Pitchfork — -- Brian Eno serves as guest artistic director for the Brighton Festival, which will come to the English seaside town May 1-23. Eno will also perform and give lectures. The festival's lineup also includes the Books, Philip Glass Ensemble, Karl Hyde o... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Imagine a landscape piece of A4 paper. At one end there is a picture of Tony Allen, Fela Kuti’s drummer and Afrobeat pioneer and at the other end of the sheet is Robert Smith of The Cure. Strands of Fat Bob’s back-combed barnet are stretched acro... more info

BBC 6 Music — Brian calls on Underworld, Tony Allen, and Fela Kuti's son to lend a hand more info

Altsounds — If you've been enjoying Strut's African releases of late (Mulatu Astatke, Nigeria 70, Afro-Rock, Tony Allen, etc.) and have been sleeping on this one, now's your chance to wake up. This one's a monster, folks. -S Since their creation in 2002 in O... more info

8/1 — 50 Sonic Youth - The Eternal49 Karen O and The Kids - Where the Wild things are48 Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane47 Florance and the Machine - Lungs46 Ebony Bones - Bones of My Bones45 Prodigy - Invaders Must Die44 Bibio - Ambivalence Av... more info

Guardian Music — From working with Malian musicians to scoring an opera, the former Blur singer has emerged as a true pop renaissance manWhen Blur first emerged, Damon Albarn seemed to me little more than a quirky songwriter among Britpop's grey and repetitious ranks... more info

Stereogum — Two years ago Damon Albarn told NME that Gorillaz wouldn't make any more pop records. But you know better than to take Damon's word on the future of his endeavors. In a recent interview with the Guardian he says his cartoon band's next LP has a ... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Afrobeat meets jazz. Weird and, if you're of the right persuasion, perhaps rather wonderful. more info

All About Jazz — NIGERIAN AFROBEAT LEGEND TONY ALLEN'S WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH DEBUT SECRET AGENT TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 12 "At nearly 70 the man Brian Eno reckons is perhaps the greatest drummer that ever lived is reveling in his heritage, and it's contagious." Q ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Tony Allen (l) and Jimi Tenor (r) Strut Records Information Inspiration series is the product of spontaneous collaborations between two musical forces. Past contributions have come from Sly & Robbie & Amp Fiddler, Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle, Mulatu... more info