All Songs+: “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order

How you think about this song might depend on when you first heard it—was it when it first debuted in 1986 on “Brotherhood”?
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Indie Basement (5/2): the week in classic indie, alternative and "college rock"

Happy May everybody! This week I review six new albums (The Raveonettes, Sextile, Jenny Hval, Mei Semones, Moon Mullins and The Blue Knots), give my two cents on the Pavement movie, and wish New Order ...
Los Angeles Times

45 years later, New Order’s music is ‘more successful’ than ever — but why? ‘It’s got soul’

“What the f— is going on?” Bernard Sumner says jokingly. After crashing on both Zoom and WhatsApp, the founding member of New Order decided to give FaceTime a shot. He materializes, sitting on a couch ...
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Spiritual Cramp – “Young Offenders”

In 1994, the Pet Shop Boys and New Order both released completely unrelated songs called "Young Offender." The two groups were (and are) contemporaries and collaborators, but those tracks didn't have ...