The Vinyl Villain — Uncut magazine in late 2005 gave away this CD as their way of commemorating the Festive 50 that was of course now no more after John Peel's death in 2004. The full track listing was:-1. Half Man Half Biscuit - The Trumpton Riots2. Camper Van Beethov... more info

Guardian Music — The Slits frontwoman, she helped to reinvent women's role in musicThe singer Ari Up, who has died after an unspecified illness aged 48, was the idiosyncratic frontwoman of the Slits, the British punk band formed in 1976. With her bird's-nest hair, gu... more info

Guardian Music — When I saw the Slits in 1977, Ari Up would howl, scream and hitch up her clothes. No audience had ever seen a young woman behave like this on stage. And like the best punk rock, she had a gleeful desire to shock and outrageAri Up, whose death from ca... more info

The Vinyl Villain — To quote John Peel:-When word of The Smiths began to seep out of Manchester in 1982, the most arresting aspect of the band, unheard, was its name. Apparently banal, except to citizens named Smith, it implied nothing, gave no statement of intent.When ... more info

Guardian Music — Part high-concept innovators, part wannabe pop moguls, These New Puritans are a band entirely apart from their peers. Dorian Lynskey asks what makes the differenceWhen the German conductor André de Ridder first heard tracks from Hidden, the second a... more info

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Guardian Music — Former Orange Juice star had to re-learn how to think, speak and walk before penning his new album. His 'massive ego' helps, says partner GraceBack in 1983, when fey, arty, jangle-pop ruled, Orange Juice took to the Top Of The Pops stage with their c... more info

Guardian Music — From her legendary request show to her leadership among other DJs, Annie remains a shining example of a BBC broadcasterI've grown up with Annie Nightingale – first as a fan listening to her on Radio 1, then in my first BBC producer job I managed he... more info

The Vinyl Villain — ....before the fabulous Fatima Mansions who I've featured a few times at TVV, there was Microdisney.Formed in the early 1980s in Cork, Ireland by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan, my first memory of the band is the fact that released a record called... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Given that recent Sunday postings have run into trouble with the authorities, either through a dmca notice or someone getting in touch with my file provider and demanding a link to an mp3 be removed (I still can't get over something that was given a... more info