Two new Blue Plaques are to be unveiled in Rochdale, celebrating the town's musical heritage.

It's Friday once more, and today (June 19), to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Joy Division's classic album 'Unknown Pleasures', we're thinking up bands as Joy Division-related things to waste time until the pubs open.

Aloha drummer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Cale Parks has successfully stepped out on his own for a couple of full-lengths over the past few years, and this remix of Ra Ra Riot's "Dying Is Fine" comes in advance of his new EP of original tunes, To Swift Mars. The RRR reworking is a stand-alone project, and a stand-up one, too: Cale isn't inter...

JG Ballard, the cult science fiction writer who inspired bands including Klaxons and Joy Division, has died aged 78 today (April 19).

Renowned designer Peter Saville, who created iconic album covers for bands including Joy Division, New Order, Suede and Roxy Music, gave his first ever public discussion in Los Angeles about his work last night (April 1).