NME - The Bands Blog — See the new issue of NME to read more on the former New Order and Joy Division man's choices. My first record... T Rex - Ride A White Swan “I’d heard this on the radio and liked the guitar lick. If any readers could interpret the lyrics that w... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — "Mr. Peterson" from Mike Hadreas' Perfume Genius project is a lonely, heartbreaking piano ballad that tells a dark and disturbing story about a kid, an older dude, drugs, Joy Division, and death. See if you can figure out the rest. Transparent is put... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker PETER HOOK is to reveal all about his time with JOY DIVISION and NEW ORDER on a new spoken-word tour.The bass player has unveiled a 16-date U.K. tour,... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The Sight Below's 2008 album Glider touched on the liquid ambient throb of Gas and the crackling guitar processing of Fennesz, and this track from upcoming album It All Falls Apart, due April 6 on Ghostly, provides two additional twists. First, it's ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley invented the fictional duo Evelyn Evelyn, supposedly conjoined twin sisters sharing a passion for show tunes and Americana. They want us to believe that Eva and Lynn were born on September 11, 1985, on a small farm i... more info

ContactMusic — Former JOY DIVISION star PETER HOOK recently completed one of the band's lost songs 30 years after the group dissolved - but he's refusing to record the track because he... more info

Guardian Music — The Factory, Manchester"We made history, not money," reads Peter Hook's T-shirt, referring to how the bassist's bands, Joy Division and New Order, changed the course of music, but saw the proceeds disappear into FAC251 The Hacienda. Hook's recent hil... more info

Undercover, Australia — Having being burnt badly with the Hacienda Club in the 70s, a subject of the movie 24 Hour Party People, former Joy Division and New Order guitarist Peter Hook was back working a new club in Manchester on Saturday night called FAC251. more info

Guardian Music — Last week we asked you to remember music about forgetting. Now we want you to suggest songs that have gone to la la landAmid all the songs about forgetting, those about remembering, those about trying not to remember, and, finally, those about gettin... more info

XLR8R — Late April's Donaufestival in Krems, Austria, will see a fascinating collaboration between the depressive pop of Xiu Xiu and the manic rhythms of Deerhoof. The two groups will be combining forces to perform the entirety of Unknown Pleasures, the... more info