Stereogum — It’s been two years since Gorillaz’s latest album, Cracker Island . Since then, the band shared a deluxe version featuring Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Beck, and more. Damon Albarn released The Ballad Of Darren , the first Blur record in eight y... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz). We’ve got a file on you. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our review of Blur’s essential 2015 album: The post Happy Birthday Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — I used to like to go on half-joking rants about how Damon Albarn likes to busy himself with anything but new Blur music, but two years ago The Ballad Of Darren came along to silence me. Now that those reunion festivities seem finished for good, ... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn pops up on the new single from veteran French DJ-producer Étienne de Crécy, whose new album Warm Up drops this Friday. On “Rising Soul,” the Blur/Gorillaz mastermind lends his venerable voice to a subtly insistent midtempo pop s... more info

Stereogum — Last week, the UK government proposed a new policy that would allow tech companies to use copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence algorithms. Under the proposal, artists and companies could opt out of having their material used fo... more info

Stereogum — In April, DJ Koze returns with Music Can Hear Us, the follow-up to 2018’s Knock Knock. So far we’ve heard “Wie Schön Du Bist” with Arnim Teutoburg-Weiss and the Düsseldorf Düsterboys, “Pure Love” with Damon Albarn, and “Unbelievab... more info

Stereogum — DJ Koze’s last studio album Knock Knock was one of the Best Electronic Albums Of 2018. The German musician has kept a fairly low profile since then, although last year he released an EP and produced every track on Róisín Murphy’s album Hit ... more info

Stereogum — At age 15, the Icelandic indie musician Kaktus Einarsson played trumpet on Gorillaz’s “Stop The Dams” and then worked on Damon Albarn’s 2014 solo debut, Everyday Robots. Now, Albarn is joining Einarsson on his new song “Gumbri.” more info

Magnet Magazine — 20 years ago today, Marianne Faithfull released Before The Poison. PJ Harvey! Nick Cave! Damon Albarn! Jon Brion! Adrian Utley! The post Marianne Faithfull Released “Before The Poison” 20 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Amidst all the noise about the Oasis reunion this week, let’s spare a thought for their onetime rivals Blur, whose own most recent reunion did not wrap up the way that they might’ve hoped. Nevertheless, the members of Blur move on. Damon Albar... more info