It’s impossible not to wonder what would have happened to Joy Division in the long run. If Curtis’s death reinforced their image as funeral and morbid, it also fixed their legacy in amber, preserved it for all time through circumstances that in retrospect seemed artistically inevitable. — Simon Armitage in the liner notes for Eternal […]
Category: Post-Punk
United States – “Bedazuld” (1982)
OK, first things first. There seems to be disagreement as to the actual name of this early 80s trio from Toronto. Are they United States, or United State, or United Stats, or United Stat (with “stat” likely pronounced “state”)? The consensus on Canadian music websites appears to be be United State. But their one and […]
Thee Katatonix – “Divine Mission” (1984)
Money was tight, the engineer was stupid and the finished product was poorly mixed.— Description of Divine Mission from the Thee Katatonix website I don’t know if the engineer was indeed stupid, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call Divine Mission poorly mixed either. Thee Katatonix’s first and only full-length has a live […]
Tristwch Y Fenywod – “Tristwch Y Fenywod” (2024)
I was over at Volver Records the other day flipping through the 80s section when the owner John swept into the section and tossed a record on top of it. “This is right up your alley,” he said excitedly. “You’re going to love this, it’s witchy music all sung in Welsh. I love it and […]
Virgin Orchestra – “Let It Burn” (2025)
I was lucky enough to catch Virgin Orchestra live a few weeks ago in Reykjavik. They filled up the small room that normally serves as the retail space for the Smekkleysa (Bad Taste) record label, leaving me confined to a peek-a-boo view from the stairs. But I’m not complaining because that meant I got to […]