ian curtis

Record stores are magical places. A good, well-stocked and curated record shop with a knowledgeable staff can influence tastes, expand horizons and serve as the hub for a local musical community. It can be a community center, a place to meet with your friends, promote your band’s upcoming shows by hanging up flyers, even sell […]

In the ’70s, England had two great punk cities. Most across the planet thought London was the world’s only punk capital, completely ignoring the music and culture’s beginnings in New York City, mostly due to the Sex Pistols’ outsized reputation and influence. But if London was English Punk City No. 1, Manchester definitely came in […]

As recently established here, the 45 RPM record was the greatest medium for punk rock. It’s compact, it’s affordable and brevity’s of essence—distill all of your best moments in three minutes or less. You can also master these seven-inch beauties hot, perfect for loud music. Then you have the picture sleeves. With punk being so […]

Late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis became the topic of music news this week, when his former kitchen table sold on eBay in the UK for £8,400, or nearly $13,500 U.S. Though music memorabilia sales are not uncommon, this particular instance has become a controversial one. The table itself (seen below) was in the very kitchen where Curtis […]

A video game designed to make you feel bad. That is precisely what creator Gordon Calleja is aiming for with Will Love Tear Us Apart, a new, free-to-play, browser-based game inspired by the Joy Division classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” For the uninitiated, Joy Division were one of the most influential acts of the late 1970s post-punk […]