Get Ready

Twenty years after *Movement*, New Order marched into the 21st century with renewal on their minds once again. It had been eight years since *Republic*, an album fraught with turmoil, but they sound reinvigorated on the optimistic \"Turn My Way\" and the lean \"Vicious Streak.\" Dark and driving, \"Primitive Notion\" wouldn\'t have been out of place on *Brotherhood*, but subtle electronic touches on songs like \"Slow Jam\" and \"Someone Like You\" prove that they\'re too interested in the future to get hung up on the past.

It's been a long time since we've heard from New Order, hasn't it? A full eight years ...

<p>Björk returns as an enchantress, and Laurie Anderson plays an enigmatic soothsayer - plus the rest of this week's new pop.</p>