Stereogum — Last night at the Donaufestival in Lower Austria, Jamie Stewart collaborated with labelmates Deerhoof on a complete run-through of Joy Division’s 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures. Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier is sort of an honorary Xiu Xiu member, so ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Huy Ngo Art-pop provocateurs Xiu Xiu have been involved in plenty of mind-boggling and arguably disgusting body-horror art projects lately, from giving away t-shirts written in real blood to the vomit-centric video for "Dear God, I Hate Myse... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Last week NME’s Rick Martin questioned Peter Hook’s upcoming Ian Curtis tribute. Here Hooky defends what he says will be a fitting salute to his bandmate. The thought behind me doing a gig in celebration of Ian Curtis’ life actually started la... more info

Guardian Music — Troubled singer invites former Oasis frontman to come and have a go if he thinks he's hard enoughIt's been 15 years since his last record, but Adam Ant has celebrated his return with an extraordinary interview in which he claims he would beat Liam Ga... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... HARRY NILSSON - THE UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW (1978) First Time Online! A 32 year old interview with Harry Nilsson that's never been seen or heard... ANYWHERE. Harry talks about the death of Mama Cass Elliot in his London flat, talk... more info

ContactMusic — Peter Hook took much convincing to become a DJ as he saw them as "arrogant, overpaid t***s".The Joy Division and New Order bassist "valiantly resisted" playing... more info

The Vinyl Villain — AND ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MANCHESTERIf there's a city outside Scotland whose impact is recurrently felt on The Vinyl Villain, it must be Manchester with its Magazine, Morrissey, New Order...I lived there as a student in the late 80s and early... more info

The Independent — When Ian Curtis, Joy Division's ill-starred singer, stepped off stage for the last time, 30 years ago next Sunday, he was a cult icon on the verge of mainstream success. When he killed himself, aged 23, two weeks later his place in the pantheon of r... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Voting has opened on Gigwise to find your favourite English band for St George’s Day.You can vote on a host of acts, including The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Beatles.Other acts in our Rate or Slate feature inc... more info