411 Mania — So says Murdoc… more info

NME — Cryptic message hints Damon Albarn's animated band could be coming to an end more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn wants to release a solo album The 43-year-old musician has recorded with a number of different acts including Blur Gorillaz and The Good The Bad and The Queen but now plans to work alone He said Id like to do a record with m... more info

Gigwise — Blur and Gorillaz star reveals... more info

Altsounds — Recently signed with X-Ray Touring (Coldplay, Modest Mouse, Gorillaz, Nick Cave, The Black Crowes, Blur), The Janks are rapidly gaining critical acclaim in their homeland for their debut album 'Hands Of Time', alongside major audience appeal for thei... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Miranda Sawyer relates how Damon Albarn and co helped her through the breakdown of a relationshipBlur's 13 is a weird album. Overtly emotional, full of yearning and upset, yet scratchy, scuzzy, so... more info

Guardian Music — Gareth Daley is the first Brit-soul boy contender with serious commercial potential since Mick HucknallHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Gareth Daley (vocals, music).The background: We might as well get the comparisons out the way: he's a blue-eyed so... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums – here, Gareth Grundy explains his love for The Good, the Bad and the Queen"It's hard to imagine an anti-war song becoming a radio hit, as it might have done in the 60s. The way people listen to music ... more info

Altsounds — *Mister Who* is the latest animated character to hit the scene since the Gorillaz first arrived. Created by *The Dual Amp brothers*, Mister Who is not a band, he's a vigilante. The music and animated videos are audio-visual soundtracks to the chara... more info

Pop Justice — You will by now be aware of Marina & The Diamonds' whole 'Electra Heart' concept thing. In a nutshell, some (but not all) of the new Marina material - Marinaterial if you will - and the videos around it frequently immerse the listener in the world o... more info