As the members of New Order continue to fight, Joy Division reissue plans are full steam ahead to cash in on celebrate the release of Control, the Anton Corbijn-directed Ian Curtis biopic based on wife Deborah Curtis’ memoir, Touching from a Distance.  A collection including both Joy Division studio full lengths, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, will […]

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Radiohead guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Greenwood composed Popcorn Superhet Receiver in 2004 when he was the BBC Concert Orchestra’s Composer in Residence. The piece was nominated for the BBC British Composer Award and “inspired by radio static and the extended, dissonant chords of Polish Composer Penderecki’s Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima.” Its US debut will be […]

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I’m not a huge fan of cover records. A cover every now and again is ok, but entire albums tend to be lame and indulgent, not to mention a transparent stop-gap at the cash register between real albums. But somehow a second set of Cat Power covers doesn’t seem like a bad thing. With a […]

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Staunchly independent Chicago record label Thrill Jockey will celebrate its 15th birthday with a pair of shows at London’s Kiko on November 11-12, strangely enough. Bands set to perform are Thrill Jockey mainstays Trans Am, The Sea and Cake, and Tortoise. Califone, ADULT, and The Fiery Furnaces will also round out the event. The label […]

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Between Peter Hook’s barely intelligible Myspace blogs and his bandmates’ formal PR announcements, it’s obvious that the members of New Order aren’t on the best of terms. Rolling Stone caught up with vocalist/guitarist Bernard Sumner to try to clear things up a bit. In response to Hook’s declaration that the band is finished, Sumner says, […]

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Tricky is still around? Trip hop certainly died an ugly death by the turn of the century, and no one represents the downfall better than former Massive Attack contributor, Tricky, whose gravelly rapping style landed him a record deal with 4th & Broadway in 1994. Peaking creatively on your debut is never a good thing, […]

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Germany’s Lali Puna, featuring Markus Acher of The Notwist (new record any time soon?  hello?), has joined the line-up for Iceland’s Icelandic Airwaves festival, joining Bloc Party, !!!, Mum, Bonde de Role, and Of Montreal on the bill, which takes place on October 17-21 in Reykjavik. Enter to win a trip to the festival here.

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