Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - Items from Gorillaz, The Beach Boys and The Beatles are all going under the hammer for charity... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, LiverpoolJoe Strummer's 2002 demise put paid to any lingering talk of a Clash reunion, so it was perhaps inevitable that Mick Jones would eventually bow to nostalgia and reform his other famous group. Indeed, some argue that Big Audio Dynami... more info

The Telegraph — The ex-Clash guitarist tells Andrew Perry how hooking up with Gorillaz inspired his band's return. more info

NME — Gorillaz, The View and Jack White also releasing vinyl on April 16 more info

Guardian Music — Once a vehicle for like-minded stars, these days supergroups allow unlikely friends to indulge their experimental sideI have a tone on my phone that announces the arrival of a new indie supergroup, and it's bleeping a lot at the moment. Appearing to ... more info

Guardian Music — Today's launch of the iPad 2 will cause a stir not just among tech geeks but also musicians. Why? Try asking Damon Albarn ...What is it? Are you serious? Unless you've been living in 2009 for the last two years, then you're already sick to the back t... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Two Snoop Dogg posts in one day, that’s certainly unlike this blog, right? Fuck it, this is a blog for music I like, and Snoop Dogg has got my attention right now with two solid new songs. I shared “Eyez Closed” with you earlier today. Now I go... more info

Stereogum — Gorillaz appear on Snoop Dogg’s upcoming album Doggumentary, but this song feels like it would have worked on Plastic Beach. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s a leftover from the same sessions that produced “Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Be... more info

The Telegraph — Gorillaz star is ready for something more artistically ambitious. more info

Guardian Music — An alternative history of pop would need to embrace Marsha Hunt, the Au Pairs and Zakk Wylde. Oh, and WestlifeI once wrote an article in response to a single released on 17 September 2001 that ended up being so long it became a book. I had been asked... more info