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New Order’s Bernard Sumner Recovering From COVID-19
You can add New Order’s Bernard Sumner to the growing list of artists who have contracted COVID-19. In an interview with the Current, Sumner told Morning Show host Jill Riley that he’s recovering from the virus at his home in England. He said that he got the virus three weeks ago “My voice is a little bit gruff, but I was one of the lucky ones, I didn’t get it too bad,” he said. However, he said that he still can’t smell anything and felt “really fatigued” from it. He said that he had it for four days, then it went away for four days and when it came back, “it was more severe, but not too bad.” “It seems like Russian roulette,” he continued. “Like, you can get light symptoms, like me, or it can kill you. It’...
New Joy Division, New Order Podcast to Feature Original Band Members, Liam Gallagher, Bono and More
Joy Division and New Order’s interconnected histories will be shared in a new podcast called Transmissions: The Definitive Story. The first eight episodes of the series will go through Joy Division’s birth, rise, then the 1980 death of Ian Curtis. The podcast will then explore the formation of New Order and run till the release of their hit 1983 song, “Blue Monday.” “Nothing would’ve stopped us—nothing did stop us, did it?” Joy Division’s Bernard Sumner said in the trailer, which you can hear below. “Ian’s death didn’t stop us, Martin’s death didn’t stop us, getting all the equipment stolen didn’t stop us. There was nothing to go back to. There was no plan B.” Aside from Sumner, band members Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook will be featured on the pod along with intervie...
The 25 Best Soundtrack Albums of the 1990s
In the 1980s, music and film collided for cross-promotional blockbusters both transcendent (Purple Rain) and transcendently cheesy (Footloose). In the ‘90s, soundtracks continued to sell in the millions, capturing cultural moments like the Seattle grunge of Singles or the Britpop and electronica of Trainspotting. Auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson reached deep into their record collections to set the mood while movies like Above the Rim and Menace II Society pioneered the concept of soundtracks as hip-hop mixtapes. A great soundtrack can propel an unsuccessful single, like Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose,” to the top of the charts, or revive a decades-old hit, like Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It can also push a cult singer-songwriter like Elliott Smith or Aimee Mann to an Oscar perf...
Brandon Flowers Shares Joy Division’s ‘Profound Impact’ in Ian Curtis Tribute
Brandon Flowers paid tribute to the Ian Curtis on a special charity livestream, Moving Through The Silence: Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Ian Curtis, to honor the 40th anniversary of the late Joy Division singer on Monday night (May 18). “My journey to Joy Division started at New Order. I distinctly remember being a young man and seeing ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ on MTV and knowing that this was something I could get behind,” Flowers said in a pre-recorded clip (at 54:10) for the charity special. “As I got older and more invested in music, I traced that New Order lineage back to Ian Curtis and Joy Division. This unparalleled, stark, beautiful, primitive, soulful music: it had a profound impact on me, just like it did many others.” While some may have hoped that The Killers’ frontman wo...
New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris, Brandon Flowers to Pay Tribute to Ian Curtis
The 40th anniversary of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’ death is on May 18. To honor his legacy, his former bandmates (and current New Order members) Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris will take part in a livestream on the anniversary. The duo will be joined by the Killers singer Brandon Flowers, Elbow, Kodaline and more to be revealed. Titled Moving Through the Silence: Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Ian Curtis, the stream will feature two hours of live and exclusive conversation, music and poetry. Other interviewees include Ian Curtis’s friend Mark Reeder, and there will be a special appearance from Maxine Peake. Donated funds will to Manchester mental health charity Manchester Mind. Click here for more info.
