Guardian Music — July 1976: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicSniffin' Glue wasn't the first fanzine – Punk (which famously coined the genre's moniker) started self-publishing in New York six months earlier – but its primiti... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — I am reposting this blog post from 2009 because it was offline for a while and has a lot of tracks that are rare and sought after.Here is another of the rare NME cassettes released with the magazine in the early 80s, a number of which you can find el... more info

Altsounds — On Tuesday, May 3, No Future: A Tribute To The Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned will be released by UK label Released Emotions, and distributed in the US by E1. This is tribute to the three bands that pioneered the punk revolution in the late se... more info

KEXP Seattle — I think there are few today who would argue that (ignoring Cut the Crap, as most seem to) The Clash went out on a strong note with 1982′s Combat Rock. To be honest, I was hoping that there would be a bit more of a lively debate on this one, but I g... more info

NME - The Daily Download — The AV Club (The Onion's music and arts wing) have been running an excellent series of band sessions recently. They've come up with a load of tracks, from Guitar Hero classic 'Mother' by Danzig to mammoth snare fest 'She Drives Me Crazy' via Gary Num... more info

Guardian Music — As part of our new online city guides, we asked music experts to compile a playlist to their city. Here, Young Turks record label owner Caius Pawson lays down his tracks to LondonWhile compiling our new online guides to the major cities of the world,... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The story of Creation really is one of the greatest ever told - Creation Records that is. Maverick boss Alan McGee, who signed Oasis and Primal Scream, started the label with a £1,000 loan in 1983 and sold it to Sony for £30million in 1999. The sel... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Over 60 streaming tracks from the Mad Decent label and some blogspotting... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Clash's place in the rock history books has now been inked and lettered. The British band helped define the course of punk with its self-titled 1977 debut, and then, over an ambitiously prolific five years, continually rewrote it by fearlessly ta... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Crystal Fighters are an English/Spanish electronic band who formed in Navarra, Spain in 2007. 'Star of Love' is the name of the first album by Crystal Fighters. It was released to critical acclaim in the UK on 4 October 2010 via the band’s own... more info