411 Mania — From Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Metallica's "One" to Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 1980s songs of all-time! more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)Spoek Mathambo (or Nthato Mokgata as he's known to his family) can be a prickly character: bridling over a feature in these pages last year in which he perceived himself portrayed as a figurehead for kwaito, for instance – whereas as any f... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Peter Hook has blasted reports an unreleased track by his former band Joy Division has been unearthed branding the song a hoax Earlier this week beg27Feb12 rumours circulated online that a previously unheard tune by the cult band has b... more info

Guardian Music — Here's one for the Leveson inquiry: the Salford bard's thoughts on the Daily Express For a while in the late 1970s John Cooper Clarke was a fixture on the new wave scene, impressively convincing punk rock crowds that what they really wanted to hear w... more info

Guardian Music — Before Simple Minds went stadium rock, they made 'serious, dark music' that influenced the Manics and Primal Scream. Now they're returning to their rootsA couple of years ago a young, anonymous musician approached Jim Kerr in a Glasgow rehearsal stud... more info

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ContactMusic — Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has uncovered 1 million pounds worth of jewellery a gun and perhaps most interestingly for music fans - some original Joy Division master tapes in the basement of his new restaurant The haul was discovered at Jamies new re... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Last week the web was wriggling with outrage over The Disney Store Corporation offering for sale a Mickey Mouse™ T-shirt in the graphic style of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover -- not that the iconic white-on-black waveform image (... more info

Topix — The Music 5&1 01.30.11: The Record-Setting Edition Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 01.30.2012 Fergie takes on Nicki Minaj in Vs, Russell Brand moves on from Katy Perry, Glee fans go psychotic, a fashion designer shocks and offends Amy Winehouse's family, ... more info

411 Mania — Fergie takes on Nicki Minaj in Vs, Russell Brand moves on from Katy Perry, Glee fans go psychotic, a fashion designer shocks and offends Amy Winehouse's family, Disney doesn't like Joy Division, Jennifer Lopez is your "and 1" Model of the Week and mo... more info