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Noel Gallagher Features On Recreated Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Sleeve

5338 days ago
Stopcryingyourheartout.com — British artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated the iconic album sleeve for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on his 80th birthday."It's a cross I bear, it's an albatross I have to deal with," he says.It is a fairly stark, somewhat surpr... more info

How indie labels changed the world

5349 days ago
Guardian Music — Run by mavericks with little or no business sense, independent record labels turned the music industry on its head in the 80s. And their sound and aesthetic remains a huge influence to this dayWhen Johnny Marr and Morrissey met for the second time in... more info

Veronica Falls – review

5358 days ago
Guardian Music — The Duchess, YorkPop is reinventing so many old sounds that it was only a matter of time before groups got round to what John Peel called the "shambling bands" – a strand of 1980s indie indebted to the Velvet Underground and Orange Juice. Veronica ... more info

Old music: 10cc – I'm Not in Love

5372 days ago
Guardian Music — 10cc's blend of musical invention and lyrical wit brought pop perfection to the mid-70s charts Few bands survive for long with four equally strong songwriters, so it was inevitable 10cc would implode one day. But in the mid-1970s they brought musical... more info

Old music: Serious Drinking – Love on the Terraces

5373 days ago
Guardian Music — The 80s wasn't all backcombed hair and shoulder pads. One strain of indie was devoted solely to silliness Indie seems a grimly serious business these days. Join an indie band now and you can choose your role: artist, expounding on the mysteries of th... more info

Peel's vinyl collection to go online

5377 days ago
The Independent — John Peel built up one of the world's most revered record collections, but was it art? more info

John Peel's record collection will be an online museum

5377 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — John Peel's record collection to be made into online museum Legendary DJ's collection to be part of Arts Council and BBC-backed interactive project Peel's collection, which contains 25,000 LPs, 40,000 singles and many thousands of CDs, will become pa... more info

DJ John Peel's Record Collection To Be Made Into Interactive Online Museum

5377 days ago
Gigwise — Part of new Arts Council and BBC project... more info

Watch this Space: £3.5m arts project takes flight

5378 days ago
Guardian Music — Joint venture between Arts Council England and BBC aims to transform the way audiences experience cultureIt will feature John Peel's vast record collection, lost Hitchcock films and a live string quartet performance in helicopters for what should be ... more info

Old music: Die Toten Hosen – Hip Hop Bommi Bop

5391 days ago
Guardian Music — What could be more natural than a German punk band teaming up with a hip-hop forefather for a 1983 novelty record?Who among us has not felt the urge listen to an early 80s German punk band essaying hip-hop? Really, just me? Oh well, what if I told yo... more info

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