The Culture Of Me — Fac251, the newest Manchester venue that's been in the news recently for its corollary accomplice, Peter Hook of New Order, and its history-continuing nature of live music venues in the house that Tony Wilson built (the venue sits in the... more info

Cross Rhythms — Sibling featured on New Order tribute album more info

Guardian Music — These lads write blue-collar belters that evoke the badlands of Bruce Springsteen's America. So, a typical London band then ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Bobby Cook (vocals), Jack Cook (guitar), Colin Straton (bass), Graham Smith (drums), Nick Mill... more info

Guardian Music — Never mind the Buzzcocks … or Stone Roses, or New Order: Manchester can stop trading on its former glories. Three new bands explain how they are reinventing the city's musicThere's an old adage in the trades (the music business, newspapers and ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offBojan Z Tetraband Humus Exciting, hard-grooving contemporary jazz from Franco-Serbian pianist Bojan Z. Sometimes it's folksy, east European party music, sometimes fierce, gu... more info

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Does Delphic's debut live up to the hype? Hell, yeah!Why Delphic fell behind Ellie Goulding and Marina and the Diamonds in the BBC Sound of 2010 poll is rather puzzling. Acolyte is unlikely to be the most original debut album of the... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — If there are two words in conjunction that should strike fear into our hearts it should be ‘indie’ and ‘dance’. Often suffixed with their dreaded friend ‘crossover’ the words are spoken by those all out of ideas... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Welcome to the second in the new series which features guest postings from a small team of correspondents. Today's words of wisdom come from The Sense Collective, a long-time acquaintance who unbeknown to me was leaving behind comments based on a na... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — For those who don't know. Bad Lieutenant is basically New Order minus Peter Hook. It's Summer on vocals. Morris on drums, and Cunningham (who replaced Gilbert) from Siren's Call. The only new addition is for Hooky's bass.How unknown is this band... more info

XFM.co.uk — The low-slung New Order bassist is set to open a new live music venue. Has he learnt nothing from the Hacienda? more info