Cult new wave band The Names returns with a brand new 2-track single
Out now via Spleen+ is a brand new single from the cult Belgian post-punk/new wave band The Names. "Far From...
Joy Division
When members of Killing Joke and Joy Division collaborate you get K÷93
Recently, queries have come in about K÷93, a project Italian distributor Audioglobe highlighted in their latest distribution newsletter (their 800th!)...
The bands that caused the bankruptcy of Factory Records: New Order and Happy Mondays
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label...
Morrissey’s manager not amused by ‘The Simpsons’ parody
Screenshot The Simpsons' episode “Panic on the Streets of Springfield” is not really welcomed by Morrissey's manager. In the episode,...
Artefacts of the early days of Factory Records put on exhibition in London
(Photos and text by our UK correspondent Simon Helm) Original posters from The Factory club, along with the first steps...
New Order to release live album recorded at Manchester International Festival – Listen to ‘Sub-culture’
New Order 2019. Division made their television debut on Tony Wilson’s "So It Goes program" in 1978. For the show...
ACTORS – It Will Come To You (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Debut full-length cd of this Vancouver (Canada) based quartet which already released their first single...
Reissue of two 1980 cult releases by Basement 5 imminent – both produced by Martin Hannett (Joy Division)
Here's something for those Factory Records fans who want to collect everything related to the label and its personnel. "1965-1980"...
Peter Hook & The The Light return to perform Joy Division & New Order’s Classic ‘Substance’ compilations for Spring tour
Peter Hook & The Light return to North America from late April to early June 2018 with a run of...
Ian Curtis’ home to become Joy Division museum after wealthy fan buys property
There are fans, and there are fans. A wealthy Joy Division fan has purchased the former home of Joy Division...
