Pitchfork — Notable album covers catch the eye, dribble it around a little, and then snap it back into place, forever skewed. They can be funny, gross, shocking, stunning, or just plain wrong. They can define artists. With Take Cover, we aim to track down the mo... more info

MTV.com News — 'Everybody thinks because you're black and you're from the 'hood, you wanna be Jay-Z,' Lu tells Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by James Montgomery Lupe Fiasco Photo: Atlantic Celebrity Favorites Please respect... more info

Altsounds — More news from The Apples in stereo! First off, Robert Schneider (as Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine) will be performing the song "We R Super Heroes" on Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba tomorrow March 11. Other "Super Hero" guests will include M... more info

Pitchfork — Here's how you know of Montreal are among the most theatrical bands on the planet: They can show up on the Nickelodeon kids' show "Yo Gabba Gabba!", a fantasy primary color wonderland inhabited by monsters and robots, and fit in perfectly without so ... 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

Guardian Music — The cartoon heroes' third and most impressive set is home to a large and motley crewCreative lot, humans. We melt polar icecaps and replace them with longer-lasting, non-biodegradable plastic. Gorillaz's third and (allegedly) final album is named for... more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop has a lot to learn from Murdoc and the gang, reckons Pos from the old-skool rap crewThis is the third time De La Soul have collaborated with Gorillaz, and Superfast Jellyfish is the third track you worked on for Plastic Beach. Is three really... more info

Stereogum — We’ve had a chance to hear a few bits from Gorillaz’ third album Plastic Beach – “Stylo” featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack, the  De La Soul and Gruff Rhys-guesting “Superfast Jellyfish” and the Murdoc-hosted “p... 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

Rolling Stone — Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach doesn’t hit shelves in the U.S. until next week, but since the album is already streaming online, we’re unleashing Rolling Stone’s review of Damon Albarn and company’s third album a week early. While stocked with Gor... more info