Brooklyn Vegan — De La Soul's Smell the DA.I.S.Y mixtape was released today as a free download. (They have been very generous lately.) It features the classic hip hop crew rapping some of their classic rhymes over unreleased J Dilla beats. It's... more info

Stereogum — Ever since they posted almost their entire discography for free download last month, the great pioneering rap trio De La Soul have been rolling, with three new projects in the works. The first of those — and the group’s first full-length in about... more info

NME — The song is the second to be taken from new 'Smell The D.A.I.S.Y' mixtape more info

Stereogum — De La Soul, one of the greatest rap groups of all time, have been away for a while, but they’ve suddenly kicked back into high gear, and they’ve got three projects in the works. The first of those is Smell The D.A.I.S.Y., a new mixtape on which t... more info

Stereogum — In his first two days at SXSW, Damon Albarn played a career-spanning set for NPR and performed two new songs on Kimmel. He was not remotely done. He did a bunch of songs from his forthcoming album Lonely Press Play at an acoustic radio session. He pl... more info

NME — Hip Hop act will perform live in May before returning in August to headline Camp Bestival more info

NME — Albarn played solo material as well as Gorillaz, Blur and The Good, The Bad and The Queen tracks more info

NME — De La Soul, Miles Kane and Happy Mondays will also perform at the festival this summer more info

Nialler9 — Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival takes place across Belfast from May 1st to 11th and some of the names lined up include: De La Soul, Fuck Buttons, Wild Beasts, Shonen Knife, Rubberbandits, The Selecter, Tinariwen, Marc Mulcahy, Jimi Goodwin (Doves), ... more info

NME — Track taken from upcoming 'Smell the D.A.I.S.Y.' mixtape more info