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Peter Hook and the Light perform Joy Division’s “Substance”

Peter Hook and the Light w/vocal support from Moby perform Joy Division at the Wiltern Theatre on 09.24.16.
At the risk of seeming redundant or uninspired, I've got one more post motivated by that lengthy New Order retrospective I indulged in on Monday. Although, this time around, I'm focused on their previous incarnation as the formative post-punk ensemble Joy Division.Of course, Joy Division no longer exists in a band sense. There music lives …

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New Order: a couple of old shows, in lieu of a postponed “Unity”

New Order perform at the Shrine Auditorium on 03.09.16.
On this beautiful Monday afternoon, one of the warmest of the summer thus far, I'm opting for another flashback performance ... or in this case, a couple of them, paired up to offer a more well-rounded experience. Same act. Multiple shows.The band is New Order, and before things went tits-up in the Corona wars, they …

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Stranger Things (Soundtrack from the Original Netflix Series)
First off, I'm not going to talk about the popular Netflix series "Stranger Things" - at least, not in any significant depth or detail. If you know the show, then you know why it's regarded with such adoration and acclaim, most notably for its tonally accurate and atmospheric throwback to '80s pop culture entertainment. If …

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Dead Souls

Peter Hook & the Light perform Joy Division's "Dead Souls" @ the the Wiltern on 09.24.16.
Yesterday, a friend of mine texted that he'd watched the film "The Crow" for the first time, and really enjoyed the soundtrack. He singled out a couple of tracks, one of which pertains to today's posting. It's an alternative post-punk goth classic titled "Dead Souls," originally recorded by Joy Division in 1981, then covered by …

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Chromatics’ “Ceremony”

Chromatic's Ruth Radelet in prisms. This beautiful photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
I honestly didn't think my first Chromatics post would be a cover song.  But I just stumbled upon their chilled rendition of New Order's classic "Ceremony," and I think it's my latest favorite thing they've done.  I also think I might be stuck in some kind of mellow meditative mindset, at least for the time …

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