Altsounds — The End Records is proud to announce its collaboration with FEAR, the pioneer American Punk Rock Band from Los Angeles, CA, credited for influencing the American punk rock movement. Along with SEX PISTOLS and the Return To Forever, FEAR helped def... more info

Guardian Music — The Banshees' debut single captures the terror of skinheads wreaking havoc in a Chinese takeawaySiouxsie and the Banshees were one of the first punk bands I was introduced to – by my dad. I like to tell people I was named after one of their songs, ... more info

Guardian Music — The company that brought us Cliff and the Beatles, the Sex Pistols and Susan Boyle is disappearing. We should salute its contribution to our cultureIn the 1930s, after a merger with Columbia UK, EMI became the biggest record company in the world. By ... more info

Stereogum — Elvis Costello’s first major U.S. TV appearance was on a December 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live — a gig he got because the Sex Pistols, originally booked for the show, didn’t want anything to do with New York. Costello’s single at the t... more info

Guardian Music — The new film about Wallis Simpson assembles all the bad movie cliches – and tries to downplay those Nazi skeletonsHere's a quote that Madonna is welcome , nay, advised, to put on the posters of her upcoming film W.E., a hagiography of the deeply un... more info

Guardian Music — It's seven years since the DJ's death. What are your Peel memories?Seven years ago today the legendary DJ John Peel died aged 65. The blog Keeping It Peel is recording various tribute events taking place this month, and they've declared today to be J... more info

Totally Fuzzy — A tale of two cities, London and New York and the birth of punk. Each city created a bastard child that marked the biggest and fundamental shift in popular music since Elvis walked into Sun Studios. Blank Generation unpicks the relationship between ... more info

Altsounds — The *Movie Poster Art Gallery* is pleased to announce a fascinating exhibition of original and rare music posters entitled “*The Manchester Connection*”, a celebration of Manchester's legendary renaissance in musical and design crea... more info

Totally Fuzzy — BBC Arena Rockumentary on the history of the Sex Pistols Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Beneath the cliched references to the dole queue lurks a sad and funny single from the punk pioneersAlternative TV were one of the groups that sprang up like mushrooms in the wake of Sex Pistols. But unlike so many of the bands inspired by 1976, they... more info