L.A. Times - Entertainment — In an era of music-festival overload, when too many events are indistinguishable from too many others, Damon Albarn of Gorillaz deserves credit for working to make Saturday’s Demon Dayz festival reflect its Los Angeles setting. Held in and aro... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In an era of music-festival overload, when too many events are indistinguishable from too many others, Damon Albarn of Gorillaz deserves credit for working to make Saturday’s Demon Dayz festival reflect its Los Angeles setting. Held in and aro... more info

Stereogum — Gorillaz capped off last night's Demon Dayz Festival in Los Angeles with a 30-song headlining performance. They brought out special guests like De La Soul, George Benson, DRAM, Little Simz, and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. During the encore, Damon Al... more info

Stereogum — The Good, The Bad & The Queen, the supergroup of Damon Albarn, the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, released their lone self-titled album in 2007. But Albarn has been planning on reviving the project for... more info

Consequence of Sound — Damon Albarn's bratty animated trip-hop troupe delivers hits, deep cuts, and surprises. more info

DJmag — Brian Eno, Damon Albarn and more sign open letter penned by Bob Geldof… more info

DJmag — “Mid-September 2028, so please come and see us now” more info

Guardian Music — Singer and songwriter who pioneered a fiery fusion of north African musical styles with rock, techno and punkRachid Taha, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, shook up the global music scene with his inventive and fiery fusion of Algerian styles a... more info

Stereogum — Paul McCartney just released the new solo album Egypt Station , and he's been working hard to promote it. He is, for example, the subject of a new GQ profile from the writer Chris Heath. The story is long, and it's absolutely full of ridiculous anec... more info

DJmag — But it won't be coming out for a while... more info