Guardian Music — Damon Albarn's latest musical travels and Sufjan Stevens's dance epiphany should help you get your clicks this weekDamon Albarn finds it difficult not to make music. In the last year, he's launched an opera; made a Gorillaz album on his iPad to reli... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is recording a whole album in just seven days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Gorillaz mastermind set off for the country one of the poorest nations on earth this Wednesday (20. 07. 11) with a team of producers and pe... more info

Guardian Music — In this week's programme Yukimi Nagano, vocalist from Swedish band Little Dragon, talks to Jon Dennis about what it was like playing with Gorillaz, and she discusses their new album Ritual Union, out this month.In the studio Alexis Petridis chats wit... more info

Guardian Music — After working with Gorillaz and Maximum Balloon, the Swedish band are getting more attention than everIn a music climate that succumbs to the lure of the first album and then moves on, it's satisfying that Sweden's Little Dragon are about to release ... more info

NME — Gorillaz man set to make a new LP in a week in the African country more info

Guardian Music — For the xx and for Elbow, the Mercury prize boosted album sales tremendously – but for Speech Debelle it was less effectiveJudges of the Mercury prize often cite their desire to bring interesting, but sometimes little-known, music to a broader audi... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The hot new mash-up of 2011, by 17-year-old DJ Madeon, is an exhilarating mix of Deadmau5, Ke$ha, Gorillaz, Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, and a lot more. The video itself is rather mesmerizing, since you're watching Madeon orchestrate in real-time. Bu... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — After Liam Gallagher recently claimed brother Noel was "breaking his heart" over the "absolute s**t" the former Oasis member had been spreading about the break-up of the Britpop kings. One half expected the 38-year-old front man, now leading the ‘d... more info

Guardian Music — Players will pay using Facebook Credits to play games including tracks from Lily Allen, Gorillaz, David Guetta and other artistsEMI has become the first major label to sign a partnership to sell music within a social game on Facebook using the social... more info

Guardian Music — Palace Theatre, ManchesterThose already expressing qualms about next year's Cultural Olympiad should cheer up a little: some strange alchemy has been at work, conjuring up a truly original new opera that will launch the 2012 celebrations. Premiered a... more info