John Peel

Glastonbury also renamed the John Peel stage, and co-organizer Emily Eavis gave an interview about the lineup’s diversity.

The items include a signed mono pressing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1968 album ‘Two Virgins’ that’s estimated to sell for between £15,000 and £20,000, along with rare items from Nirvana, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and more…

PJ Harvey’s ongoing reissue campaign continues with a new edition of her seventh LP, ’White Chalk.’

Billed as a companion piece to ‘The Man Who Sold the World,‘ this new compilation features non-LP singles, alternate versions, and BBC sessions, including 21 never-before-released recordings.

As arguably the most beloved, most popular, most influential band of all time, The Beatles are probably the most covered pop artist of the last 50 years. Here are 35 great ones, from Arctic Monkeys to Yellow Magic Orchestra.

New Order are an amazing singles band but their robust catalog offers so much more. Here are their best deep cuts, which are essential listening to anyone who already loves “Age of Consent,” “Blue Monday,” “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “Ceremony,” “True Faith” and “Regret.”

You can also listen to classic Peel Sessions from David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Hole, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Cocteau Twins and tons more.

This week in the Basement: a new box set of Scottish independent music of the ’70s/’80s, new band Beauty Parlor featuring members of Fungi Girls, a new video from fictitious cult artist Mick Trouble, a tribute to late music writer David Cavanagh, and more.

It’s your granny on bongos and other Fall ephemera as we pay tribute to the one and only Mark E. Smith.

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (aka Will Oldham) is releasing Pond Scum on January 22 via Drag City. It’s a collection of Peel Sessions recorded between 1993 and 1999, including his take on Prince’s “The Cross” and the previously-unreleased original “Bee…