The Independent — "If I can make a film, anyone can," jokes Blur's Alex James. The 44-year-old has swapped his bass guitar for a viewfinder, by directing his first film – which explores tiny moments of happiness. James explains that he filmed the short for "$45"... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Margaret Atwood offers tips for writing about dreams at the New York Review of Books. NME lists 20 things you didn't know about Blur's classic Modern Life Is Rubbish album (which was released twenty years ago). Crave lists 13 bad... more info

AbsolutePunk — In the words of another legendary British musician, stop me, stop me, stop me if you've heard this one before...Damon Albarn recently announced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rtVKo9jPvrE) while on stage in Hong Kong that *Blu... more info

411 Mania — The band will try to get into the studio... more info

Consequence of Sound — "We thought it would be a good time to try and record another record." more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Aussie duo Jagwar Ma have responded to Noel Gallagher's claim that he's too busy talking about them and London psych rockers Temples to reform Oasis. Speaking to NME previously after his Teenage Cancer Trust show last month, in which he... more info

ContactMusic — Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley, the director of Blur's 2009 track Good Song, has been installed as the 2/1 favourite for this year's Turner... more info

Sky News — Records from the likes of the Spice Girls and Blur are becoming prized by collectors, with some selling for hundreds of pounds. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As late Friday night was turning Saturday morning at the Coachella festival, on-again-off-again and currently-on Brit-pop band Blur left festivalgoers with arguably the night’s most poignant moment. Hunched over a piano, lead singer Damon Albar... more info

ContactMusic — It seems that Stone Roses reunion fever hasn’t quite made it over the pond just yet. After a disappointingly small crowd showed up to watch the... more info