Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday John Peel. Get your teenage kicks right through the night. The post Happy Birthday John Peel appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to believe that the Smiths were only together for five years. In addition to four studio albums, they have a handful of compilations, a live LP, and a session with John Peel. The Manchester outcasts are known as one of the most influen... more info

McGuinn's Folk Den — Mp3: Do You Ken John Peel – Click To Play I learned this song in glee club at the Latin School of Chicago in the mid 1950s. The verses are a bit bloody so I left them out. If you really want them click on “Lyrics” more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Laughing Cavalier" music video by ClinicAdded: 08-04-2019Genre : Rock & AlternativeDescription : Clinic - Laughing Cavalier (Official Video)Clinic - "Laughing Cavalier", taken from the forthcoming new album 'Wheeltappers and Shunters', out 10th May ... more info

Guardian Music — ‘We met Michael Jackson’s snake, made a film with Mr T, and were the first black band to be interviewed on MTV. Then we went back to school’We were all still schoolkids in Birmingham when the band was formed. Patrick and Freddie �... more info

Guardian Music — It all started 60 years ago with the line: ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose!’ But is the eccentric spirit that unites Biffy Clyro, Orange Juice and Ivor Cutler dying out in the age of Calvin Harris? Inside the National Muse... more info

Stereogum — Last week, the BBC announced plans to shut down its iconic Maida Vale studios in North London. Constructed in 1909, the building has been used by the BBC for 84 years, hosting sessions from the likes of the Beatles, Morrissey, and Nirvana in addition... more info

Guardian Music — With the legendary BBC studio relocating to east London, we look back at decades of priceless recordings, including Bing Crosby’s final work and Adele’s masterful Dylan cover versionBuilt in 1934, the BBC’s Maida Vale studios in ... more info

Guardian Music — (Cardinal Fuzz)Folk means different things to different people, especially in the lengthening, brightening days of spring. To traditional folk-lovers, it means the maypole and the morris, and the buoyant regional revivals they are enjoying. To people... more info

NME — Ahead of live dates this summer Lykke Li warmed up the crowd for John Peel stage headliners Kaiser Chiefs with a set comprising of tracks from her first three albums, which she describes as a trilogy about being a "woman in her 20s". Dressed dram... more info