Joy Division

Homespun: Max Load

Max Load
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BDR Records Re-Releases Material By Classic St. Louis Band Max Load

It's no stretch at all to think of BDR Records as St. Louis' very own Numero Group. That Chicago-based imprint quickly became the king of archival reissues, resurrecting long-forgotten and barely remembered sides from music scenes in Cleveland, Wichita and, on the Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples ... More >>

Straight Outta Manchester

Homespun: Aquitaine

American Pulverizer, Part 1
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Aquitaine's American Pulverizer, Part 1: Review and Full EP Stream

Ed. Aquitaine's new record, released last week at the Firebird, is the subject of this week's Homespun column. You may not know the name Aquitaine unless you're a Francophile, a visitor to the Pyrenees or a Middle Ages buff, so a quick brush-up is in order: The band formed last year as Supermoon, c ... More >>

Music Movies: The Five Biggest Flops And Five Biggest Successes

This is the face that launched 1,000 falsettos -- and also our No. 2 entry in the hits category.​Welcome to a new recurring feature on RFT Music. In the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at the best music movies, from documentaries (Dig!) to movies with earth-shattering soundtracks (Train ... More >>

She Wants Revenge

9 p.m. Tuesday, June 7. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Video: Joy Division's "Transmission," As Performed by Playmobil Characters

(H/T to Twitter follower @tone_wolf for the link) A few years ago, we brought you some fun videos of Lego people miming to songs by System of a Down, Metallica, U2 and others. It was only a matter of time before Playmobil -- the preppier, square version of Lego -- got in on the action. The video bel ... More >>

Ten Songs Colder Than Old Man Winter

Wikimedia Commons​While the Snowpocalypse largely missed the St. Louis metro area, the aftermath of the sleet-storm lingers, in the form of frigid temperatures, bitter wind chills and icy roads and pavement. This is the perfect time of year for hot tea, wool blankets -- and cold, cold music. T ... More >>

The Ponys

8 p.m. Friday, October 1. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Hear Joy Division Tunes Performed on Steel Drums!

Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, has a pretty entertaining personal Twitter account. Just a bit ago, he tweeted this video of a steel drum band called Steel Harmony playing Joy Division's "Transmission." This performance was part of artist Jeremy Deller's Procession in Man ... More >>

Poptones: A lost local post-punk classic gets the reissue treatment from a new label — and the band reunites to celebrate

Saturday! Post-Punks Raymilland Reunite at Off Broadway MP3

Who's Raymilland, you might ask? Why, it's a short-lived St. Louis band doing a reunion show at Off Broadway on Saturday night. (Bunnygrunt, the Medical Tourists and fellow old-school punks the Welders are also on the bill.) The quartet existed from 1979 to 1981 and opened for some of-the-day high-p ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: The Killers and Chairlift at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Monday, May 4

The important thing to remember about the Killers is that the band hails from Las Vegas, the city where the concept of time falls prey to glitz, fantasy and excess -- and the place that built a replica of great cities such as Paris and New York, thus manufacturing its own reality to fit it ... More >>

2008: The Year in Song, A to Z Style

So this is a wee bit late -- sorry, I've been battling a cold since New Year's Day, bah -- but hopefully still relevant: three "discs" worth of 2008 quality music. This is meant to be a companion list to the Top 10 Top 40 songs piece I penned, a way for people to perhaps discover some new bands and/ ... More >>

Film School

9 p.m. Tuesday, July 15. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

True Faith: Peter Hook hasn't let New Order's split slow him down

True Story: Columbia's True/False Film Fest hits the half-decade mark

A Place to Bury Strangers/Holy Fuck at the Bluebird, March 10

Best Music of the Year, Post #1: Love of Diagrams, !!!, Bjork, New Young Pony Club

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures
Closer
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(Rhino)Control Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Daily Web Crawl

A Review of Control, the Joy Division biopic

This Week's Issue

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool.

Update on Joy Division biopic Control and Ian Curtis' music

Things to Make and Do (and Know) in St. Louis: Daft Punk, Control, Show Changes

Daily Web Crawl

Tracklists for Joy Division Reissues on Rhino -- Vinyl! Studio albums! Control soundtrack! Killers covering "Shadowplay"!

The Bureau, We Make Plans in Secret Audio-Enhanced Feature

Jonas Brothers

7 p.m. Thursday, June 28. Old Glory Amphitheatre, Six Flags, Eureka.

Walking in Your Footsteps

Local musicians and writers weigh in on the Police's legacy in St. Louis -- then and now.

120 Days

8 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. The Gargoyle on the campus of Washington University (Forsyth and Skinker boulevard).

Various Artists

A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box (Rhino)

Roman Numerals/The Bureau/Ghost in Light

9 p.m. Thursday, September 28. Schlafly Tap Room, (2100 Locust Street)

The Prids

8 p.m. Sunday, September 17. Mississippi Nights, (914 North First Street)

Black Angels

9 p.m. Thursday, August 3. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Human Television

Look at Who You're Talking To (Gigantic)

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Ian Curtis gives the smackdown to She Wants Revenge, Against Me! talks politics and punk, and the Download helps you get your MP3 on

The Undoing of David Wright/Attractive and Popular/The Bureau

Friday, January 6; The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

Beat Happenings

Week of October 19, 2005

Sushirobo

Wednesday, September 22; the Rocket Bar

Keoki

Kill the DJ (Cleopatra)

Various Artists

No Thanks!: The '70s Punk Rebellion (Rhino)

Radio Berlin

Saturday, October 4; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

Dead Can Skate

Local goths are on a roll

New Order World

In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

Doves

The Last Broadcast (Capitol)

Moogs for Moderns