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

Stereogum — In recent years, the producer and XL Recordings founder Richard Russell has been releasing music under the name Everything Is Recorded. The project matches Russell with a variety of collaborators across genre, in that UNKLE or Gorillaz mode. His l... more info

Stereogum — 88Rising’s pan-genre collective 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE already released their debut album hella (˃╭̣ ╮˂̣)✧♡‧o· ̊ this year, and the flow of new music has not stopped. Last week they teamed with Rich Brian and TiaCorine on the Miam... more info

Stereogum — Raye was nominated for seven awards at the 2024 BRITs, breaking the record previously held by Craig David, Gorillaz, and Robbie Williams. At tonight’s show at the O2 Arena, the 26-year-old English singer broke the record for most wins in a singl... more info

Stereogum — In 2000, the trio of rapper Del The Funky Homosapien, producer Dan The Automator, and DJ Kid Koala got together to form a nerd-rap supergroup called Deltron 3030 and to release a classic self-titled album. Deltron 3030 got back together to release... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn had a busy year with the release of Blur’s The Ballad Of Darren and Gorillaz’s Cracker Island . He recently said he’s done with the Blur reunion, and in that same interview with French magazine Les Inrockuptibles, he discusse... more info

Consequence Of Sound — “It is time to wrap up this campaign,” Albarn said. “It’s too much for me. It was the right thing to do… but I’m not dwelling on the past.” Damon Albarn Is Done with Blur for Now, Ready to Focus on Gorillaz Again Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — Two members of Fontaines D.C. are on the new single by Belfast rap group Kneecap. “Better Way To Live,” Kneecap’s debut single for Heavenly Recordings, finds Fontaines singer Grian Chatten, fresh off his latest solo album, doing a sing-rappe... more info

Stereogum — Peter Hook guested on the Gorillaz song “Aries” in 2020. Saturday at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hook and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn performed that song in front of a live audience for the first time. (Georgia, who also appeared on the tr... more info

Nialler9 — The news comes thick and fast this morning. Thundercat has been announced to play Vicar Street next year – Tuesday 26th March, as part of European dates. The jazz bass and singer player has recently performed with Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stroke... more info