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

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

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

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

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

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

Guardian Music — Formed in Thatcher's Britain 30 years ago, the grindcore band are back with their 14th album'What we do is fast, chaotic and off the rails. It's like Motörhead times 10. We work our arses off and we're driven by passion for what we do," says 42-ye... more info

Guardian Music — DominoThough Domino has been proudly trumpeting its first French signing, Frànçois Marry doesn't conform to Francopop stereotypes: there's no Phoenixesque soft-rock nostalgia, no Daft Punkish dance pioneering and absolutely no sign of chanson. This... more info

Guardian Music — John Peel's 'great little music venue' is going strong, with added delights cooked up by a Tibetan chef. We're in Hebden Bridge - where else?I am sometimes taken to task by those commenting on my Northerner contributions for featuring Hebden Bridge; ... more info

Guardian Music — Far from being a 'dead language', Welsh is making a comeback – but try telling that to the man who thought I was PolishThere are few things that annoy me more than being mistakenly called English. It's understandable though: I don't have a Welsh ac... more info