Q's week that was... Noel Gallagher, Amy Winehouse, Temper Trap, Lianne La Havas, We Are Scientists, GBV, Festival news & more

In case you missed it, here's what we've been up to on Qthemusic.com this week.

New Monthly Q Guest Column: Track Marks - Recording an album with We Are Scientists: Episode I Demoing...
Like one of those 'What I Did On My Holidays' essays from school, Keith Murray from the New York-based trio will be taking Q through the recording process of their new LP

Watch Lianne La Havas in session for Q - video
The singer-songwriter recently popped into Q Radio, watch her performance right now

Q&a Amanda Palmer - On raising $1m from fans for her new album & why crowd-funding is no fluke, plus "speaking fluent 80s" on LP Theatre Is Evil & more
The former Dresden Doll also talks us through her art show, which even extends to her flesh it seems...

The Q Festival Blog - Summer Series At Somerset House preview: Tindersticks
We speak to the acts headlining in the capital this month

Guest Column - 'Tucson, Rainer Ptacek, Hurricane Agnes & me' a personal history by Giant Sand's Howe Gelb
The alt-country kingpin takes us on his personal journey of loss, love, redemption and the origins of the "Tucson sound"

The Q Festival Blog - Summer Series At Somerset House preview: The Temper Trap
We spoke to the act headlining in the capital this week

Mika's Tunes - Listen to an exclusive podcast from the pop singer
The singer invites you on a musical journey via Radio Mika

The Q Festival Blog - Summer Series At Somerset House preview: M83
We speak to the acts headlining in the capital this month

Playlist - Guided By Voices' favourite Bee Gees songs
Guitarist Tobin Sprout picks the best tracks by the brother's Gibb

The Q Festival Blog - Summer Series At Somerset House preview: Paloma Faith
We speak to the singer headlining in the capital next week

Listen again to Q Radio's Noel Gallagher interview
Here's the first three parts of the chat with the former Oasis man, plus look out for the final part later today

Plus The Q Festival Blog caught up with the organisers of the following festivals for the ultimate insider's guides...

Camp Bestival's Rob da Bank
The Radio 1 DJ and organiser explains why it will be the Olympics versus the Silly Olympics come the end of July

Port Eliot's Louis Eliot
We get the low down on next week's event (19-22 July), the only festival in Cornwall to boast The Wire, Tim Burgess, Beth Orton, Jon Ronson and a castle...

Tramlines' Sarah Nulty
We speak to the director of next week's free Sheffield festival (20-22 July)

And we've spoken to the artists on the Amy Winehouse tribute CD that comes with our new issue, Q313, which is out now - you can hear previews of each track and read the interviews below

The View on covering Addicted an why it was an "honour" to tackle one of the singer's songs

Zed Bias on covering bonus track Monkey Man and why The Specials song was so key to Amy

Hollie Cook on covering You Know I'm No Good as a raggae tribute to Winehouse

Karima Francis on covering Tears Dry On Their Own and the influence of meeting the singer herself

Jabru on covering the cover, bonus track Valerie

The Balearic Folk Orchestra featuring Olivia Chaney cover He Can Only Hold Her and the way Amy helped artists with her own label

Swindle on covering Some Unholy War with vocalist Baby Sol... and his dad

Manic Street Preachers on covering Wake Up Alone and why Amy reminds them of Richey

The Cribs on covering Back To Black and why Winehouse was a pure artist

Saint Etienne on covering Just Friends and Rehab's non-league football debut

The Temper Trap on covering Love Is A Losing Game and Amy represented substance over style

Dry The River on covering Me & Mr Jones and how the singer rates alongside the likes of Jack White and Damon Albarn as modern legend