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EMF: Still Embracing the Beauty and the Chaos

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Jim Testa 0 Comments 2024, Derry Brownson, DJ Milf, EMF, EMF Recordings, England, Gloucestershire, Ian Dench, James Atkin, Marc Decloedt, The Beauty and the Chaos, Zac Foley

A chat with guitarist Ian Dench ahead of the British rave ‘n’ roll band’s anticipated return to the United States

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The Women of Factory Records

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Stewart Mason 0 Comments 2024, Audrey Golden, Factory Records, Haçienda, I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records, Joy Division, Life, New Order, Rough Trade, Section 25, Stanton Miranda, Stockholm Monsters, Thick Pigeon, Tony Wilson, White Rabbit Books

A new book examines their importance at the venerated British label

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Thieves Like Us: New Order Expands Substance 1987

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, expanded edition, Gillian Gilbert, New Order, Peter Hook, Rhino, Stephen Morris, Substance, Substance 1987, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith, Warner Records

Four-disc deluxe edition of classic singles collection amended with rare B-sides and live material

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British Supergroup Electronic Reissue Career-Spanning Collection on Vinyl

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Black Grape, Doves, Electronic, Get The Message: The Best Of Electronic, Johnny Marr, Karl Bartos, Kraftwerk, Neil Tennant, New Order, The Smiths

Get The Message expanded to include B-sides, remixes and rarities on CD version as well

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LISTEN: The Slants Share “What Will People Say”

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Asian-American, Bao Vo, Dance Rock, Joe X. Jiang, Mikara, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Simon Tam, The Band Plays On, The Slants, U.S. Supreme Court

Asian-American dance-rock group’s final album, The Band Plays On, out on October 20th

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The Wanderer: U2’s Zooropa at 30

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Joe Gross 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Achtung Baby, Adam Clayton, Bono, Island Records, Johnny Cash, Larry Mullen Jr., Lemon, Numb, The Edge, U2, Zooropa

Looking back on the band’s weirdest album

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We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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Growing Old Under the Gun: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Fever to Tell Turns 20

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2003, 20th Anniversary, Brian Chase, Fever to Tell, Karen O, Maps, New York City, Nick Zinner, Y Control, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Looking back on the New York City trio’s best album

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Condemnation: Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion at 30

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Condemnation, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Flood, I Feel You, In Your Room, Jane's Addiction, Judas, Martin Gore, Reprise Records, Sire Records, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Walking In My Shoes

Looking back on the group’s darkest album

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WATCH: Fujiya & Miyagi Share “New Body Language”

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, David Best, Fujiya & Miyagi, Impossible Objects of Desire, New Body Language, Slight Variations

Dig the video for the latest single off the Brighton group’s new album Slight Variations

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The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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ALBUMS: Pierced Arrows From The Sky Can’t Chase Down The Riff Raff

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Alynda Segarra, Bon Iver, Brad Cook, Hiss Golden Messenger, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Life On Earth, Navita Milagros Negrón, Nyuorican, P!nk, Sebastian F. Sorrow, Snail Mail, Waxahatchee, Ziggy Stardust

Acclaimed New Orleans group Hurray for the Riff Raff gets into the groovy on their exceptional Nonesuch debut Life on Earth

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Hooky At 65

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Happy Birthday, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and The Light

Celebrating with influential Joy Division/New Order singer and bassist’s first day as a proper senior citizen

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WATCH: 8 Men Out

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 8 Men, David Johansen, Hennessey, Jesse Malin, Leah Hennessey, New York Dolls, Velvet Elk Records

Second generation rocker Leah Hennessey calls out the 1% of the 1% in searing new video

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Vows Are Spoken To Be Broken: 30 Years Of Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’

April 23, 2020April 27, 2024 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Enjoy The Silence, Flood, Martin Gore, Personal Jesus, Violator

Looking back at when the world’s biggest synth band plugged in and played the blues

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