Tag: New Order

Hacienda gig footage of Bauhaus, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave to be posted online

Hacienda gig footage of Bauhaus, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave to be posted online

A treasure trove of early ’80s concert footage shot at New Order’s legendary club FAC51 The Hacienda soon will make its way online thanks to a deal by Ikon — Factory Records’ video spinoff — to provide its remaining archive of performances to Peter Hook’s site fac51thehacienda.com.

New releases: Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, Joy Division & New Order, INXS, Buzzcocks

New releases: Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, Joy Division & New Order, INXS, Buzzcocks

This week’s new releases include ‘Ninth,’ the new solo album from Peter Murphy; ‘Remixes 2: 81-11’ from Depeche Mode; the ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order’ compilation; a 10 CD box set of remastered INXS albums; a disc of Buzzcocks re-recordings; and Duncan Sheik’s compilation of ’80s alternative covers, ‘Covers 80s.’

Stream: New Order, 'Hellbent' — new track on 'Total: From Joy Division to New Order'

Stream: New Order, ‘Hellbent’ — new track on ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order’

Just days after news broke of the upcoming compilation ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order,’ the set’s lone unreleased track — a latter-day New Order outtake called ‘Hellbent’ — has leaked after being played on Irish radio.

'Total: From Joy Division to New Order' to feature unreleased New Order track

‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order’ to feature unreleased New Order track

A new 18-song best-of compilation covering the ‘most important tracks’ by Joy Division and and its successor New Order — titled ‘Total: From Joy Division to New Order’ — will include a previously unreleased New Order song called ‘Hellbent.’

Peter Hook's '1102/2011' EP of Joy Division re-recordings delayed by 'legal issues'

Peter Hook’s ‘1102/2011’ EP of Joy Division re-recordings delayed by ‘legal issues’

A four-song EP of Joy Division re-recordings that Peter Hook had planned to release this week has been delayed by unspecified legal issues, the bassist said today in an announcement that suggests the release may never see the light of day.

Stream: Pet Shop Boys' Chris Lowe sings New Order's 'Subculture' with Stop Modernists

Stream: Pet Shop Boys’ Chris Lowe sings New Order’s ‘Subculture’ with Stop Modernists

Better known as the half of the Pet Shop Boys that wears hats and stands motionless behind banks of keyboards, Chris Lowe takes a rare vocal turn on a new cover of New Order’s ‘Subculture’ by Finnish DJ/producers Jori Hulkkonen and Alex Nieminen, performing under the name Stop Modernists.

Milestones: The Cure's 'Standing on a Beach: The Singles' released 25 years ago today

Milestones: The Cure’s ‘Standing on a Beach: The Singles’ released 25 years ago today

Twenty-five years ago today, The Cure released ‘Standing on a Beach: The Singles,’ a seminal compilation — and yes, we’re talking about the cassette here, not the ‘Staring at the Sea’ CD — that stands alongside New Order’s ‘Substance’ and ‘Catching Up With Depeche Mode’ as one of the signpost compilations of the ’80s college rock era.