The Vinyl Villain — 'And she doesn't think about him anymore...'"What do we do? We are a pop band. Always have been. We love what everyone else loves. We like things to be bright, shallow, ephemeral, mass produced. If you sense subversive tendencies, your senses have de... more info

Guardian Music — Soaring vocals and sumptuous 80s synths make For Shadows an album out of time – for which everybody should make timeHometown: London.The lineup: Chris Steele-Nicholson (vocals, instruments).The background: Terrible name, Oh Minnows. Just asking for... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — L.A.’s Letting Up Despite Great Faults spent a great deal of effort on their self-titled debut album reminding listeners that it’s possible to translate the moody highs and lows of New Order and The Radio Dept. into something fresh and immediate ... more info

Guardian Music — With vocals that are pure Liverpool via Los Angeles, this Merseyside group are more New Order than Beatles old orderHometown: Liverpool.The lineup: Andrew Hunt, Thomas Gorton, Nicholas Hunt, Christopher Hutchinson and David Berger.The background: It ... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Carpark/Something In Construction/Inertia / 2011By request.Memory Tapes is a recording alias of New Jersey-based Dayve Hawk, former frontman of Philadelphia-based Hail Social. After initially releasing material under the names Memory Cassette and W... more info

ContactMusic — Peter Hook has branded Bernard Sumner "a t**t". The former bandmates have been engaged in a public feud since the bassist quit New Order in 2007 but Peter insists they have no plans to bury the hatchet any time soon. He said "The truth is, Bern... more info

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Guardian Music — Brought together to promote a new best-of compilation, Peter Hook and his bandmates can barely bring themselves to speak to each other. They reveal where it all went wrong … separately'The truth is," says Peter Hook, the bassist first in Joy Divisi... more info

Guardian Music — Manchester luminaries gave us a tour of the city's music scene, while upstarts Egyptian Hip Hop, Plank! and Lonelady showcased the local talent of the futureHas today's music lost its fight, its mystery, its ideology? That's what Stockport-born journ... more info

Guardian Music — The city has an illustrious musical history - but how much do the current hot bands care? Not much, apparentlyHot, often half-naked new Manchester band Wu Lyf ruffled feathers recently when they told the Guardian that the city's illustrious musical h... more info