Nialler9 — A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. This week: Rain Machine, Fenech Soler, Green Velvet, State’s FREE gig, Mount Kimbie, Steinski, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Mystery Jets, Stornoway, Record Store Day, Patrick... more info

MTV.com News — Here's a little of what you can expect from the latest offering from Damon Albarn and crew.By James Montgomery Gorillaz Photo: EMI Music / Jamie Hewlett Much like Lazarus, Superman and, uh, Sayid from "Lost," Gorillaz are back from the dea... more info

MTV.com News — New album proves that the cartoon band is also an actual band, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Gorillaz Photo: EMI Music / Jamie Hewlett In 1998, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett cooked up Gorillaz as a knee-jerk reaction to th... more info

Plastic Beach, the third LP by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, will feature Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed and Gruff RhysLike a cartoon sunrise over a cartoon landscape, with cartoon revellers firing celebratory cartoon fi... more info

Guardian Music — Plastic Beach, the third LP by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, will feature Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed and Gruff RhysLike a cartoon sunrise over a cartoon landscape, with cartoon revellers firing celebratory cartoon fi... more info

Nialler9 — Amazing. From the new album Plastic Beach. Mr Womack kills this one. Alternative Youtube stream in case the above one goes down. The album is out on March 5th in Ireland/ 8th in the UK. ‘Stylo’ the single is out on 26th January. Check out the ... more info

Stereogum — London trio the Golden Silvers made their first trek to the States this week for CMJ. They're buzzing overseas (did Jools Holland, won Glastonbury's New Talent competition in '08, playing the festival in '09, features in NME, etc.), but so far things... more info

Scotsman.com — HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE **** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW more info

JamBase — BLK JKS FULL-LENGTH DEBUT AFTER ROBOTS TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 8 BLK JKS BLK JKS' highly anticipated full-length debut After Robots will be released September 8 on Secretly Canadian. Following the March release of their MYSTERY EP and return... more info