Category Archives: Joy Division

Lodger (1979)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by the press music reviews

Recorded in a concrete bunker in Montreux, the perennially underrated Lodger delivers in despatches, a personal and political world view in a travelogue postcard from the itinerant D.J. himself. TRACKS 1. Fantastic Voyage: A political commentary about nuclear war resurrected … Continue reading →

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Substance: Inside New Order | Peter Hook

Posted on January 7, 2024 by the press music reviews

In his 2017 memoir Substance: Inside New Order, founding bassist Peter Hook lists his top ten songs by of one of the most influential bands of the Second British Invasion: New Order.  Clocking in at over 700 pages, the book … Continue reading →

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Top 10 British Synth-Pop Albums

Posted on March 31, 2022 by the press music reviews

Britain in the 1970s, when bloated supergroups and progressive rock bands roamed the Earth, young pioneers obsessed by European experimental music like Kraftwerk and punk’s attitude, were distilling these influences and dreaming of a future of pop music with guitars … Continue reading →

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