Stereogum — New Order drum patches, darkwave synths, black and white imagery, and a horse — it’s Shannon Funchess and Brother Bruno’s Light Asylum dream bottled up in a single embed. I suggest putting this on full-screen and turning up the volume while hol... more info

Stereogum — The latest issue of Mojo comes with a CD of various different bands covering songs from New Order’s beyond-awesome 1983 New Order album Power, Corruption & Lies, as well as the singles from that era of the band’s evolution. We’ve already posted... more info

ContactMusic — New Order frontman Bernard Sumner has ruled out ever performing again with the bands former bassist Peter Hook after the pair traded bitter insults last year 11 The Blue Monday hitmakers announced in September 11 they were to stage two comeback gigs.... more info

Stereogum — The new year’s newest Mojo features New Order on the cover and a covers comp of the band’s Power, Corruption & Lies. Tackling tracks from the ’83 LP (along with “Blue Monday” and b-sides) are Golden Filter, Fujiya & Miyagi, and Destroyer wh... more info

Totally Fuzzy — December 13, 2011 (New York, NY) - Los Angeles duo THE SUBMARINES - Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti - are celebrating the holidays with the release of a new 6-track EP. Out December 20th, the SHOELACES EP features stripped-down versions of "Shoela... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Lester's daily column for the Guardian's music site takes on a live incarnation, with a show at London's Barfly in January, featuring Worship, Josh Osho and Murray JamesThe Guardian is launching a series of New Band of the Day gigs, based on Pau... more info

Guardian Music — (Pure)Amid the usual slew of cash-ins, here is a Christmas album that does what a Christmas record should: make you feel as warm and comforted as the post-dinner mince pies. As with 2008's Sweet Bells, Penistone folkie Rusby draws on the traditi... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Peter Hook wishes New Order could have split up in a similar way to R E M insisting hes not proud of how his time with the band ended The bassist who walked away from New Order in 2007 was left furious after hearing frontman Bernard Sumner... more info

ContactMusic — Peter Hook wants to bury the hatchet with his New Order bandmates The bass player launched a venomous attack on Bernard Sumner Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert in October over them reforming their band without him to play two benefit shows in B... more info

Guardian Music — What's been happening on guardian.co.uk/music this week, in one easily digestable info-burstIn the newsRolling Stones open 50th anniversary sessions to former bandmatesThe Clash's Paul Simonon arrested while working as undercover Greenpeace activistS... more info