As I’m sure is the case with many people, there are albums whose songs have become so intertwined with my memories from a specific moment in time

Between movies (the biopic Control and Grant Gee’s 2007 Joy Division documentary), tours by Peter Hook & The Light, a new New Order album

Each year, when looking back at the 12 months of music that have passed, it is always tempting to make a definitive qualitative statement. But whether or not 2015 was on the whole a good year for music is completely irrelavant. If the takeaway is one incredible record or a handful of good but not great albums, I’ll take the former every time. Anyway, I …

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Though his demeanor has seemingly lost some of its thorniness as he has aged, John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) has remained ever

Before it was associated with doofuses sporting beards and man-buns, being hip was something to which one aspired. It was a

With New Order having parted ways with Peter Hook, whose melodic basslines have long been a signature component of the band’s sound, and having

When it comes to the post-punk pantheon, The Chameleons—or The Chameleons UK, as they were known on this side of the pond—have been

As one-half of The Go-Betweens’ songwriting nucleus, Robert Forster was responsible for some of the most brilliant pop music to emerge from the land down under. But to simply describe what he and partner Grant McLennan created as “pop,” doesn’t do it justice, as the term suggests something disposable or ephemeral. While their music was catchy and frequently sparkling and bright, it was also literate …

As I’ve detailed previously, hearing the Cocteau Twins for the first time was something of an epiphany