Magnet Magazine — 10 years ago today, New Order released Music Complete. Iggy Pop! Brandon Flowers! La Roux! Read our New Order feature from that year: The post New Order Released “Music Complete” 10 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Last year, Wesley Eisold was busy releasing the latest Cold Cave album Passion Depression and joining Peter Hook for a New Order song in San Diego. Now the musician is returning to his heavy roots with an American Nightmare reissue and a new har... more info

Obscure Sound — Propelled by a moody interplay of guitars and synths, “Across the Night Sky” is the riveting new single from Silicon Forest. Shades of Depeche Mode and New Order show in the striking production; the latter is present in the shimmering synth tones... more info

Magnet Magazine — Flight To London’s fine-tuned facsimile of synth pop’s ’80s heyday surpasses mere tribute-minded affectation. Credit highly skilled co-conspirators Jimmy McGorman and Robb Vallier, whose affection for Tears For Fears, New Order, Depeche Mode an... more info

Stereogum — I am just the right age so that my first exposure to “Blue Monday” was Orgy’s nu-metal remake, so the New Order hit strikes me as such an intuitive cover choice that we might as well call it a standard. The National’s Matt Berninger has be... more info

Magnet Magazine — 35 years ago today, the Go-Betweens released 1978–1990. The world crumbles, and then it ends. Read our Sound Check column on the best of the best-ofs: this, plus Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, New Order and the Kinks: The post The Go-Betweens Released �... more info

Stereogum — In 1994, the Pet Shop Boys and New Order both released completely unrelated songs called “Young Offender.” The two groups were (and are) contemporaries and collaborators, but those tracks didn’t have anything to do with each other. It was ju... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 65th birthday Flood (U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, New Order, Sigur Rós, et al). Enjoy the silence. The post Happy 65th Birthday Flood (U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, New Order, Sigur Rós, Et Al) appeared first on Magnet Ma... more info

Stereogum — The constantly morphing rock artist KennyHoopla keeps dropping new EPs. In the spring, he gave us rebirth // renaissance , for which the stated influences ranged from New Order to the Drums. Now comes conditions of an orphan//, KennyHoopla’s at... more info

Magnet Magazine — 55 years ago today, Creedence Clearwater Revival released Cosmo’s Factory. Doo doo doo. Read our Sound Check column on the best of the best-ofs: CCR, Leonard Cohen, the Go-Betweens, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and the Kinks: The post Creed... more info