Toronto Unplugged

Pre-prepped journalism…sometimes will bite you in the ass.  I was pretty pumped for the Peter Hook show, so I decided to throw two posts yesterday on the blog.  I posted them late Monday night to run Tuesday, because I knew I would be away from my computer for most of the day.  i was in the car listening to The Edge when I heard Bookie say, “it’s official, the Peter Hook show has been canceled”
Bollocks.  Sitting in my car…away from a computer…knowing that I couldn’t change the posts.  Ah well.
Bummer about the show.  I know a lot of people that …read more

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It somewhat of Peter Hook/Joy Division week in Toronto this week with Hook playing The Sound Academy on Friday (the 27th).
If you are not familiar with Joy Division (and New Order) this is a good week to explore this incredibly influential band. Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression.
Here are steps to discovering Joy Division…
Pick up and listen to Joy Division’s 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures. Allmusic.com describes the album as, “the ten songs inside, quite simply, are stone-cold landmarks, the whole …read more

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A great throw back/nostalgic show this week.  Peter Hook will be playing The Sound Academy on June 27th at 9pm.
Hook was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until his departure in 2007.
Hook has also recorded an album with Revenge (One True Passion) and two albums with Monaco (Music For Pleasure and Monaco) as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist.
There are some bands that simply resonate with a generation and …read more

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