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Orange Juice “Falling and Laughing” 7-inch vinyl single, released by Postcard Records in 1980.

Before The Smiths: Orange Juice, Postcard Recor...

Alejandro De Luna

1980. Glasgow. Postcard Records. Orange Juice. 'Falling and Laughing'.One of the foundational indie bands of the early 80s British pop scene, back when the term “indie” meant something: the forever...

Before The Smiths: Orange Juice, Postcard Recor...

Alejandro De Luna

1980. Glasgow. Postcard Records. Orange Juice. 'Falling and Laughing'.One of the foundational indie bands of the early 80s British pop scene, back when the term “indie” meant something: the forever...

Andres calamaro, discos favoritos

Andrés Calamaro: discos, músicos y libros de su...

Alejandro De Luna

Hoy, en el cumpleaños de Andrés Calamaro, vale la pena recordar algo que a veces se pierde detrás de la obra inmensa del artista porteño: la amplitud de sus placeres...

Andrés Calamaro: discos, músicos y libros de su...

Alejandro De Luna

Hoy, en el cumpleaños de Andrés Calamaro, vale la pena recordar algo que a veces se pierde detrás de la obra inmensa del artista porteño: la amplitud de sus placeres...

Lydia Lunch sitting in a Delancey Street loft in 1977/78, wearing a Disneyland sweatshirt and black trousers, photographed by GODLIS.

Lydia Lunch on Delancey Street: No Wave Taking ...

Alejandro De Luna

Lydia Lunch sits in a Delancey Street loft wearing a Disneyland sweatshirt as one of New York’s most abrasive musical movements begins to form around her. Photographed by Godlis one...

Lydia Lunch on Delancey Street: No Wave Taking ...

Alejandro De Luna

Lydia Lunch sits in a Delancey Street loft wearing a Disneyland sweatshirt as one of New York’s most abrasive musical movements begins to form around her. Photographed by Godlis one...

Hand-drawn sketch of Phil Lynott next to a handwritten notebook page mapping his musical and cultural influences

Phil Lynott's Influences: The Sounds Behind Thi...

Alejandro De Luna

This is a messy drawing of Phil Lynott, and a map I put together a long time ago trying to trace some of his influences. A good opportunity to take...

Phil Lynott's Influences: The Sounds Behind Thi...

Alejandro De Luna

This is a messy drawing of Phil Lynott, and a map I put together a long time ago trying to trace some of his influences. A good opportunity to take...

Sex Pistols Lesser Free Trade Hall gig poster, the sleeve of a bootleg 7-inch from the June 4, 1976 Manchester show

The Gig Nobody Agrees On: Sex Pistols at the Le...

Alejandro De Luna

Manchester, June 4th, 1976: Sex Pistols play a room called the Lesser Free Trade Hall to somewhere between thirty and fifty people. The support act, Solstice, were a group from...

The Gig Nobody Agrees On: Sex Pistols at the Le...

Alejandro De Luna

Manchester, June 4th, 1976: Sex Pistols play a room called the Lesser Free Trade Hall to somewhere between thirty and fifty people. The support act, Solstice, were a group from...

FAC-adjacent: Peter Hook Owned One of My Prints

FAC-adjacent: Peter Hook Owned One of My Prints

Alejandro De Luna

"What a band. I loved these 'Family Tree' things." That's Peter Hook, writing about a Joy Division print I made mapping the band's discography. A few years ago, while I...

FAC-adjacent: Peter Hook Owned One of My Prints

Alejandro De Luna

"What a band. I loved these 'Family Tree' things." That's Peter Hook, writing about a Joy Division print I made mapping the band's discography. A few years ago, while I...

Unidentified Black woman with a large Afro photographed against a red background, seen above Dick Hallorann’s bed in The Shining.

The Shining: The Mystery of Hallorann’s Bedroom...

Alejandro De Luna

A small mystery, among many, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the mother of film conspiracy theories, the endless rabbit hole, the film of frame-by-frame readings and hidden details. When Dick...

The Shining: The Mystery of Hallorann’s Bedroom...

Alejandro De Luna

A small mystery, among many, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the mother of film conspiracy theories, the endless rabbit hole, the film of frame-by-frame readings and hidden details. When Dick...

Front cover of NME magazine, 26 March 1994, "Mozmania" issue featuring Morrissey, with cover lines for Nine Inch Nails, Björk, St Etienne, and Nick Cave.

1994

Alejandro De Luna

I've been opening old dusty boxes with hundreds of magazines in them, and I randomly picked this one today. Nostalgia is strange like that. One issue of NME, 26 March...

1994

Alejandro De Luna

I've been opening old dusty boxes with hundreds of magazines in them, and I randomly picked this one today. Nostalgia is strange like that. One issue of NME, 26 March...

Concert ticket and programme flyer for "Suicide: A Punk Mass" at Barbican Hall, London, 9 July 2015, part of the Station to Station happening, featuring a black and white photo of Alan Vega and Martin Rev.

The Last Time Suicide Ever Played

Alejandro De Luna

I've been listening to Suicide quite a lot again recently. The New York City synth menace from the early seventies. Everyone should own a copy of their first LP. Alan...

The Last Time Suicide Ever Played

Alejandro De Luna

I've been listening to Suicide quite a lot again recently. The New York City synth menace from the early seventies. Everyone should own a copy of their first LP. Alan...

Women Who Shaped the Look of British Post-Punk: Linder Sterling

Women Who Shaped the Look of British Post-Punk:...

Alejandro De Luna

In 1977, Buzzcocks released "Orgasm Addict," and the cover showed a nude female torso with a clothes iron for a head and mouths where the nipples should be. It was...

Women Who Shaped the Look of British Post-Punk:...

Alejandro De Luna

In 1977, Buzzcocks released "Orgasm Addict," and the cover showed a nude female torso with a clothes iron for a head and mouths where the nipples should be. It was...