Random music news for Monday, June 29, 2020
This is fun: A family tree of people related to the Hacienda club in Manchester. (Via John) Hacienda Family Tree.
Read more
Joy Division
The Hot 8 Brass Band tackles Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Here’s another recording session done with each of the players in their respective isolated space. The Hot 8 Brass Band
Read more
Here’s the world premiere of Tea Party’s cover of Joy Division’s Isolation
If things had gone according to plan, Tea Party fans in Canada would have flocked to the Saints and Sinners
Read more
Random music news for Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Coronavirus update 1: Almost 150 British music venues have been saved from closure by some last-second donations. Coronavirus update 2:
Read more
Random music news for Friday, May 15, 2020
Who’s excited for the long weekend? Anyone? Oh, right. We’ve been on a long weekend for nine weeks. Here’s music
Read more
What are the scariest rock songs of all time? Here are my 10 picks just in time for Halloween.
I’m not a fan of Halloween, but I do like a good scare from things like movies, novels, and even
Read more
Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures is being reimagined song-by-song for its 40th anniversary
It was 40 years ago this past weekend that Joy Division released Unknown Pleasures, one of the most influential post-punk
Read more
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the release of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. A radio astronomer celebrated by doing this.
When Joy Division released Unknown Pleasures on June 15, 1979, people were a little confused by the packaging. There was
Read more
A list of cool music news items you may have missed when this website was down
Yes, we’re up and running again after nearly two weeks issues with our web hosting service. It was THEIR fault
Read more
Jäh Division: Reggae Joy Division
Back in 2004, a reggae project called Jäh Division emerged with an EP called Dub Will Tear Us Apart. Behind
Read more
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 832: Groups that changed frontpersons and survived
Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and
Read more