Prefix — Peter Hook and his ex-bandmates in New Order are currently locked in a contentious legal battle over the use of ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/peter-hook-plans-to-play-new-order-albums-by-himse/69472/ more info

Guardian Music — Grills, giant bubbles, a man pretending to be a jockey – it's all there in our runthrough of the most memorable events of another week in the world of music, travelling from the US to Madrid to Warsaw and, of course, Portmeirion more info

Guardian Music — This duo are perfect without being too box-ticking – they are going to be massiveReading on mobile? Click here to viewHometown: London.The lineup: Colin Mac (bass, guitar, backing vocals) and Miriam Massie (vocals, synths).The background: Ink are a... more info

Discobelle.net — Recently I’ve spent some time re-visiting old favorites – New Order, Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates, Talking Heads, Human League, etcetc. They’re all groups with a distinctive sound, synth line, or style that have turned them into icons. A current... more info

Guardian Music — The festival season has drawn to a close with a boutique offering in the splendid classical village of Portmeirion in north Wales. The festival featured re-enactments from the cult TV series The Prisoner, which was filmed there, and music from the li... more info

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Prefix — 2005's Waiting For The Sirens' Call was the last album of new material from electro-kings New Order, but it looks ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/new-order-to-begin-work-on-new-album-in-2013/69207/ more info

Guardian Music — Portmeirion, WalesSurveillance dishes on street corners ask where you're going. Human chess games are held daily in the central piazza. Airborne drones patrol the beach, bizarre election rallies march around the ornamental gardens and, to ominous rec... more info

ContactMusic — New Order star Peter Hook wrote his memoirs in a bid to come to terms with the death of his former bandmate Ian Curtis but is still wracked with guilt over the tragedy The British bassist was left devastated when Joy Division frontman Curtis hanged h... more info

NME - Festivals — Festival season 2012 has come to a close, and what a way to end things. It was a (rare) weekend of sunshine that saw the likes of Stevie Wonder, New Order, Florence And The Machine and The xx on Bestival's Main Stage - and for the first time ever, yo... more info