Aquarium Drunkard — Towards the end on the Nineties, everyone in the UK seemed to be suffering en mass from Oasis-burnout and Acid House comedowns. The coked-up fervor that had nurtured a startling variety of music from Suede to Blur, from Supergrass to Elastica, was no... more info

Stereogum — Back in April, we marked the 20th anniversary of Britpop with Stereogum’s Britpop Week. We chose the date for a few reasons — the week marked the anniversaries of both Pulp’s His ’N’ Hers and Blur’s Parklife, Damon Albarn was conveniently... more info

XLR8R — Appleblim (a.k.a. Laurie Osborne) is an interesting figure. In the mid '00s, the Bristol producer was best known as one of the co-founders of Skull Disco, the pioneering label he operated alongside Shackleton. However, following the imprint'... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Blur star gives fans of the cartoon band hope during a chat with NME... more info

NME — Blur frontman's one-off London gig at Royal Albert Hall set to go on sale more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn released his debut solo album earlier this year and, while the weather may make it so that another Blur album never sees the light of day, the British musician will never stop making music. “Sister Rust” is a song Albarn wrote for th... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn has long maintained a pastime of taunting his devoted fans (including our own Michael Nelson) by feeding them tantalizing news about new Blur music only to shelve it and release umpteen side projects instead. The latest instance of this ... more info

NME — Band recorded 15 songs in Hong Kong earlier this year more info

NME — The Blur frontman played to two androids at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation more info

NME — Album will be released on August 11 more info