Guardian Music — The first Glastonbury festival attracted 1,500 hippies. Now, 40 years on, it is bigger than ever. So what is the secret of its success?Worthy Farm lies between two limestone ridges on the southern tip of the Mendip Hills, six miles east of Glastonbu... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian asked Glastonbury fans to tweet their questions for Michael Eavis. Here are some of his responses@lukevernon: Who does he vote for and does he think [the] 40th will be even more amazing if people need #glasto to help them forget a Tory g... more info

The Culture Of Me — Those of you looking for a dosing of Marc Bolan's self-ascribed "cosmic rock" mixed with a fairly large smattering of Le Tigre's electronic histrionics (minus the female agenda politics as a whole and just the party) would be fairly and... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's a slightly edited lift from wikipedia:-"Brimful of Asha is a single by the British alternative rock band Cornershop, which originally reached number 60 in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. A remix by Fatboy Slim became a hit in 1998 on the US and UK... more info

Guardian Music — This Chicago four-piece play a rough'n'ragged approximation of glam – imagine Girls covering Mott the Hoople and Marc BolanHometown: Chicago, Illinois.The lineup: Cullen Omori (vocals, guitar), Cameron Omori (bass), Colby (drums) and Max Kakac... more info

ContactMusic — MARC BOLAN and DAVID BOWIE would have been bandmates had it not been for the T-REX star's wife, who disliked her husband's musical pal.Legendary producer Tony Visconti... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offStanley Moon Camden Road Moon is an unsigned troubadour who writes nagging urban folk songs with an impressive line in wry, observational lyrics. Anyone who's walked through... more info

Guardian Music — Started as a means of releasing the music of his band Swans, Michael Gira's underground imprint now embraces psych-folk luminaries including Devendra Banhart and Akron/FamilyWriting about Young God being a classic record label feels a little like an ... more info

411 Mania — Marc Bolan created it, David Bowie made it famous, the New York Dolls made it trashy and Kiss made it a circus, but the English band Slade may have perfected it. Cum on and get crazee with Slayed in this week's Thrifty Tunes more info

The Vinyl Villain — OK, so this is the luxury item on this ongoing list of suggested Xmas presents, retailing for the best part of £40. But for the Lloyd Cole fan in your life, believe me they will love you forever if you manage to get Santa to deliver Cleaning Out ... more info