Totally Fuzzy — Superb BBC documentary from 1997, narrated by none less than John Peel, featuring Beefheart himself, Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder and many more! Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-... more info

Guardian Music — My super power? No food necessaryMark E Smith was born in 1957 and grew up in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. He left school at 16, and worked in a meat factory and then for an import-export company in Manchester docks. In 1976, he formed the post... more info

Guardian Music — The general consensus is that Bob Dylan reached his peak in 1975, and it's been a slow, frustrating decline ever since. But there are gems to be found even in his most-maligned releasesBob Dylan is 70 on Tuesday. If like me you are a Dylan fan, you w... more info

Totally Fuzzy — All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player New in our 3VOOR12 LUISTERPAAL widget: Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues The area in which rock music meets poetry is seldom a happy place, so it's with a mild sense of panic, five minutes into H... more info

Guardian Music — (Spit and Polish) A charmingly cool, respectful tribute to the country superstar of the 1950s and 60s from the singer who became a heroine of the alt.country scene 40 years later. Now 91, Kitty Wells is the oldest living member of the Country Music H... more info

Guardian Music — Despite a few silly affectations, Fleet Foxes' second album is disarmingly beautiful, says Alexis PetridisThe area in which rock music meets poetry is seldom a happy place, so it's with a mild sense of panic, five minutes into Helplessness Blues, tha... more info

Guardian Music — We've known the headliners for some time, but scour the lineup and there's an varied bunch of artists from Kool and the Gang to the Master Musicians of JoujoukaOf course, we already knew about this year's headlining trio of U2, Coldplay and Beyoncé ... more info

Altsounds — DFA Records will be releasing a series of Radio Mixes from affiliated artists which can be downloaded from their site or by subscribing to their new podcast! Mix #14 comes courtesy of James Curd, and in case you missed #13 from Tyler Pope, you sh... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Today's words were originally provided by great friend Ctel from the constantly wonderful Acid Ted blog when he composed a guest post for TVV in May 2009:-This is listening to John Peel. This is a special new world. The excitement of something new an... more info

Guardian Music — Tracks called Mr far outweighed those with a Mrs, Miss or Ms – inequality gets everywhere – but the standard of these moniker-centric masterpieces was universally highNot the most challenging category in the world, I concede. But anyway: last wee... more info