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Joy Division

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    The Top 10 Best Music Biopics

    The news that Alan Rickman will be portraying Hilly Kristal in a new CBGB biopic half excited us, then half scared us yesterday. He'll be good, but Lordy, who is going to play Debbie Harry? And The Ramones? Those are big shoes to fill... So we comforted ourselves with this -- a list of our top 10 fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    The Bay Brewed: A Beer Festival With Live Music From Weekend, Terry Malts, and More

    You'll be able to get a lot closer to the SF band Weekend this Saturday...​ There are at least two problems with most beer festivals: You don't get enough beer for what you pay, and you usually have to listen to crappy music while you drink it. Thankfully, our friends over at the Bay Bridged a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Signal to Noise: A Look at Five New Tracks You Will Be Hearing on SF Dancefloors

    Joy Orbison is one happy dude.​ Ever found yourself at a club without a clue as to what the DJ is playing? Signal to Noise is a brand new column that looks at the music that's currently being played (or that will be played) in San Francisco's many dance halls. For this week's inaugural edition ... More >>

  • Music

    October 26, 2011

    The Soft Moon: Show Preview

    Joy Orbison is one happy dude.​ Ever found yourself at a club without a clue as to what the DJ is playing? Signal to Noise is a brand new column that looks at the music that's currently being played (or that will be played) in San Francisco's many dance halls. For this week's inaugural edition ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Angst vs. Acceptance: Easing Midlife Malaise with Indie Rock

    ​ Desperate Bicycles, a '70s punk act largely known for its boastful autonomy when it came to releasing music, isn't a group I typically turn to when in need of clarity and counsel. I mean, these are guys that wrote songs titled "I Am Nine" and "A Can of Lemonade." Profundity is really not the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    White Cloud's Interests: Taxidermy, Absurd Realism, Psychedelic Art-Pop

    White Cloud​A band with members from Kenya and Argentina -- and whose musical interests include doom metal, blues, and Krautrock -- could only have originated in a hotspot of diversity like the Bay Area. White Cloud's supernatural smoothie of Sonic Youth-influenced squalls, crashing unpredictabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Weekend Lets Its Noise Do the Work at the Independent

    Weekend last night at the Independent​The Pains of Being Pure At HeartWeekendNovember 9, 2010@ The IndependentBetter than: Plenty of other local bands.It says something about both the talents of San Francisco's Weekend and the generosity of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart that the latter ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Craft Spells, Brewer of Magical Bedroom Pop, Talks Shamanism and the Evils of Suburbs

    Craft Spells plays Milk Bar on November 11'th​ Between widely accessible studio programs and the Internet, the bedroom is becoming a semi-pro recording studio and distribution center. If you haven't noticed the positive effect this has had on prodigy songwriters yet, turn your ears to Craft Spell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    The Top 5 Creepiest Depictions of Exercise in a Music Video

    First of all, let's just say "Go Giants!" We're so proud of our boys for making it to the play-offs, and are hoping and praying they can whoop Philly's ass and take us to the World Series. As usual though, all this gleeful anticipation got us thinking about music videos - sporty ones. Then we found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    El Ten Eleven Is Made of Superheroes; Baths Scratches Beats Like a Mosquito

    ​El Ten ElevenBathsSister CrayonOctober 12, 2010@ Bottom of the HillBetter than: M.I.A.You'd never think it from listening to their albums -- three of them, and a fourth coming next month -- but watching El Ten Eleven play is something like watching two superheroes do their thing. On record, ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2010

    "The American": George Clooney stars in a deconstructed action movie

    ​El Ten ElevenBathsSister CrayonOctober 12, 2010@ Bottom of the HillBetter than: M.I.A.You'd never think it from listening to their albums -- three of them, and a fourth coming next month -- but watching El Ten Eleven play is something like watching two superheroes do their thing. On record, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    An Intro to Elliott Smith: Why We're Not Comfortable with a Greatest Hits Collection

    Mmm... Garamond Pro.​ On Wednesday Kill Rock Stars and Domino announced the early November release of An Introduction to... Elliott Smith. It's been almost seven years since Smith stabbed himself in the chest, since which time his grave has hardly been quiet, what with a posthumous album, and a co ... More >>

  • Film

    April 28, 2010

    Why Won't You Die?

    "Elm Street" remake is no dream.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Saturday is Record Store Day: Limited-Edition Releases, Rare In-Stores

      Record Store Day, that annual record-buying rite of spring that will rock independent music sellers across the world, hits again this Saturday, April 17. The event is a two-fold celebration: it's a chance for bands to put out small-run, limited-addition releases ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    You Should Hear: Rank/Xerox Do Post-Punk Right

    ​Sometimes it feels like "post-punk" has become a dirty descriptor. More often than not, if a band cites its influences as pre-Joy Division Warsaw or the Fall, expect to see some bad haircuts and hear a clichéd hodgepodge of post-punk darkwave and cheesy modern dance music that lacks heart, origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Cold Cave

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2009

    Dank Crevasse

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 4, 2009

    November Book Events: Howard Junker, Joshua Clover, Lierre Keith, and William S. Burroughs

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2009

    Blues Control’s sonic hypnosis

    ​Cold Cave @ Bottom of the Hill Ever since Ian Curtis shuffled off this mortal coil (4AD pun intended), gobs of acts have attempted to recreate his chilly post-punk aesthetic. The latest contenders, Cold Cave, go Curtis one further, aping the style of both Joy Division and that seminal band's suc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Last Night: A-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks

    Angela BoatwrightA-TrakA-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers, Trackademicks July 16th, 2009 The Independent Review by Noah Sanders Better than: Actually attending a rave in the early '90s. Last night's A-Trak show at The Independent seemed pieced together with a lingering adoration of the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    DJs dig into '90s nostalgia

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Aaron Axelsen

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    SF Weekly Previews Jazz Fest of North Beach

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    November 1, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of October 31:

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Terrorists have won the war on booze

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2006

    Smash your head on the noise rock; Another! Big! Buzz! Band!

    Red MeatIf you're planning an all American staycation this weekend, there's still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Independence Day(s)...and nights.Panama! 2 with DJ Beto (Friday)DJ Beto traveled all through the bug-fi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Beat

    Find Love Week alternatives in "Meat," "Charlie Horse," "Pussykat," and Nouvelle Vague

  • Music

    March 23, 2005

    I, Shit

    You and me and the Bravery, sitting around, full of it

  • Music

    March 9, 2005

    Fookin'-A

    Kasabian has its sights set on becoming the coolest -- and most stereotypical -- Britrock band around

  • Music

    May 12, 2004

    Pimp My Rock

    The French Kicks refashion the sound of Brooklyn on their innovative new album

  • Music

    April 14, 2004

    Punk in Drublic

    Piecing together a long night of drinking the old fashioned way: horribly

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    Xiu Xiu

    Fabulous Muscles

  • Music

    December 31, 2003

    Ryan Adams

    Rock N Roll|Love Is Hell, Pt. 1|Love Is Hell, Pt. 2

  • Music

    December 3, 2003

    The Musical is Political

    Forget policies and party affiliations, choose your next Mayor based on his top five favorite albums

  • Music

    July 30, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Do the funky robot with Lost Sounds, then short-circuit your tear ducts with Portugal's fado diva Mariza

  • Music

    April 30, 2003

    Lisa Germano

    Lullaby for Liquid Pig

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2003

    Night & Day for the week of February 12-18, 2003

    Highlights of the SF Weekly.

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    John Peel

    FABRICLIVE. 07

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    Low

    Trust (Kranky)

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    House of Tudor

    A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    The Clean; Slumber Party

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    July 21, 1999

    Reviews

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    March 4, 1998

    Reviews

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    November 19, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Calendar

    August 6, 1997

    Night+Day

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    August 28, 1996

    Recordings

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    August 7, 1996

    Recordings

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    March 20, 1996

    Recordings

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

  • Music

    August 30, 1995

    Recordings

    Getaway; Psychadelicate;

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