If you’re in Manchester, go and see Death From Above 1979 at the Gorilla. I caught them in London last night and they were a whole filthy heap of fun.

If you’re in Glasgow, go and see New Build (AKA two-fifths of Hot Chip) at Broadcast.

If you’re in Liverpool, go and see Real Estate supported by Alvvays at the Kazimier for a double bill of classic winsome indie jangle.

And if you’re in London, go and see rap-rock firebrands The Coup at the Jazz Cafe.

On your television, there’s a new iteration of cult schlocky serial American Horror Story, the celebrity Sewing Bee contestants get stitching and – no tears please – it’s the last ever Bad Education.

That’s yer lot for today, I’ll leave you with some classic fractal-bothering business from Orbital, who split up for the second time today.

Today’s arty pop videos assessed. First, yet more spooky forest-based goings-on – I told you it was a thing! – in the new effort from the Phantasy-signed artist known only as U. This Ray Mears character really ought to know better than tearing pages from mysterious old books to stoke his campfire – inevitably, he ends up summoning all manner of demons (some of whom arrive in a blue Volvo estate).

Talking of estates… featherlight indie funksters Flyte claim their new video is inspired by Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. Well, it’s set on a housing estate, if that’s what they mean. Quite a nice one, though; you probably wouldn’t last long playing a guitar that jauntily on the Tulse Hill Estate.

Finally, more old cars. Todd Terje’s Delorean Dynamite now has a video, which apparently doubles as an advertisement on behalf of a Norwegian man called Frank, who’s hoping to flog his own 1981 Delorean. If you’ve got a spare 279,000 krone (£26,313) to spend on a ludicrous retro gull-winged sports car, plus whatever it takes to get it shipped from Oslo, here’s the full listing. It could just be a load of cobblers cooked up to promote a pop video, but you never know.

You may occasionally find yourself wondering what former Wimbledon ballcrusher Vinnie Jones is up to these days. Well, apart from apparently starring on Bulgarian reality TV (no video confirmation of this story, sadly), he’s still making a career out of looking mean and not saying very much. Here’s a clip of him doing just that in Musketeers earlier this year.

This rare talent has obviously been noted by the makers of Arrow, because Jones has been signed up to play a villain in Season 3 of Sky 1’s comic book adaption, which starts next week. The very Lock, Stock-sounding Danny “Brick” Brickwell is a “ruthless gang leader… known as ‘Brick’ on the streets because he’s been shot dozens of times but never put down”. And not just because his surname’s Brickwell, alright?

This is what Brick looked like in the Green Arrow comics. Let’s hope they keep the grey ponytail.

Good news, people: next month, Channel 4 will air a new batch of Music Nation documentaries, focusing on grime, Asian rave, bassline house and 80s Glasgow art-rock.

First up on Nov 5 is Open Mic, directed by Ewen Spencer – the same guy who made the excellent Brandy & Coke UKG doc below.

Some spiffing new music for you now, in ascending order of bonkersness.

Clarence Clarity is one of those frustrating internet-age DIY pop creations, going out of his way to cultivate an air of mystery – presumably to mask the fact that he used to be in a slightly embarrassing indie band. Although he’s not so mysterious, that’s a picture of him above. Anyway, his music’s pretty good. The Who Am Eye EP is out on Dec 1, and this is the lead track:

Ariel Pink has unveiled a new song from his flabbergasting forthcoming double LP Pom Pom. It’s not the track I’d release if a fellow indie popster was accusing me of misogyny, however misguidedly. But then Ariel is very much his own man. And barring the eyebrow-raising Benny Hill skit in the middle (or perhaps even because of it), Black Ballerina is another gobbet of skewed pop genius. There’ll be more from Ariel in the Guide proper very soon.

We all know what rum characters Swans are, of course. But this edit of Oxygen by Mute founder Daniel Miller (from a new EP of the same name, out Nov 24) is arguably the most accessible thing they’ve ever released. You can dance to it, almost.

I think we knew this already, but Radio Times has confirmed that the ninth and final series of Peep Show will air in late 2015. Sure, it’s had its up and downs over the years and has never quite bettered the Series 4 episode where Jez barbecues the posh girls’ dog. But with a definite end in sight, writers Bain & Armstrong will surely pull out all the stops to give Jez and Mark a suitably calamitous and toe-curling send-off.

Sam Bain has already stated that they won’t be killing off their lead characters (just in case they ever need to bring them back, sensible) but he’s currently fielding suggestions on how they might bow out after 12 years of thwarted ambitions and crushing disappointments.

Google Glass may well be a revolutionary piece of technology but it’s got one major design flaw: wearing one makes you look like a right berk. How to combat this particular image problem? Get one of the coolest women on the planet to make a film about (and using) Google Glass. Voila, now everyone should want one. Although thinking about it, I haven’t seen many people brave enough to rock any of FKA Twigs’ other fashion choices...

The video features tweaked versions of LP1 track Video Girl and an unreleased song called Glass & Patron, plus some quite astounding dance moves that would test even Jake Wood.

Now here’s a thing. Next week, BBC Three are showing the film Drive (Thursday 30th at 10pm, to be precise). But in an unexpected twist, you will have the option to replace Cliff Martinez’s original score with a new soundtrack curated by Zane Lowe, featuring specially commissioned tunes from Chvrches, Foals, SBTRKT, Jon Hopkins, Laura Mvula, the 1975, Baauer, Banks, Bastille, Bring Me The Horizon, Eric Prydz, the Neighbourhood and ZCC (aka Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro). It’s a pretty neat idea, even if you suspect it only came about because Zane wanted to photoshop himself onto the Drive poster, looking moody in a sports jacket.

You can hear Chvrches’ contribution below:

Whatever next? There Will Be Blood rescored with a soundtrack curated by Nick Grimshaw?

Morning. The main downside of doing this blog on a Tuesday is that it’s such a rubbish, nothingy day that there are never any songs about it… until now. In the video below, you can watch rising Atlanta rapper ILoveMakonnen team up with Drake to anoint Tuesday as the new Thursday. You never know, it could catch on…