Guardian Music — The Midas touch was on display with this week's topicLast week, with a nod to the London 2012 Olympics, we asked you to nominate your favourite songs about gold, with the glittering prize of inclusion in this playlist enough to get the RR faithful su... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: the online descendant of C86 fanzine Get That Anorak OffWho are you and what's your blog called?Alan Fairnie – Listening Is Not Enough.Where are... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Luke Abbott - ‘Modern Driveway’ (NoTown) Luke Abbott’s bleary-eyed efforts are that special thing; slow-builders that earn the right to their ambling pace. It seems to me his work is an exercise in patienc... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Given that Teenage Fanclub has been releasing music for more than 20 years, it’s amazing that the first major steps outside of the group were only taken by members in the last year. First came Norman Blake’s work with Euros Childs of Gork... more info

Guardian Music — Expect genre-defying laidback rap from Ghostpoet, topping a fine bill at Beacons Festival, alongside Patrick Wolf and Wild Beasts (17-19 Aug, Funkirk Estate, Skipton) …Krankbrother and Black Atlantic host stages at Eastern Electrics (4 Aug, out... more info

Guardian Music — Far from being a 'dead language', Welsh is making a comeback – but try telling that to the man who thought I was PolishThere are few things that annoy me more than being mistakenly called English. It's understandable though: I don't have a Wels... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bad news for fans of Jonny, the duo of Norman Blake and Euros Childs. The band's tour with Apex Manor, which was to roll into NYC on Thursday (6/9) at Le Poisson Rouge, despite making it to Toronto over the... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Norman Blake is a well-known name to people who love their power pop. As a founding member of Teenage Fanclub, he’s spent more than the 20 years creating a body of work as catchy as it is gorgeous. Recently, Blake teamed up with former Gorky... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Jonny - Free EP (Zip) The harmony-laden indie rock Reese's cup that is Jonny -- Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake + former Gorkys Zygotic Mynci singer Euros Childs -- will be touring this summer in support of their... more info

Scotsman.com — The cheerful and slightly amateurish approach of Euros Childs and Norman Blake to touring - one car, two men, and a handful of instruments - helps keep their mini-supergrou more info