MTV.com News — Just-premiered clip matches the song's loosey-goosey feel.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig in the "Cousins" video Photo: XL Last summer, Vampire Weekend premiered the video for "Oxford Comma," a sharp, single-take kind of ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — There were great expectations about Lungs, the debut album by Florence & The Machine. Prior to its release, Florence Welch was being hailed as the next great female singer-songwriter - the person who had the artistic and critical credibility of Kate... more info

Guardian Music — • The Strokes take top spot in NME list with Is This It• Libertines debut Up The Bracket is best British entryNew York rockers The Strokes have topped a list of the best albums of the decade, beating British indie stars – and tablo... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of graphic novels and Gorillaz rejoice! The comics legend is writing the lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next operaFor the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man ... more info

Blur star on his political ambitions more info

Spinner.com — We'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you were unaware that today, November 3, is National Cliché Day. To celebrate the art of overusing things to death, we picked the Top 10 clichés that still permeate the music world. For some reason, these things a... more info

BLUR singer Damon Albarn steps out in cheap and cheerful T-shirt with '99p' logo more info

NME — The Labour Party candidate for Cities Of London And Westminster says politics is a "slog" more info

News of The World — Band in talks with organisers to follow in footsteps of BLUR, OASIS and JAY-Z. more info

411 Mania — Blur, David Bowie, Iggy Pop will rock out as plastic figures... more info