ian Curtis 30 Years Later (videos)
In honor of Ian Curtis' legacy, here are a pair of videos that showcase his indomitable stage presence in life, followed by Anton Corbijn's 1988 music video for the Joy Division song "Atmosphere"
18 May 2010
Music
"Love Will Tear Us Apart": The 30th Anniversary of Joy Division's Most Enduring Anthem
The first in a multi-part series commemorating 30 years since the demise of cult legends Joy Division.
04 May 2010
Music
"Maybe You Do Want to Grow Up After All": An Interview with Bernard Sumner
When asked about how he feels about the term "icon", Bernard Sumner tells PopMatters that "I don't think I'm a legend. I think I've just got an interesting history." This, his time with Joy Division, New Order, and new band Bad Lieutenant are all a part of this epic interview ...
01 Apr 2010
Music
Nouvelle Vague: 29.January.2010 - Chicago
Words and Pictures by Rory O'Connor
Rory O'Connor
03 Feb 2010
Music
Editors: In This Light and on This Evening
Band buys Casio in attempt to shake unshakeable comparison. Fails. Film at 11.
13 Dec 2009
Music
El Ten Eleven + Controlled Storms: 18.Nov.09 - Philadelphia
El Ten Eleven + Controlled Storms: 18 November 2009 - The Khyber, Philadelphia
20 Nov 2009
Music
The Drums: Summertime! EP
The Drums debut EP will leave you hoping for an Indian summer.
04 Oct 2009
Music
Various Artists: Factory Records: Communications 1978-92
Factory Records was as influential in design, sound production, and defining what a label could be as it was in music.
24 Sep 2009
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