The Vinyl Villain — I made a passing reference to Madchester in yesterday's posting and my mind drifted back to this 12" single from 1990:-mp3 : Northside - Shall We Take A Trip?mp3 : Northside - Moody Places This was the band's debut released on Factory Records in May ... more info

Guardian Music — Former Smiths member leaves all-bass supergroup he founded with New Order's Peter Hook and the Stone Roses' ManiThe bad joke known as Freebass, the all-bass super-group, just got a little less funny, as former Smiths member Andy Rourke has left the b... more info

The Vinyl Villain — ......reviled by many others.And I guess that much of that is to do with the fact that the band changed musical direction several times in a desperate hunt for mainstream success.Formed initially in the late 70s, The Psychedelic Furs were an archety... more info

DJmag — Robbie Rivera, born in 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had his first encounter with music when he was only 10 years old. Buying records from acts like New Order, Depeche Mode and U2, it wasn't long before he started spinning records. "I was 13 and had... more info

Allmusic Blog — Coming in to work I heard New Order’s “Round & Round” on the weird and awesome radio station that plays No Doubt back to back with Usher, old Prince next to Drake, and well, New Order! Hearing the song out of context I remembered why I love the... more info

Guardian Music — The Montreal-based septet will be out to prove that a band's all-important third LP can retain the capacity to surpriseAs you might have noticed, unflagging glory seekers Arcade Fire are releasing their third album, very generously extending their lu... more info

Guardian Music — (Soft Revolution)Montreal's Stars make a very different sound to the euphoric, genre-colliding racket of the members' other group, Broken Social Scene. Their fifth album typifies Stars' more epic melodrama – in awe of Prefab Sprout, New Order and t... more info

Guardian Music — Modern music marketing is closer in spirit to the Native American practice of potlatch than you might thinkFans boggled at last week's decision by the grime star Wiley to give away more than 200 new tracks for free online. First, they asked, is it fo... more info

Guardian Music — This week there's pre-war drama, a 1980s indie disco and a bang up-to-date news reviewRadio 7 gave a welcome airing of Noel Coward pastiche Design for Murder this week (listen again here). The play's author, Marcy Kahan, has capitalised on the gap in... more info

ContactMusic — Former NEW ORDER and JOY DIVISION star PETER HOOK is spearheading a new TV talent search in Britain.The bass player will host new show The Source at his Manchester,... more info