Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook opens a new Manchester club, based in the old Factory records offices. more info

BBC News - UK — Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook opens a new Manchester club, based in the old Factory records offices. more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — For more than a decade, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has been cranking out a unique style of lo-fi synthpop that sprouted forth from a childhood fueled by the Smiths, New Order, and the Cure. CFTPA evokes a sound that was cutting-edge 25 years a... more info

Guardian Music — Garage, LondonIf Manchester four-piece Delphic live up to the prophetic powers of their name, 2010 is going to be the year of the ­indie-rave revival.The band's debut album, Acolyte, is more than a nostalgic nod to their home town's illustrious da... more info

Rolling Stone — British letters have acquired a taste for rock music. Yesterday, the Royal Mail released a set of 10 special stamps featuring classic British album covers including David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, the Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed, New Order’s Pow... more info

Guardian Music — A series of souvenir stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail celebrating such iconic British albums as Let It Bleed, London Calling and, er, A Rush of Blood to the Head?Enemies of Coldplay might not yet be able to send the band on a one-way trip to ... more info

Guardian Music — If you can marry dancefloor electronics and rock as well as Delphic, resistance is useless, says Alexis PetridisFew events in chart history have caused as much discussion as the Christmas battle between Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry. Ind... more info

MTV.com News — Album art from Pink Floyd, Blur and David Bowie also included.By James Montgomery Coldplay's new British stamps Photo: Royal Mail On Thursday (January 7), the U.K.'s Royal Mail unveiled a series of 10 new stamps, honoring the most iconic a... more info

Pitchfork - TV — The rising New Order acolytes bring their synths to San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill in this performance shot by . more info

The Vinyl Villain — So I'm guessing that Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands were messing around in the studio of a day, twiddling and fiddling with their knobs in an effort to create some classic new sounds. They've gone through their extensive list of contacts for folk to sing... more info