411 Mania — From Jay-Z, Guns N' Roses, Fleetwood Mac and Iron Maiden to Joy Division, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Garbage and more, the 411 Staff continues their way through the alphabet with their top 5 favorite artists starting with the letters F to J! Check ou... more info

Scotsman.com — AT 55, Anton Corbijn came to movies comparatively late in life. The American is Corbijn's second film. His first, Control, was a bleak biopic of Joy Division's Ian Cur more info

Guardian Music — This Welsh singer might listen to every musical genre from Mali to Merthyr, but he couldn't sound more like Hothouse Flowers if he triedHometown: Penarth, Wales.The lineup: Pete Lawrie (vocals, guitar).The background: It's a frequently asked question... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sharon Van Etten plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR Music. Vanity Fair excerpts Jay McInerney's forward from Kevin Cummins' new book, Joy Division. The Los Angeles Times profiles a Jordanian bookstore that specializes in forbidden books. Storychord, on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Weekend - Coma Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend - End Times (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Young Prisms - Sugar (MP3) Weekend are pretty clean-cut looking dudes who make a dark-edged squall that shows a direct through-line from Joy Division..... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I received this email towards the end of last month:-I've been enjoying the blog a lot lately and, in particular, love the 5 album sides idea. I'd be curious to know which you'd pick for Talking Heads. I know you tend to focus on UK and especially S... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about heralding the break of day. Now we'd like you to suggest songs that herald an artist's returnFor the first time in years I actually got all the way to last Sunday morning without realising the clocks had gone back. I was delig... more info

The Vinyl Villain — But then again, when its the follow-up to the majesty of Ceremony and is itself followed-up by the perfection of Temptation, it is a bit easy to overlook just how good this sounded on its release back in September 1981:-mp3 : New Order - ProcessionQ... more info

Guardian Music — Brighton DomeOf all the 1980s synth pop bands who have taken it upon themselves to reform in recent years, OMD's legacy is perhaps the most curious. They were signed to Factory records, had their sleeves designed by Peter Saville, wrote songs dedicat... more info

NME — Ten-disc set will be released in December more info