Subject: Joy Division

• MySpace Genre Semiotics!

  If you didn't know, bands don't like telling you what they sound like. Here's an example why: Let's say I play in a band, we're called "Stillborn Leper", and my boss asks me what we sound like, and I say "We're like a mix of Radiohead and The Velvet Underground, but our guitarist is really into The Pixies and Joy Division so sometimes we have a lot of post-punk going on, too." Stillborn Leper is, in all likeliness, a poorly executed teenage train wreck so godawfully bland it could sound like an

  December 7, 2006

• Sing A Sad Song

  A couple of weeks ago, I walked into the office and caught Steve belting out the chorus of "Love Will Tear Us Apart." As surreal and surprisingly awesome as it was, you astute readers out there will know that it was simply practice for his piece "Emotional Rescue," in which he explains why when we're down in the dumps, we shouldn't listen to Joy Division or Gordon Lightfoot, but clever and emotionally distant bands like Talking Heads and New Pornographers. I know I've never cried to Speaking in

  December 11, 2006

• Because You're Ugly: Joy Division sneakers?

  Sneakerhead culture's always been a little baffling to me. I think everyone knows of someone by now who dedicates their lives and entire paychecks to collecting limited edition, rare, exclusive or original sneaks... and then doesn't wear them. Ever. They'll fly to Tokyo for the latest neon patent leather explosion from BAPE or snipe out eBay for Jordans or Dunks on a daily basis, all in hopes for that one pair of freaking shoes their fellow sneakerheads don't already have. A footwear shop in

  October 17, 2007

• LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 10-26-07

  How to go about this, when I've already written so much about this week in film? Well, for starters, SAW IV is only a pick for hardcore SAW fans like me, and it's still likely to disappoint them a little bit. FINISHING THE GAME, the Justin Lin comedy about the making of Bruce Lee's GAME OF DEATH, is recommended if you're a cinephile with a taste for indie comedy, and also just because it's worth encouraging Justin Lin's indie films rather than his big-studio paychecks. For more on this, read t

  October 26, 2007

• Peter Hook's DJing at Detroit Bar Tonight

  The Mancunian responsible for some of the most memorable bass lines ever for Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook now maintains a lucrative little hobby DJing 'round the planet these days. From all accounts, Hook's quite the entertainer, if not the most skilled decknician ever to work a pair of CDJs. Be forewarned, though: If he plays "Blue Monday," watch a certain music editor get medieval on his ass. Anyway, the great man allegedly loves to sign JD/NO records and memorabilia, so if you po

  July 3, 2008

• Last Night: Peter Hook @ Detroit Bar

  Last Night: Peter Hook DJing at Detroit Bar, July, 3 2008 There’s usually nothing like watching an aging icon get up in front of an audience at a venue to show us they still got it. You can’t help being drawn in by the powerful sense of tension. You might find your self echoing certain questions in your mind: “Will he suck? Won’t he suck? Will he sign my T-shirt? Did I just waste 15 bucks to get in here?” So last night, when Peter Hook, former bass player for Joy Division and New Ord

  July 4, 2008

• Last Night: Vampire Weekend @ The Glasshouse

  Last Night: Vampire Weekend at the Glass House September 16, 2008 Better Than: taking your garlic pills. Download: "Oxford Comma" from the Vampire Weekend homepage. Buzz and critical acclaim can be a double-edged sword. Vampire Weekend wielded the sharper side last night by performing a biting set that silenced critics and delighted fans. The city of Chino was well represented in the form of Abe Vigoda. They mentioned they used to get dropped off to see shows at the Glass House and also inf

  September 17, 2008

• The Vanishing

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• The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Good Die Young" -

  December 19, 2008

• [Locals Only] Cat Party

  July 10, 2008

• The Captain

  June 26, 2008

• [Locals Only] Amazing Reverb Engine, Driver (Deathstack Records)

  March 6, 2008

• [Hits!] Top Selling Records at Black Hole Records

  February 28, 2008

• Hits!

  Vinyl Solution

  January 31, 2008

• Do Look Back

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

  January 10, 2008

• Locals Only

  Costumed in Doom: Repeater, Forcefield ON, Maritime Academy Scare Up Covers for Helloween

  October 25, 2007

• DESERT STORM

  May 5, 2005

• Make a Joyful Noise

  February 7, 2002

• Unknown

  June 9, 2005

• Ve Have Vays of Making You Dance!

  November 21, 2002

• Emotional Rescue

  Sad songs they say so much

  December 7, 2006

• Are Your Ears Burning Yet?

  Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer

  June 7, 2007

• Locals Only

  Twin White Dukes: Animated Anglophiles Pop Noir bring some Manchester to OC

  May 17, 2007

• Hits!

  BLACK HOLE RECORDS

  March 8, 2007

• Prostate Orgasm

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  December 7, 2006

• Obsession, He Calls It

  June 15, 2006

• Get Out!

  June 15 - June 22: Os Mutantes!
  

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• Get Out!

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• Pretty Awesome Christ Pose

  March 30, 2006

• I Rock I Ran

  March 16, 2006

• Get Out!

  True Poison
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• Get Out!

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• Better Than Being Dead

  January 12, 2006

• Blessed State

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• Pier Records

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• Swamp and Overflow

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• HOT AS IN GOD

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• Live Reviews

  February 17, 2005

• Live Previews

  February 3, 2005

• Live Previews

  August 26, 2004

• Live Previews

  August 19, 2004

• Like Mondrian Going Impressionist

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• Interpol

  September 26, 2002

• 24 Hour Party Pooper

  August 22, 2002

• New Music

  June 6, 2002

• War! Huh?

  May 30, 2002

• Daniel Bremmer

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• [Locals Only] Evening Hour

  May 14, 2009

• Incoming: She Wants Revenge, The Briggs Coming to the Glass House

  The Glass House in Pomona has a huge week coming up--Silversun Pickups on Sunday, Jenny Lewis on Monday, TV on the Radio on Tuesday, Conor Oberst on Wednesday and The Black Keys on Thursday--but, always looking towards the future, they've also got some shows coming up beyond that.

  April 9, 2009

• [Locals Only] Tan Dollar Add It Up

  October 1, 2009