LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian and New York Times profiled author Kazuo Ishiguro. Blur will release its first new album in 12 years this April. Drowned in Sound listed its favorite songs by the band. Litro interviewed Claire Fuller about her debut novel... more info

Stereogum — Here’s another project to keep Damon Albarn from ever finishing another Blur album. Albarn wrote the music for wonder.land, a musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The script and song lyrics are by Moira Buffini, the National T... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Gorillaz and Blur man spotted at studio with singer... more info

Stereogum — A wonderfully entertaining Twitter and Vine meme recently developed in Britain whereby people started inserting the word “Parklife!” after wordy political rants by Russell Brand, a reference to the colorful cockney rambling in Blur’s “Parklif... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You may have heard/seen that last week it became a thing on the internet to follow anything comedian Russell Brand said with a cry of "Parklife!" It's a jab at his hyper-verbose way of speaking, especially on social/political issues... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Russell Brand has said he will record an Oasis song in response to people who have been likening his recent rants to Blur's Parklife lyrics.The comedian's tweets containing his thoughts on society have been bombarded by users writing simply "Parklife... more info

Stereogum — In America, the British comedian Russell Brand is mostly known for being obnoxious and British. In the UK, he’s famous for speaking in verbose syntactic jumbles. And as The Independent notes, some guy on Twitter figured out that it’s funny to yel... more info

NME — Blur guitarist will sell a number of vehicles at auction on October 19 more info

NME — The songwriter says he sought advice from the Blur frontman for this third album more info

The Independent — The debut solo album from Blur frontman Damon Albarn has been nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, in a year that big names including Lily Allen, Morrissey and Ed Sheeran all missed out. more info