Guardian Music — Plastic Beach, the third LP by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, will feature Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed and Gruff RhysLike a cartoon sunrise over a cartoon landscape, with cartoon revellers firing celebratory cartoon fi... more info

Plastic Beach, the third LP by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, will feature Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed and Gruff RhysLike a cartoon sunrise over a cartoon landscape, with cartoon revellers firing celebratory cartoon fi... more info

Rollo & Grady — The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is set for a March 9th release. Guests include Lou Reed, Mark E. Smith, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Gruff Rhys, and Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash. You can stream the new single “Stylo” featuring Mos D... more info

Nialler9 — Amazing. From the new album Plastic Beach. Mr Womack kills this one. Alternative Youtube stream in case the above one goes down. The album is out on March 5th in Ireland/ 8th in the UK. ‘Stylo’ the single is out on 26th January. Check out the ... more info

MTV.com News — 'Plastic Beach has sprung a leak!' Gorillaz member Murdoc Niccals tweets about band's upcoming album.By James Montgomery Gorillaz Photo: MTV One day after they were announced as headliners of the 2010 Coachella festival, the Gorillaz sprun... more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

MTV.com News — Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festival... more info

Guardian Music — These indie-sampling hip-hoppers have chopped and diced the likes of MGMT, Sufjan Stevens and RadioheadHometown: Philadelphia.The lineup: Noah aka Xaphoon Jones (producer), Chidera Anamege aka Proto (vocals), Zach aka Fresh Kid Z (beats and co-produc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year,... more info

MTV.com News — MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 records of the year.By James Montgomery Bigger Than The Sound's Best Albums of 2009 Photo: MTV News Well, we made it. 2009 is practically in the books, and now it's time to look back on the rathe... more info