L.A. Times - Entertainment — When the beloved golden-era hip-hop group De La Soul takes the stage at Long Beach's Music Tastes Good Festival on Sept. 23-25, they'll have a new album in tow. And after seeing the guest list on it, who knows who might be joining them. The band memb... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — When the beloved golden-era hip-hop group De La Soul takes the stage at Long Beach's Music Tastes Good Festival on Sept. 23-25, they'll have a new album in tow. And after seeing the guest list on it, who knows who might be joining them. The band memb... more info

NME — James Bay and Jamie Lawson beat the likes of Wolf Alice and Skepta more info

NME — Chicago rapper could appear on new album from Damon Albarn's animated band more info

Consequence of Sound — Mensa joins a long list of collaborators on the highly anticipated album from Damon Albarn's Gorillaz. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Classic rap group De La Soul have a new album on the way, their first since 2004. The album, which is called and the Anonymous Nobody…, was crowdfunded and will be out August 26 via AOI. We mentioned back when it was announced that it will feature ... more info

NME — Gallagher says he will work with Blur frontman, schedules permitting more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Damon Albarn w/ Blur @ MSG,2015 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin) Damon Albarn has a long history of being active in Africa and in African music. After a recent performance in Mali, Albarn has been given the status of "local... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn has had a busy year; he’s been working on new Gorillaz material, writing the score for a musical re-imagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, and releasing Blur’s long-awaited new album The Magic Whip. To top it all off, ... more info

Stereogum — The Clash bassist Paul Simonon turns 60 on Tuesday, and to celebrate, he put together a little supergroup. Simonon has also played with Gorillaz and the Good, The Bad & The Queen, and at his party in London tonight, he wrangled rivals-turned-pals Dam... more info