…Especially if it’s dated after Ian Curtis died. Former Curtis bandmate Peter Hook recently admitted he forged a good number of Curtis’ autographs on merchandise for a short time “as a joke” and even saw one of the fakes out at a record store in Manchester recently. Funny stuff indeed. (Via: Daily Swarm via Clash Music)

For some reason, this video brings to mind the following quote from The Royal Tenenbaums: “Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Big Horn. What this book presupposes is… maybe he didn’t.”

“Transmission” as performed by a steel drum band. Fantastic.

This week’s edition of New Music Thursdays was curated by Notes From Middle America columnist Danny R. Phillips.

It’s a bit like running through razor blades then diving into a swimming pool full of rubbing alcohol when a band takes on groups like The Cure, Bloc Party, Jane’s Addiction, New Order and Franz Ferdinand: the chances of catastrophe and painful death are magnified by 47 million.
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The Singles Collection is contributor Jason Jackowiak’s weekly column focusing on rare and essential 7″ releases.

This week on the singles collection, we get to delve into a treasure trove from one of our favorite labels — NYC’s always amazing Sacred Bones Records. They’ve just unleashed four new singles (and have another 3 coming in the next couple of weeks) and we’re going to take a look at three of them this week. The fourth, a platter of acid folk jams from Absinthe Minds member Max Elliott, is also a fantastic addition to any collection, but we’ve left it off solely due to time constraints. While it’s difficult to tell from some small cover jpegs, Sacred Bones releases always look as good as they sound, as they really go above & beyond when it comes to packaging. Anyway, enough with the senior superlatives, let’s get on with the show.
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