Your weekly chance to find out what our writers have been turning their talents to elsewhere:

• Patrick St. Michel  reviewed a Japanese electronic music compilation for Pitchfork, and also wrote about Kyoto’s music history for MTV 81.
• Alfred Soto covered his first time seeing New Order live.
• Thomas Inskeep has started a new blog on which he is reviewing every #1 country single of the 1980s in chronological order. He has also posted about MNEK & Zara Larsson and Daya.
• Iain Mew wrote about Emmy the Great for A Sea of Songs.
• Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa has given us the five greatest life lessons he learned from The Simpsons (in Spanish)
• Finally, something that’s coming up: Claire Biddles is editing a new zine about crushes on musicians, and is seeking contributions from women and queer people about any aspect/experience of crushing on pop stars. The deadline is April 4, details here.