ContactMusic — Damon Albarn read books on Buddhism when he was bullied at school.The Blur frontman's family moved house from Leytonstone, east London, to rural... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Album review: Damon Albarn's low-key solo debut, 'Everyday Robots,' offers finely observed tunes about the numbing effects of technology and modernity.Recently, a YouTube video caught Damon Albarn sitting in with a London pub band, the Gents, for a r... more info

Time — As Blur's "Parklife" celebrates its 20th anniversary, is it time to set the album free of its Britpop legacy? more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Author Francine Prose discussed her favorite books at The Week. The Quietus reconsidered Blur's Parklife album on its 20th anniversary. The New Yorker interviewed Sam Lipsyte about his new short story, "The Naturals." The Boston Globe profiled Jocie ... more info

NME — Blur frontman describes class rivalry between the two bands as "insane" more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Perspective: Blur frontman Albarn and Everything But the Girl's Watt release intimate, low-key solo albums, while the Pixies stick with the familiar.The lead cut on the new Pixies album is called "What Goes Boom?," and one answer to that question is ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Blur singer stuns drinkers with impromptu performance of Blur track... more info

NME — Blur frontman joins local band The Gents on stage in The Red Lion more info

Stereogum — Oasis and Blur may mark the official beginning of Britpop with the twin classics of Definitely Maybe and Parklife, respectively, but some people — particularly, seemingly, in music-writer circles — claim Pulp’s Different Class as the genre’s ... more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to imagine a better way to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Blur’s Parklife than singing along to the title track with an entire East London pub and Damon Albarn himself. For whatever reason, Albarn got on stage at a Leytonstone p... more info