Guardian Music — The city has an illustrious musical history - but how much do the current hot bands care? Not much, apparentlyHot, often half-naked new Manchester band Wu Lyf ruffled feathers recently when they told the Guardian that the city's illustrious musical h... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Jonathan Garrett takes the helm for the latest in our Unspun Heroes series, taking a look at The Sound's underrated 1981 album 'From The Lions Mouth' Some burn out. Others fade away. Then there are those, like The Sound, who never get the chance t... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, London"How are you?" a dressed-down Brandon Flowers asks, a touch awkwardly, as if bumping into a schoolfriend whose name he's forgotten. "How are your parents?"While they will spend most of the summer trying to reach the back of vast audience... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley,. Listen to Com Truise - Galactic Melt, released on June 14th Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley, born and raised in upstate New Y... more info

Guardian Music — May 1982: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicOn 27 January 1984, music show The Tube visited the Haçienda. As part of the evening, Madonna was filmed lip-syncing Holiday with a couple of dancers. The clip still... more info

Guardian Music — 4 June 1976: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicGoogle the words "Sex Pistols Lesser Free Trade Hall 1976", or simply "4 June 1976", and you can use the resultant 22,600,000 pieces of information to piece togethe... more info

Guardian Music — 18 May 1980: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicIan was very ill with epilepsy when we were recording the Closer album. He was having a lot of blackouts. There was one horrible occasion where he was missing for... more info

Guardian Music — March 1983: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicBlue Monday had inauspicious beginnings: depending on which of New Order's myth-puncturing stories you believe, it was written either to test out a new drum machine... more info

Guardian Music — Music producer who worked with the Stranglers, Buzzcocks and the Human LeagueThe record producer Martin Rushent, who has died aged 63, established himself as a pivotal figure in British pop music through his work with the punk-era bands Buzzcocks and... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Series charting the musical and human dramas behind some of the best-known rock and pop groups in history. This programme looks at some of the best bands to come out of Manchester over the past 20 years. The stories of Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New ... more info