Altsounds — The *Movie Poster Art Gallery* is pleased to announce a fascinating exhibition of original and rare music posters entitled “*The Manchester Connection*”, a celebration of Manchester's legendary renaissance in musical and design crea... more info

Guardian Music — When his brothers formed British Sea Power, Roy Wilkinson became band manager and their dad became their No 1 fan. But his zealotry was overpowering, and finally Roy had to choose between rock and fatherhoodAs my father neared his 80th birthday, he f... more info

411 Mania — From Guns n' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" to Prince's "Purple Rain," "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division and more, 411's Andrew Moll ranks the top 10 songs of the 1980s! Check out the full article to see whi... more info

The Independent — Peter Hook, the bassist and founding member of Joy Division and New Order, has vowed to "fuck over" his old bandmates "in any possible way" after they announced a pair of reunion gigs without inviting him. more info

Guardian Music — You don't need to decode Au Pairs lyrics to get a feel for their dark, divisive timesBy the time I discovered Au Pairs, they'd already broken up. The post-punk band from Birmingham were short-lived, splitting in 1983, just two years after their debut... more info

Guardian Music — 'It almost doesn't need the band. It would still be a Joy Division photograph without them'Joy Division were relatively unknown when I did this NME shoot. It was 1979 and I was just starting out, too, so in a way we were experimenting with each other... more info

Guardian Music — Their home was the centre of mod and Oi!, but east London's Wasted Youth chose a darker path Released in 1980, when being influenced by the Velvet Underground seemed breathtakingly original and exciting, Wasted Youth's debut single scaled the dizzy h... more info

The Quietus — To take place at the De La Warr Pavilion more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Twenty-one years ago, June Tabor and Oysterband got together to record what is now recognised as an English folk-rock classic. It wasn't exclusively a folk album, though there were some traditional tracks, but rather an eclectic, powerful rewo... more info

Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest films and musicWhy just record a cover version of a single song when you can do a whole album instead? Last week, Pete Paphides spoke to some of the musicians who've taken on the challenge of recreating or reim... more info