Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin; words by Bill Pearis Damon Albarn @ Irving Plaza 6/8/2012 "I've played here before, back in... 1994?," Damon Albarn told the crowd at Irving Plaza, talking about an early Blur tour some 20 years ago.... more info

Stereogum — Up until now, the fast-rising Chicago rapper Vic Mensa has been known for a few things: Doing some songs with Chance The Rapper, showing up on the last XXL Freshmen cover, releasing last year’s promising Innanetape mixtape. This past weekend, he tu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Damon Albarn @ SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Governors Ball @ Randall's Island< NYC's Governors Ball continues to grow and rival... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield & Dana (distortion) Yavin Outkast / Damon Albarn / Phoenix NYC music festival Governors Ball kicked off its 2014 edition yesterday (6/6) with sets from the reunited Outkast, Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Grimes, TV on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Damon Albarn is in NYC currently, getting ready to play Governors Ball tonight (6/6) and Irving Plaza on Sunday (6/8), both part of his current tour. While here, he stopped by The Tonight Show last night to... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Damon Albarn, already in New York for this weekend’s Governors Ball festival, was the musical guest on The Tonight Show, and he was apparently in a pretty moody place. On the show itself, Albarn sang “Lonely Press Play,” the isolati... more info

NME — Solo singer and frontman revisits 1995 for Jimmy Fallon more info

Time — Why Damon Albarn can’t stop collaborating more info

The Daily Mail — Damon Albarn could have been mistaken for Elton John as he performed from behind a black piano on Sunday, as part of Italian chat show, Che Tempo che fa. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) NYC festival Governors Ball returns to Randall's Island from June 6-8, and if you're going this year you can now start making your schedule. You can check out the schedule on Clashfinder... more info