Sweeping The Nation — Does anyone read these spiels? Maybe we should just save them for the book version that'll never happen. Here's forty top songs (39 of which are on Spotify) from the magnificent pop year of 1982, and no, Dollar's inclusion is not a mistak... more info

Core News — “Jarvis broadcasts live from the Manchester International Festival. He’ll be talking to Factory Records graphic design legend Peter Saville about the True Faith exhibition, part of MIF 2017 which explores the visual identity of New Order and Joy ... more info

Dlisted — When In Rome! “This is my favorite Pet Shop Boys song! Or is it my favorite Depeche Mode Song? My favorite New Order song?” is what an uneducated me probably said many times in the late 1980s every time The Promise came on the radio. But none of... more info

Stereogum — Ahead of Radiohead's headlining performance at the UK's Glastonbury festival next week, Thom Yorke sat down with Matt Everitt to talk musical firsts on BBC 6 Music 6's The First Time . As Pitchfork reports, in addition to formative experience watchi... more info

KEXP Seattle — They may not have made the majors like The Replacements and Hüsker Dü did, but Minneapolis-based band Arcwelder were more than a perennial local favorite, cracking John Peel’s Festive Fifth countdown in 1992 and getting crowned NME‘s “Pun... more info

Stereogum — Finn Wolfhard, the teenage actor who plays Mike Wheeler in Netflix's unstoppable '80s nostalgia delivery system Stranger Things, has developed a busy side hustle as a rock 'n' roller. He's covered Nirvana in a home video and New Order at a big benefi... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Stranger Things kid and future It star Finn Wolfhard hosted Strange '80s , a benefit concert for Sweet Relief that featured "Weird Al" Yankovic, Sarah Silverman, Tenacious D, and more covering '80s anthems. Wolfhard also did his part by ... more info

New York Times — The director, who died on Wednesday at 73, was a self-described “fanatical rock ’n’ roller,” who worked with New Order, Talking Heads, Neil Young and others. more info

Chicago Tribune — Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and punk veterans Jawbreaker will headline Riot Fest when it returns Sept. 15-17 to Douglas Park. The lineup also includes New Order, Paramore, rap-rock all-stars Prophets of Rage (a collaboration among member... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus Patti Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes, Ben Harper, and more sing "People Have the Power". more info