Brooklyn Vegan — Blur's new album, The Magic Whip, is out this week and the band will be here in NYC to play The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night (4/30). That will mark the band's first US appearance since... more info

MTV.co.uk News — A new album, a reformation, could this be the news we’ve all been waiting for? more info

Nialler9 — It never looked like it was ever going to happen but 12 years after the mournful last Blur album Think Tank completed without guitarist Graham Coxon. We’ve had Gorillaz, the reunion shows in Hyde Park, Glastonbury and even Ireland’s own Oxegen, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Blur have already released a few songs from The Magic Whip, their first album in 12 years and first in 16 years to feature Graham Coxon on the whole thing. It's finally out next week (4/27) via Parlophone, but... more info

Stereogum — After a long run of singles that included “Go Out,” “There Are Too Many Of Us,” “Lonesome Street,” and “My Terracotta Heart,” Blur has made their new album The Magic Whip available for streaming. It’s their first record together sin... more info

The Telegraph — Blur's first album in 12 years is everything fans could have hoped for, says Helen Brown more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bustle recommended stoner reads for 4/20. The Irish Times listed rock memoirs worth reading. SPIN listed essential Damon Albarn albums not by Blur. Literary maps of the United States, NPR Music is streaming Paul de Jong's album IF. Litro interviewed.... more info

Stereogum — We’ve heard a bunch of songs from Blur’s new Magic Whip album already — “Go Out,” “There Are Too Many Of Us,” “Lonesome Street,” and a live debut of “Ong Ong” — and here’s another one to add to the pile: “My Terracotta Hea... more info

Stereogum — Later … With Jools Holland had its season premiere today, and the British show kicked things off with a bang by having three musical guests. Blur did their Magic Whip track “Ong Ong,” Laura Marling sang “Strange” from her new album Short Mo... more info

VH1 Blog — Watch The First Promo For Season Two Of VH1's Dating Naked more info