BBC 6 Music — Gruff Rhys, Manic Street Preachers and The Joy Formidable up for the Welsh Music Prize more info

ContactMusic — Ustwo Studios have collaborated with Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals front man Gruff Rhys to produce the soundtrack for the companys highly anticipated gaming app Whale Trail which is available to download from today In Whale Trail you pla... more info

Guardian Music — Rihanna, put some clothes on! Bob Dylan, do your own paintings! Readers, tell us your favourite album covers! It's all nag nag nag this week …Causing a fuss this weekBrian Wilson: "No Beach Boys reunion!"INXS: "We've got a new singer!"Bob Dylan: "T... more info

Guardian Music — Gruff Rhys has composed the music to an iPhone game about guiding a whale through a Technicolor world … could anyone be better suited to the task?In 2011 it is not enough just to record a song, release it and then hope that people hear it. No, you ... more info

Guardian Music — Producer and musician Bryan Charles Hollon has enlisted Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Josh Klinghoffer on this slice of mutant popBoom Bip, aka Bryan Charles Hollon, is an American producer and musician perhaps best known... more info

Guardian Music — Songwriting in situ at a French festival proves a recipe for some impromptu musical delights, writes Chris SalmonAt last month's Les Nuits Secretes festival in France, the organisers filled a room with instruments, recording gear and a team of music... more info

NME — Funeral For A Friend, Gruff Rhys also up for new accolade more info

NME — Super Furry Animals man also lines up new single 'Y Baban Bach' more info

Guardian Music — This week on the web music roundup, the BBC's extensive coverage of the Reading festival came at the unfortunate expense of the Notting Hill CarnivalIn a UK music scene currently dominated – and enlivened – by urban music, it seems a pity that th... more info

Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe approach to Field Day, the east London festival known for its organisational issues as much for its strong lineups, did little to assuage concerns it might still be having teething troubles five years on. Enormous queues were... more info