Guardian Music — If you're only going to buy one album by a gang of paraplegic Congolese funk veterans this year, this should be itHometown: Kinshasa, the Congo.The lineup: Ricky Likabu (leader, vocals), Coco Ngambali (vocals, guitar), Theo Nsituvuidi (vocals, guitar... more info

Guardian Music — The Britpop kings limber up for their Hyde Park, Glastonbury and Manchester mega-gigs by going back to their rootsBlur are to warm up for their comeback concerts by returning to their roots, the band have revealed.Since the Britpop heroes announced t... more info

Orange Music Blog — Will that third album ever arrive? Like a schoolkid cleaning out her pencil case or insisting on helping mum with the washing-up for once, Amy Winehouse is trying every trick in the book to avoid her homework. The latest corker is getting her record ... more info

The Telegraph Blog — I had an interesting email from Martin Mills, founder and head of independent record label Beggars Banquet. In my opinion, Beggars is a model of a record label, with a thirty year history of consistently releasing interesting music, never over-extend... more info

ContactMusic — DAMON ALBARN has landed a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee on his new GORILLAZ album after inviting soul man BOBBY WOMACK to record with him.Womack, who entered the Hall... more info

Guardian Music — This week, Art Brut sing about hitting the sauce, Lady Sovereign murders a Cure classic and Metronomy salute the airwavesArt Brut – Alcoholics UnanimousFor anyone wondering what Art Brut have been up to since their 2007 album It's a Bit Compli... more info

BBC News - UK — Watch an exclusive clip from the band's new film Bananaz trailing Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's animated musical project. more info

Orange Music Blog — On 1 June, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s Gorillaz release Bananaz: Taking Down The Virtual Walls Of Gorillaz - a genuine DVD rockumentary filmed from 2000 to 2006, taking you, the humble punter, behind the scenes of the cartoon band set-up.... more info

The Music Fix — News: Bananaz, a documentary film by Ceri Levy will be released on DVD through Parlophone on June 1, 2009. You can watch the trailer right here, courtsey of TMF. In the late 1990's Jamie Hewlett met Damon Albarn and the concept of Gorillaz was born... more info

NME — Watch exclusive clip from new Gorillaz documentary on NME.COM more info