Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Damon Albarn w/ Blur @ MSG,2015 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin) Damon Albarn has a long history of being active in Africa and in African music. After a recent performance in Mali, Albarn has been given the status of "local... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn has had a busy year; he’s been working on new Gorillaz material, writing the score for a musical re-imagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, and releasing Blur’s long-awaited new album The Magic Whip. To top it all off, ... more info

Stereogum — ’80s revivalism has been the trend in pop music for a few years now, and it’s about time that someone capitalized on that by getting all of those old producers and artists who haven’t touched a relevant song in three decades to come back and wo... more info

Stereogum — Blur’s hybrid documentary-concert film New World Towers will screen for the first time next month in the UK. We’ve already seen the official trailer, and today the band has shared another clip from the movie. In this one, Damon Albarn and Graham ... more info

The Daily Mail — The Hello hitmaker has revealed she 'regrets' asking Blur frontman Damon to work with her on her long-awaited third record, 25, even going as far as to say she wishes the pair had never met. more info

Stereogum — Adele’s in full-on press mode now in support of her upcoming new record, 25, and her first major profile is with Rolling Stone, who followed her around for a bit quizzing her about new music and her bevy of collaborators for this album cycle. One o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2016 DOC NYC Festival happens from November 12 - 19 and includes a number of music films on this year's roster, including Peelander-Z's Mad Tiger and Miss Sharon Jones!. Other screenings include: the US premiere of Blur: New World Towers (11/1... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: MSG during the recent Blur show (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) We already knew that AEG Live was planning a Queens music festival called Panorama for June (that may or may not include an LCD Soundsystem reunion) which Governors... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blur at MSG - 10/23/15 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) photo: Mitski in McCarren Park in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) photo: Downtown Boys at Palisades in May (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) Blur have not been the most pleased... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin "It looks like we made it to the end," Albarn sang in "To the End," a certainty in numbers that kept turning up all evening: in the gospel pastiche "Tender" from 1999's 13; the young,... more info