Brooklyn Vegan — The New Mendicants -- aka Joe Pernice and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake -- released their debut album, Into the Lime, earlier this year. Take a listen via Rdio, and you can also hear it live if you're going to... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — BirdskullsFrom: Brighton/Bournemouth/ExeterThe brilliant Alley Gorey from south coast trio Birdskulls combines the slacker pop smarts of Teenage Fanclub with the grunge punk thrills of Mudhoney.  It may only be January but I may already have found t... more info

Powerpopulist — Here are our faves from the second fabulous cover collection by Futureman Records' Keith Klingensmith and the TM Collective. They're all available for free download on a name-your-price basis. We know you know the artists they're coverin... more info

Sixeyes — Fire Records band, Surf City, announce the date of release for their upcoming record, We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This. August 19th is the day and here's the sound. You can almost see, feel, and taste the rust being flailed off the gu... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian reader commonly known as llamalpaca gives us his choices from last week's threadThis week's playlist has been selected by llamalpaca.Biblical, spiritual, mysterious and sometimes downright unbelievable: miracles have been two a penny thi... more info

Guardian Music — Indie mogul says 'music needs a kick in the balls' and he may revive his legendary label to deliver the blowAlan McGee may resurrect Creation, the label he founded in 1983. The former music mogul and self-styled "Presidente" of the label retired from... more info

Guardian Music — (AED)In the 90s, Joe McAlinden was the frontman of Superstar, purveyors of beautifully arranged, Beach Boys and Big Star-inspired sunshine pop, doomed to languish in the shadow of their similarly minded, if slightly heavier friends Teenage Fanclub. I... more info

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

Here Comes The Flood — With 12 days to go, the Kickstarter campaign for the Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me has already reached its target. Good news for fans of the legendary Memphis band Big Star: BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME is a feature-length documentary about legen... more info

ContactMusic — Travis star Dougie Payne surprised actress wife Kelly Macdonald at their wedding reception by booking her favourite band to perform their first dance number The couple wed in 2003 and Trainspotting star MacDonald insists shell never forget the magica... more info