AngryApe — The album includes new songs, covers, live tracks and instrumentals more info

Stereogum — The economy's been tricky everywhere, even Scrooge McDuck's homeland, so when the Twilight Sad went on tour with fellow Scots Mogwai, they put together the Goo-referencing The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents And Hit The Road, a limited-edition collec... more info

5 Acts — Detroit, MIBand title from Joy Division."Hear & Believe"The Bodies Obtained on MySpaceThe Bodies Obtained on The Hype Machine more info

MTV.com News — Vegas Anglophiles renew their embrace of the '80s with Day & Age. The Killers' Brandon Flowers Photo: MTV News It was another brush-with-an-icon moment for the Killers: back in May of this year, joining Duran Duran — the first name in '... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Gallagher brothers can strike fellow Mancunian Mick Hucknall off their Christmas card list.The Simply Red frontman has launched a scathing attack on the Oasis stars — complaining they are making a monkey out of all Mancs.The flame-haired s... more info

Pitchfork — Whether off the lip of a name-checking record store clerk, through such feature films as Control and 24 Hour Party People, or by way of some of the label's flagship acts, you've probably encountered the hallowed words "Factory Records" at some point ... more info

Guardian Music — That Orange Juice may be set to reform is yet more positive news in the ongoing story of Edwyn Collins's recovery from the edge of death in 2005. And the fact that Collins won over this summer's Glastonbury crowd by performing with Roddy Frame, means... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Maybe it's the Peter Hook-style basslines, the floating keyboard strains or the rat-tat-tat drumbeats, but The Whip really reminds us of New Order. And when the lyrics start sounding like Ian Curtis, our Joy Division neurotransmitters kick in as well... more info

Guardian Music — It's not that I've never been to a pop concert. It's just that I've only been to five in my life, though I'd like to think of them as well chosen. They were, in reverse chronological order: Scissor Sisters; Gang of Four; Morrissey; Belle and Sebastia... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, CampaignwatchSpinner.com: Although she isn't eligible to vote in the US election, M.I.A. is using Election Day to discuss the politics of Joy Division. Just hours before the polls opened on Tuesday, she posted a video for a brand ... more info