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Source: NME In June 1979, Joy Division released the bleak masterpiece that is ‘Unknown Pleasures’, a record so majestic it changed the face of music. NME celebrates its genius. There can’t...

  By Jon Savage  Source: Lit Hub The following is from an oral history of Joy Division, compiled from interviews with the surviving band members and those closest to them. * Bernard Sumner: I felt that even though...

Source: Open Culture When David Bowie left us on January 10, 2016, we immediately started seeing the just-released Blackstar, which turned out to be his final album, as a farewell. But...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsdTKQb6o6Q&fbclid=IwAR3OQRli3Zs0JfZw6IOa-tH4YaqSivH1vSck9eSgjS3fFs3QGBfTSBjAyTI   Originally published on February 6th, 2019 on Open Culture By Josh Jones   Seems there was a time when the dominant story of punk was the story of British punk. If you knew...

Source: Stern.de The Hollywood Vampires recorded their very own version of David Bowie's "Heroes" in Berlin last year. The music video shows backstage scenes from the last European tour. Watch

‘People in raincoats with short hair were going ‘what the f***’s this?’ ’ Factory legends A Certain Ratio on Curtis, Martin Hannett, Grace Jones and a new album Source: The...

Source: Literary Hub By Justine Hyde “As we age, we grow embarrassed at our own seriousness, from remembering being that teenager sat in their bedroom, underlining words in a book....

Source: Open Culture, June 17th, 2020 The UK of the late-70s was, in many unfortunate respects, like the UK (and US) of today, with far-right attacks against West Indian and...

Originally published in 2015 on Gothic-Rock.com by Daniel Olvera UK Decay is back! This is the return of one classic band, and they have all of its strength and creative energy. “New Hope...

Source: Literary Hub By Justine Hyde “As we age, we grow embarrassed at our own seriousness, from remembering being that teenager sat in their bedroom, underlining words in a book. But as...