Guardian Music — For their live show, these Japanese electro girls shoot milk from rubber mammaries while pretending to be half-human, half-cow. Think that sounds weird? You should hear their music …Hometown: Tokyo.The lineup: Yuka Nippple (vocals, performance), Qr... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Women's Institute is not known as a fount of radical art, yet in 1969 it commissioned Malcolm Williamson and Ursula Vaughan Williams to compose, from a female perspective, a cantata documenting history from the middle age... more info

Totally Fuzzy — A look into the history of Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as various other bands spawned from the punk movement such as Public Image Ltd, Adam and the Ants and The Slits. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — This Leeds band play the sort of indie you'd expect from a group named after a Beat Happening song. But don't call them twee…Hometown: Leeds.The lineup: Richard (lead vocals), Tom (bass), Laura (drums), Dan (lead guitar), Pete (rhythm guitar, backi... more info

Impose Magazine — Psychic Dancehall are a duo from San Diego comprised of Chuck Rowell of Crocodiles and Hollie Cook from The Slits. On "A Love That Kills", the duo syphon a smooth and unadulterated stream of Jesus and Mary Chain'ed bummer-dome, quite strongly sc... more info

Guardian Music — These four Norwegian girls make a joyous, reggae-influenced racket that recalls ska-pop pioneers the SpecialsHometown: Bergen, Norway.The lineup: Marie Amdam, Maria Råkil, Marie Moe and Embla Karidotter Dahleng.The background: How refreshing. An all... more info

Guardian Music — September 1979: Number 20 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicBy the time the Slits (above), a rare all-woman band, recorded their debut, they had outgrown the bulldozing clatter of their earlier Peel sessions for somethin... 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 — Few bands can make you instantly recall your favorite summer. Your first kiss. The first time you snuck out of the house. In Bergen, Norway, *Razika*, comprised of four precocious *19-year-old girls*, have discovered how to conjure these emotio... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Finally! I have my own FM radio show! This is a very exciting week for me as though I’ve had various college radio shows over the past few years, they’ve all been internet streaming only. Now ... more info