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

ContactMusic — Soul legend Bobby Womack has credited Damon Albarn's group Gorillaz for kickstarting his career after excessive drug use robbed him of his creative edge. The singer/songwriter, dubbed 'the last great soul man', all but quit the music business followi... more info

Guardian Music — Ambitious multimedia art project will bring together works from high-profile musicians, writers and poets inspired by extinct birdsThey are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace. Like Monty... more info

ContactMusic — Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea was influenced by touring with Radiohead singer Thom Yorke. The bassist played with the British singer in supergroup Atoms for Peace - which also included punk singer Patti Smith and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn - and sa... more info

Stereogum — After touring with Gorillaz, Mick Jones brought his regrouped Big Audio Dynamite to Club Nokia for a headlining show prior wrapping up their stateside tour at Outside Lands in San Francisco. The Chain Gang of 1974 provided support. more info

Guardian Music — Is this Gorillaz collaborator a soul star in waiting? We think so ...At the end of last year Gorillaz released the single Doncamatic featuring the vocal talents of Manchester born Gareth Daley. Despite its inarguable brilliance, the song stalled at N... more info