BBC 6 Music — Haçienda mastermind launches new music club in old Factory Records offices more info

Guardian Music — Hear how surprisingly seasoned the teen Swedish sisters of First Aid Kit sound when they perform country-tinged folk-pop about hopes, regrets, cheatin' and hard-lovin', from their forthcoming debut album, The Big Black & The Blue (19 Feb to 8 Mar, st... more info

Guardian Music — With their synth-pop noir, Detachments are going to be competing for the title of 2010's best indie-techno miserablistsHometown: London.The lineup: Sebastien Marshal (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Max Moreau (bass, guitar), Pete Dawson (drums).The back... more info

Peter Hook thinks Madonna is ''horrible'' and compared her to a ''Black Widow'' spider.He told Absolute Radio he met her at The Hacienda and said she was "horrible" and "used" people. more info

Guardian Music — Following Peter Hook's recent media blitz, it's hard to look at Manchester as forward thinking. Do new acts stand a chance? Or shall we just keep on banging on about the bloody Hacienda?Peter Hook, as you might have heard, has written a book about th... more info

Guardian Music — The Joy Division, New Order and Haçienda co-founder takes us on a tour of his home town, featuring DJ Luke Unabomber and indie band DelphicNicholas BlincoeChristian Bennett more info

Live Daily — For a debut effort, Bad Lieutenant [ tickets ]'s "Never Cry Another Tear" has some big shoes to fill. Not only does the act take its name from Abel Ferrara's acclaimed 1992 twisted cop flick, it's fronted by Bernard Sumner, the voice of New Order and... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — They are the legends of Manchester music – but not as you have ever seen them before.Some of the city’s best loved and most infamous music icons are being depicted in pop art style at an exhibition in Chorlton.Artist Pete McKee, who des... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) has written How Not To Run A Club, a book about the legendary Haçienda in Manchester. The Independent has an exclusive extract. He need to get his facts straight, though. Nico died in 1988, so how can this be... more info

To mark the release of his new book about The Hacienda, here New Order's Peter Hook reminisces about the legendary Manchester club, which he co-owned. more info