The Telegraph — Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon were reunited on stage at the NME Awards ending a bitter rift lasting nearly a decade. more info

Idolator — Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon reunited onstage at the NME's annual awards show tonight, where they played an unplugged version of "This Is A Low." It was the first time the two had shared a stage since 2000. There's no video/photo evidence of the per... more info

The Mirror — Blur key men Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon tonight made a surprise appearance on stage at the NME Awards. more info

NME — Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have performed onstage together for the first time in nearly a decade at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 25). more info

JamBase — AMADOU & MARIAM TO HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN JUNE BEFORE SUPPORTING COLDPLAY IN JULY Because Music/Nonesuch Records Will Release Welcome to Mali March 24 Amadou & Mariam Since meeting at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, Mali, ... more info

All About Jazz — Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, internationally praised and hailing from Chicago, gives a special free performance on Sunday, February 22 at 4:00 at the York College/CUNY Performing Arts Center. All seven band members are sons of the esteemed trumpeter Kela... more info

Pitchfork — -- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #... more info

Pitchfork — -- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, which Y... more info

Guardian Music — The first music that greets every visitor to northern Ethiopia is called Tigrinya. It's a mix of James Brown-style horn riffs, loud vocal trilling, and the same beat - da-DUM (pause), da-DUM (pause) - on every single song. Tigrinya is an acquired tas... more info

Pop Matters — Spoon ripoffs? DFA-styled dancefloor excurions? Putting Damon Albarn in his place? Whatever is going on with Franz Ferdinand, it's a welcome, if not completely memorable, change of pace. more info