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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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Holygram @ the Wiltern on 12.13.18

Holygram perform @ the Wiltern on 12.13.18.
Earlier this month, I posted a piece about this Cologne five-piece, focusing on their energetic indie single "Still There." In short, I found it to be a breath of fresh coldwave air, a slick slice of retro-alternative sound, adrenalized yet approachable. You can revisit that here.A few weeks ago, Holygram were in town performing with …

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Slowdive

Slowdive follow-up their FYF reunion appearance with the first of two sold-out shows at the Theatre at the Ace on 11.08.14. Sadly, I only have pics of this performance.
With Desert Daze coming up this weekend, I was inspired to compile a collection of concert videos from one of my favorite artists Slowdive.  They're performing this Saturday night at the three-day festival in Southern California's Lake Perris.Part of the original UK shoegaze wall-of-sound guitar movement from the early '90s, Slowdive has been experiencing a …

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