Thrash Hits — This week at Thrash Hits we’ve been listening a bit too much to Grind Madness at the BBC, the formcoming 118-track mammoth compilation of John Peel’s infamous Earache live sessions. And it got us thinking - what better way to open our series of l... more info

The Independent — Hailed by John Peel as the "best pop song of all time", "Teenage Kicks" was originally about masturbation, its creator, Feargal Sharkey, admitted yesterday, 31 years after its release. more info

Guardian Music — The Cribs have always been obsessed with the DIY culture surrounding music. They asked their favourite fanzine writer Karren Ablaze to write about how 'zines changed her lifeGrowing up in the boring suburbs of Manchester in the 1980s, I learnt to liv... more info

Guardian Music — In 1983, Geoff Travis signed the Smiths to Rough Trade. 26 years later, guitarist Johnny interviews the label boss for the Cribs' takeover of guardian.co.uk/musicJohnny Marr: Can you explain, for those who might not know, how you started the Rough Tr... more info

NME - Festivals — As 2009's Offset Festival edges ever closer, NME's Leonie Cooper looks at the connoisseur's indie punk-rock line-up and recommends 5 unmissable acts to blow your socks off this weekend (5 - 6 September). Reading and Leeds used to signal the end of t... more info

Clickmusic — Malcolm Middleton and The Loves to play the Marc Riley compered night in Manchester. more info

Guardian Music — As we trekked across yet another field to set up our tents, I thought to myself: 'Am I a musician? Or a rambler?'We started playing festivals about two years ago. I'm slowly getting used to the idea that, in the summer, my job occurs only on the week... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed a few minor amendments to the lay-out over on the right-hand side of the blog, and I now have tried to provide direct links to a couple of sites devoted to the lovely boys pictured above.Edwyn Collins has r... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Last week's posting on Geneva made me delve a bit more into the shelf that holds the 5"CD singles and promo discs that aren't in inside plastic cases...and because of this they don't have a place in my anally-retentive alphabetical system. And every... more info

NME — Peter Hook and Clint Boon are both set to be at the unveiling more info