Guardian Music — Still 20 years on, Madge’s earth mother opus that influenced Adele and Britney, is still the template for modern popTwenty years ago this week, Madonna regenerated as a yoga-loving, Kabbalah-following, mysticism-spewing Earth Mother. After 199... more info

Obscure Sound — “Comet Tails” is a fantastic track, a peppy psych-pop number with rock and electronic flourishes stylistically reminiscent of Blur. It comes courtesy of Filthy Kitsch, a project from Stockholm, Sweden that serves as a vehicle for Joe Shackleton, ... more info

Stereogum — Lately, Netflix has been bringing in lots of cool musicians to do the scores for their original TV shows: S U R V I V E's Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein for Stranger Things , Rostam for The OA , Ben Frost for the new German show Dark. The latest is Blu... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Jan. 12 Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game Comedy-drama with Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino, Maria Dizzia. Written and directed by Howard Weiner. Azad Futuristic indie thriller. Directed by Farasat Khan. Blur Circle Drama with Cora Vander Broek, Matthew Bruml... more info

Stereogum — Blur's Graham Coxon has recorded a new single called "Falling" to benefit a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. The song was written by Luke Daniel, who took his own life last ... more info

Stereogum — Pittsburgh hardcore sludge-monsters Code Orange released their grim, intimidating Forever album earlier this year, and now they've followed up their "Bleeding In The Blur" video with a new one for the churning, semi-industrial album track "The Mud.... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 1992 was not a great year for pop. It was almost an eclectic one, which started with Nevermind knocking Michael Jackson's Dangerous off Billboard number one and ended with the soundtrack to The Bodyguard selling ridiculous amounts, but the UK cha... more info

Chorus.fm — Chris DeVille, writing at Stereogum: Although it isn’t as easy to play as, say, Blur’s “Song 2,” most middle-school hacks can easily bang it out after a few minutes of practice. Many of them could write something similar. Chances are it would... more info

Chicago Tribune — In the 16 years since Gorillaz released its self-titled debut album, the virtual, alternative hip-hop band's co-creators, Blur musician Damon Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewlett, have wrangled an impressive, wildly diverse roster of music's biggest ... more info

Chorus.fm — Code Orange have released a video for “Bleeding in the Blur.” more info