Pitchfork - Forkcast — "Empire Ants", which features Swedish electro-pop outfit Little Dragon, is one of the many highlights on Gorillaz's BNM'd new record, Plastic Beach. Manchester DJ collective Club Clique have taken the beat-heavy second half and blown it out with casc... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz hit London (29-30 Apr, Roundhouse, NW1, livenation.co.uk) with guests including Bashy, De La Soul, Kano and Little Dragon and Mos Def …Air, Florence + The Machine, Mystery Jets, Noah And The Whale, the Temper Trap and the xx are among ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-24 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge03-25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *04-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Huset I Magstaede04-30 Aarhus, Denmark - Train - Late Night Show05-01 London, England - Proud Camden05-02 London, England - The Camden Cra... more info

Pitchfork — Gorillaz are currently treating hardcore devotees to an exclusive fan-only rehearsal tour around England. The core band includes Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn alongside reunited Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon. The current tour is in pre... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-13 Tucson, AZ - Congress03-15 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr03-16 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 03-17 Tallahasee, FL - Club Downunder @ Florida State University03-18 Tampa, FL - Crowbar03-19 Orlando, FL -Backbooth03-20 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade03-21 Char... more info

BBC 6 Music — Swedish band Little Dragon 'inspired' by sessions with Damon Albarn more info

Stereogum — It took the voices of Bobby Womack and Mos Def to get “Stylo“’s disco going and bassist Murdoc’s AOL “pirate radio” session snippets — a couple with Sweden’s Little Dragon — to flesh out Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach (3/9 via Parlophone... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gabi Porter On February 17, 2010, British singer VV Brown made her [Manhattan] live debut at the Hiro Ballroom. Her music can definitely be described as the answer to the mathematical equation: Amy Winehouse + Duffy / Estelle.... more info

Altsounds — **Little Dragon** collaborated on two tracks for the new **Gorillaz** album, with **Yukimi Nagano** being the only female vocalist on the record. You can hear a small clip of what appears to be one of those tracks, as played by Murdoc when he took ov... more info

Stereogum — Gorillaz took the spirit of Kraftwerk (and the voices of Bobby Womack and Mos Def) to the disco on "Stylo," and now the band's animated bassist Murdoc is offering little snippets of Plastic Beach via a "pirate radio" session for AOL. Between son... more info