Guardian Music — Who says the old media are dead? Last week's Rajar results and some excellent radio argue the opposite, says Miranda SawyerJust a small gloat for radio before we start: Rajar's quarterly figures show audiences up up UP for this quarter (April-June), ... more info

The Telegraph — John Cooper Clarke toured with the Sex Pistols, released six hit albums - then vanished. So, what's he doing at Edinburgh? more info

DrownedInSound — The 54th edition of This Week On DiS as a playlist, featuring Animal Collective, John Cooper Clarke, The White Stripes, These New Puritans, Yeasayer, Boredoms, Deerhunter and a few more for good measure! Read the full story on DrownedinSound.co... more info

Guardian Music — Beat-Herder (2-4 Jul, Sawley, beatherder.co.uk) brings leftfield thrills to Lancashire's Ribble Valley, with Luke Vibert, Erol Alkan and Son Of Dave joining the already-confirmed likes of Django Django and Does It Offend You, Yeah? …Some more new a... more info

Guardian Music — What's it like to have taught someone who went on to be a pop star? The teachers of Alex Turner, Leona Lewis, the xx and others talk about raw talent, hugs and hard graft'He's the coolest man on the planet and he calls me sir'Name Steve BakerJob Engl... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about diss tracks and hatchet jobs. This time, we want you to suggest songs about our feathered friendsTry these out for size. Your posts are so short, Mickey Rooney uses them for trousers. You repeat post so often, you've got a dig... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley on Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, a pair of "novelty" rappers who join the dots between Mos Def and Ivor Biggun, Benny Hill and Benjamin Zephaniah "... nothing is more entertaining than fucking with words and their arrangement" – Sc... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — So here it is. The last Smylonylon mixtape ever made. This doesn't mean I won't post any more earlier ones, but this is a very special one. As I've said before, Smylonylon tapes were a series of special tapes made of rare 60s-80s pop, moog music, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I've lost count how many times since way back when Billy Bragg played on a bill at the Edinburgh Fringe on a bill with at least three others, one of whom was Craig Charles - then a punk-poet in a sort of John Cooper Clarke mould, but later to find f... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Fall, Buzzcocks and John Cooper Clarke rock hard, chew scenery, transcend "punk vets" tag... more info