Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Optimist Park - Mount St Helen (2010)- Review + Free Download The amateurish feel it has makes it sound spontaneous and emotionally raw, which is a good thing. At times, the voice and the instrumentation seem disconnected, you co... more info

Guardian Music — Former Joy Division and New Order bassist to rework three tracks with ex-Happy Mondays singer Rowetta. There could even be an album in the pipeline ...Peter Hook has revealed plans to re-record three Joy Division songs on a new EP. Thirty years after... more info

Guardian Music — When Peter Hook's new band Freebass broke up it was messy. Jane Graham finds some other equally amusing break upsIt always felt like one crazy dream too far, and last week the utopian vision that brought Mancunian bass kings Peter Hook, Gary "Mani" M... more info

ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM bassist MANI has apologised to his former FREEBASS bandmate PETER HOOK after launching a vicious attack aimed at his pal on Twitter.com.The pair teamed up... more info

Guardian Music — Former Stone Roses bassist says his outburst, which accused Hook of exploiting past glories, was 'totally out of character' Mani has apologised unreservedly to Peter Hook, calling his Twitter rants against the former Joy Division and New Order bassis... more info

Undercover, Australia — Gary “Mani” Mounfield will return to Primal Scream after the demise of the short-lived supergroup Freebass. more info

Stereogum — Not really, but it’s definitely the week for old(er) music dudes to be hurting folks’ feelings. This situation with Mani and Peter Hook’s a bit harsher than Lou Reed turning Susan Boyle into mush by telling her she couldn’t cover “Perfect D... more info

The Quietus — Mani accuses Peter Hook of living off Ian Curtis' "blood money", and tells The Quietus that Factory exploitation is "disgusting" more info

Guardian Music — Mani's Twitter rant against the former Joy Division and New Order bassist was a great bit of gossip. But it also reveals growing tensions within the Manchester music sceneWhen blokey bands descend from pronouncements of fraternal love into public spa... more info

ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM bassist MANI has launched a bitter attack against fellow rocker PETER HOOK after declaring their supergroup FREEBASS have split - days before the release of... more info