Guardian Music — Soul singer Claudia Fontaine, who has died aged 57, was a Zelig-like figure in the 1980s, backing up performances by Elvis Costello, the Jam and the Specials – and was not the only unsung pop hero of the ageI didn’t know Claudia Fontain... more info

KEXP Seattle — There’s history to bands covering Pavement’s “Box Elder.” When The Wedding Present recorded their interpretation of the track from Pavement’s Slay Tracks (1933–1969) EP track back in ’89, it caught the ear of renowned BBC DJ John P... more info

Core News — “George Fitzgerald is this weeks guest Resident DJ picking tunes for key moments of the show with his choice of Warm up, Floor Filler and Wind down tracks. We take a look back at the influence of electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream with a cla... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “This the story of one of rock’s great mavericks, and it began in the quiet Los Angeles suburb of Glendale in 1941.” And so it began… Courtesy of the BBC, and narrated by John Peel, the following 1997 film documents the late Don Van Vliet’s... more info

KEXP Seattle — What was it like to discover The Replacements and surprise them with a record deal? Or hear John Peel talk about your label? Or hear the first Ramones album before 99.9% of the world? One guy, Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperson can, and doe... more info

KEXP Seattle — They may not have made the majors like The Replacements and Hüsker Dü did, but Minneapolis-based band Arcwelder were more than a perennial local favorite, cracking John Peel’s Festive Fifth countdown in 1992 and getting crowned NME‘s “Pun... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 2004 was a year when things were upturned. Britney got married twice, the first cracks in that impregnable facade, though this was also the year of Toxic so nobody pried too deeply yet. That clearly wasn't something going to be afforded to Pete D... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — The BordellosFrom: St Helens, Merseyside, EnglandIn an era when mainstream channels cover the whole array of sexual proclivities and producers compete to see who can get young couples to procreate live on TV as close to the watershed as possible it&#... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — CabbageFrom: Manchester, England Dinner Lady, from Manchester's strangely named Cabbage, is a riotous tale of a rogue dinner lady who gets up to all sorts of nefarious activities. It's an insane tour de force that takes me back to the first t... more info

NME — The Nottingham singer-songwriter was headlining the John Peel Stage when Chris Martin's band were on more info