Guardian Music — Welshman and Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys has been on a quest to trace his family in Patagonia – and he's made it into a filmIn Bala, Wales, in 1882, a farmer named Dafydd Jones challenged his cousin to a race on horseback. Jones rigged the r... more info

NME — Band to play Soundtrack International Film And Music Festival more info

Guardian Music — The reunited American indie-rockers are to headline next year's ATP festival in Minehead. And you may even get the chance to watch them bowl!The reunited Pavement will headline and curate next year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead. Their... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Unless you're ever lucky enough to make it out to CMJ in New York or the Iceland Airwaves festival, October can be quite a barren month in festival terms, a yawning chasm between Bestival and ATP. Now, though, you only need to get as far as Cardiff f... more info

8/1 — 150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days144 - Robert Wyatt Co... more info

NME — Plus Super Furry Animals and Horrors up for consideration more info

Altsounds — We are pleased to announce * Super Furry Animals* to this years Liverpool Music Week festival. The Super Furry’s who will be performing at *Nation * on *Thursday 5**th** November * are the final big name act to be announced for this years... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Guardian music journalist Will Hodgkinson has just published a new book, The Ballad Of Britain, which sees him travel round the UK in a beat-up car meeting some of the country’s music eccentric folk musicians. From morris dancing freaks in Oxford t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Fresh Bread The Aquarian: So how important is the visual counterpart of your music to you? Gruff Rhys: It's part of our identity really. It's a continuation of the music on a slightly different level. Sometimes that helps... more info

NME — Gruff Rhys and co for one-off date in UK capital more info