Ian Curtis

Critics' Picks: De La Soul, Fountains of Wayne, Lights, and more

The Drums/Craft Spells/Part Time

Mark Mallman tour diary, Vol. 7

​A millionaire friend once told me, "Mallman, you have two options in this world: crazy busy or dead poor." I corrected him: "Try the music business, you'll be both." 

5ingles

​A millionaire friend once told me, "Mallman, you have two options in this world: crazy busy or dead poor." I corrected him: "Try the music business, you'll be both." 

LCD Soundsystem at Roy Wilkins, 10/23/10

Photos by Erik Hess​LCD SoundsystemOctober 23, 2010Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. PaulWith 10cc's oddly creepy art/soft rock hit "I'm Not In Love" serving as the intro to the set, there was electricity in the air, something not often found in the cavernous confines of Roy Wilkins Auditorium regardles ... More >>

Surfer Blood and the Drums at the Varsity Theater, 10/13/10

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

The Funeral and the Twilight: To Kill You

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Tenebrism

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Lee "Scratch" Perry and more

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

First Communion Afterparty

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Square Pegs on DVD tops this week's pop culture picks

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Radiohead's best tops this week's pop culture picks

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Culture Jamming

Photos by Erik Hess​Surfer Blood and the DrumsOctober 13, 2010Varsity TheaterWhat better way to shake off my post-GBV hangover than to see two young, talented bands at one of the most stylish venues in town, as the Floridian quintet Surfer Blood and the Brooklyn quartet the Drums both delivered sh ... More >>

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool

Rock & Roll & Cannes '07

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool

The Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool

Low: The Great Destroyer

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool

Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool

Raising Kane

I'm not a rapist, I'm a pedophile: Chaos Theories' seasonal cheer

A Frames: A Frames 2

I'm not a rapist, I'm a pedophile: Chaos Theories' seasonal cheer

Turn on the Black Lights

In the shadow of Joy Division, Signal and Report find more darkness

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Talking long-distance relationships and Ian Curtis lust with Minneapolis's Revolver

The Year In Film

Three movie critics pick 21 favorites (and only one in common) from 2002.

It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod World

Interpol throw on retro suits and dress their songs in psychedelic furs

The Worst Cannes Ever?!

The same old auteurs, profound political films, and baffling Brits

Slow Ride

Low have been heckled by crowds and dropped from their label. Now Minnesota's quietest band returns with its best album yet.

No Direction Home

Dylan does Duluth; To Ave. and Ave. not

It's 1979, Okay?

Dylan does Duluth; To Ave. and Ave. not