Stereogum — In America, the British comedian Russell Brand is mostly known for being obnoxious and British. In the UK, he’s famous for speaking in verbose syntactic jumbles. And as The Independent notes, some guy on Twitter figured out that it’s funny to yel... more info

NME — Blur guitarist will sell a number of vehicles at auction on October 19 more info

NME — The songwriter says he sought advice from the Blur frontman for this third album more info

The Independent — The debut solo album from Blur frontman Damon Albarn has been nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, in a year that big names including Lily Allen, Morrissey and Ed Sheeran all missed out. more info

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