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Peter Hook Opens New Manchester Club -

Having being burnt badly with the Hacienda Club in the 70s, a subject of the movie 24 Hour Party People, former Joy Division and New Order guitarist Peter Hook was back working a new club in Manchester on Saturday night called FAC251.

The name follows the numbering convention of Tony Wilson’s...

The Whip Reinvigorates That New Order Sound -

Maybe it's the Peter Hook-style basslines, the floating keyboard strains or the rat-tat-tat drumbeats, but The Whip really reminds us of New Order. And when the lyrics start sounding like Ian Curtis, our Joy Division neurotransmitters kick in as well.

Such legacy pilfering would be annoying if The Whip, from...

WHITE LIES - 'DEATH' -

Described as Post-Punk Indie, White Lies are part of a fresh wave of energy from the Cap-it-hole’s Indie scene. Having been compared to Echo and Bunnymen and Interpol their single “Death” first came into the lime light when the band performed it on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ (a man who...

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Warsaw Village Band - Infinity (2009) -

Warsaw Village Band is a group almost impossible to define, but surely impossible to ignore. Infinity is one of those revelatory experiences, when you listen knowing that this is a record you'll still be listening to years from now, a psychic buddy you keep close by just in case.

The band...

Sumner inspired by Bad Lieutenant -

BERNARD SUMNER has revealed that Harvey Keitel inspired the name of his new band.

The New Order star said he named the three-piece Bad Lieutenant after the award-winning actor's 1992 ultra-violent film.

Sumner has teamed up with former New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham and newcomer Jake Evans to form the band who...

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