New Order

New Wave Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Prettier in Pink

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew McCarthy, Belouis Some, Echo and the Bunnymen, INXS, Jesse Johnson, Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Otis Redding, Pretty In Pink, Suzanne Vega, The Smiths

Revisiting the soundtrack of a generation 40 years later

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New Wave Pop 

Face Up: New Order’s Low-Life Turns 40

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1985, 40th Anniversary, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Low-Life, New Order, Peter Hook, Sub-Culture, The Perfect Kiss

Looking back at the group’s transitional third LP

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Flowers for Andy Rourke

September 27, 2024September 28, 2024 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Andy Rourke, Blitz Vega, Happy Mondays, Joy Division, Kav Sandhu, New Order, Northern Gentleman, Primal Scream, The Smiths, The Stone Roses

How Blitz Vega rose from the ashes of The Smiths bassist’s tragic passing

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock 

The Women of Factory Records

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Stewart Mason 0 Comments 2024, Audrey Golden, Factory Records, Haçienda, I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records, Joy Division, Life, New Order, Rough Trade, Section 25, Stanton Miranda, Stockholm Monsters, Thick Pigeon, Tony Wilson, White Rabbit Books

A new book examines their importance at the venerated British label

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Hand in Glove: 40 Years of The Smiths

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 Samantha Lopez 1 Comment 1984, 40th Anniversary, Andy Rourke, Hand in Glove, Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, New Order, Reel Around the Fountain, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Smiths, This Charming Man

Why the band’s first LP still speaks to a generation of fans (despite Moz’s big mouth)

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Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop 

Thieves Like Us: New Order Expands Substance 1987

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, expanded edition, Gillian Gilbert, New Order, Peter Hook, Rhino, Stephen Morris, Substance, Substance 1987, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith, Warner Records

Four-disc deluxe edition of classic singles collection amended with rare B-sides and live material

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Industrial Post-Punk Punk Remembrance 

Brighter Than A Thousand Suns: Geordie Walker 1958 – 2023

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Catherine Christer Hennix, Come As You Are, Don Powell, Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Killing Joke, Martin Atkins, New Order, Nick Knox, Nirvana, Paul Ferguson, RIP, Slade, The Cramps, The Damned, Tommy Ramone, Youth

Remembering the innovative, influential Killing Joke guitarist

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Alternative Rock Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Rock 

British Supergroup Electronic Reissue Career-Spanning Collection on Vinyl

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Black Grape, Doves, Electronic, Get The Message: The Best Of Electronic, Johnny Marr, Karl Bartos, Kraftwerk, Neil Tennant, New Order, The Smiths

Get The Message expanded to include B-sides, remixes and rarities on CD version as well

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Killing Surf City: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Barbed Wire Kisses at 35

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Barbed Wire Kisses, Jim Reid, New Order, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smiths, William Reid

The JMC’s 1988 b-sides-and-more comp is in some ways the perfect encapsulation of the band

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Records Retail 

The Reissue Section: Mike Love and Al Jardine Sail On With New Beach Boys Box

March 2, 2023March 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Al Jardine, Bob Weir, Guns 'N' Roses, Mike Love, Neil Young, New Order, NRBQ, Ron Hart, The Beach Boys, The Reissue Section, The Strokes

And more of the best reissues in recent months

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Rock 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Nominees

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Ron Hart 2 Comments 2023, A Tribe Called Quest, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, New Order, Nominations, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden, The Spinners, The White Stripes, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Warren Zevon and The White Stripes among this year’s list of hopefuls

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Dance Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Synth 

The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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Art Pop Glam New Wave Rock 

Sparks Fly High In Boston

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alex Kapranos, Andy Bell, Beck, Boston, Duran Duran, Erasure, FFS, Flea, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

The Brothers Mael continue their late career victory lap at the Shubert Theatre

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 23: September 2021

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Dicky Barrett, Famous Quotes, Felix Cavaliere, Jim Sullivan, New Order, Roger Daltrey, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Rascals, The Who, The Young Rascals, Tom Chapman

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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