Peter Hook has branded 'Aerial', a track that surfaced online this week that purported to be an unreleased song from Joy Division's seminal album 'Unknown Pleasures' as a "bloody awful hoax".
Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold has posted a new demo song online - scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen.
The bare acoustic track, 'Olivia, In A Separate Bed', finds the singer in mournful mood, seemingly lamenting the loss of a girlfriend and apologising for his behaviour. The song seemingly corroborates a handful of Tweets recently posted by Pecknold, in which he suggested his relationship with his girlfriend had broken down due to touring and recording commitments with his band. He has since deleted the messages.
Public Image Ltd have announced that they will be playing two London shows this April.
The band will headline London's Heaven venue for two nights, playing the 1,000 capacity venue on April 1 and 2.
Frontman John Lydon and co will release both a new EP and a full studio album this spring. The band will release the four-track offering 'One Drop' on April 21 to coincide with this year's Record Store Day, with the LP 'This Is PiL' set to drop on May 28. Both releases are being put out by the band's own label 'Pil Official'.
We've just finished work on the first issue of the new-look Uncut, which among other things new to the magazine features a widely re-worked reviews section, which without wanting to sound too smug, we're rather pleased with.
Alexandra Palace, where All Tomorrow's Parties holds its now yearly I'll Be Your Mirror event - headlined in 2011 by Portishead - has received a £320,000 grant from English Heritage for "urgent repairs".
