All posts from 4 July 2007

We don’t cover movie reviews at Criticulture (at least, not yet), but when the movie is the Ian Curtis biopic “Control,” we make an exception. (So what if it doesn’t come out until the fall.) The film about the late Joy Division frontman, directed by acclaimed music video director and photographer Anton Corbijn, was very […]

Tags: anton corbijn, control, joy division, new order

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (we know you are big IFPI fans) has released its 2006 sales figures for the music industry, and the good news is that online music sales nearly doubled last year vs. 2005. The 85% increase in online sales brought the total revenues in that category to $2.1 […]

Tags: album sales, downloads, ifpi

Bob Dylan
On October 1st comes a three-CD, 51-track career retrospective called, simply, “Dylan.” The catch? The tracklisting will be determined by Dylan’s fans via voting at the dylan07.com website. (If you think that’s a nice touch, just wait until those dedicated fans feel obligated to buy both the standard edition and the deluxe edition, complete […]

Tags: alicia keys, bob dylan, duran duran, enon, lostprophets, nasa, two gallants

Having always been a fan of the Happy Mondays, I had very mixed feelings about seeing them return to recording after a 15-year hiatus, but return they did, with a new album out in the UK only. Let’s just say that my negative feelings won out after reading the reviews. This is probably not an […]

Tags: happy mondays