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Mitski suggests Damon Albarn go see a Downtown Boys show

3316 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blur at MSG - 10/23/15 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) photo: Mitski in McCarren Park in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) photo: Downtown Boys at Palisades in May (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) Blur have not been the most pleased... more info

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Blur's Damon Albarn is the ultimate musical multitasker these days

3322 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Damon Albarn is a busier man than he used to be. Back in the Britpop '90s, it was enough to just be singer for the band Blur, merging social commentary with hooks and vivid melodies while navigating a media-fueled rivalry with Oasis. Even then, he se... more info

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Damon Albarn Assesses Kanye, Taylor, Drake, & Rihanna

3328 days ago

Stereogum — It’s been the subject of rumor and conjecture for a while, but now it’s confirmed: Damon Albarn’s simian supergroup Gorillaz, once thought to be extinct, are coming back next year with new music. And in a new Rolling Stone interview, Albarn had... more info

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Jamie Hewlett Confirms New Gorillaz Music Next Year

3330 days ago

Stereogum — We knew Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were working on a new Gorillaz album back in September, and now Hewlett has confirmed that the follow-up to 2010’s Plastic Beach will be out next year. He stated the following in an interview with DIY: That’... more info

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Watch Damon Albarn Join De La Soul For “Feel Good Inc.” At Dismaland

3346 days ago

Stereogum — Massive Attack were originally slated to headline the last night of festivities at Banksy’s pop-up “bemusement park” Dismaland, but after they pulled out, De La Soul closed out the proceedings with some help from a masked Damon Albarn, who came... more info

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The Great Escape Turns 20

3361 days ago

Stereogum — Blur had arrived. They had achieved what they had set out to do. After the disillusioning experience of being partially forced into a set of already-dying English trends with their 1991 debut Leisure and the miserable U.S. tour that followed, Damon A... more info

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Damon Albarn Says Adele’s New Album Is “Very Middle Of The Road,” Songs He Worked On Didn’t Make The Cut

3362 days ago

Stereogum — Adele’s got a bunch of superstar collaborators working on her upcoming highly-anticipated third record: Max Martin, Danger Mouse, Ryan Tedder, and Tobias Jesso Jr. are confirmed, and we know that Phil Collins was more info

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Watch Damon Albarn Perform “Mr. Tembo” For The Elephant Who Inspired The Song

3372 days ago

Stereogum — Last year, Blur frontman Damon Albarn released the solo album Everyday Robots, and it included the single “Mr. Tembo,” a song that Albarn wrote for a baby elephant that he met while visiting Tanzania. Apparently, sometime after writing the song, ... more info

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Damon Albarn Recording New Gorillaz Album In September

3418 days ago

Stereogum — The advent of Blur’s new album, The Magic Whip, and the band’s subsequent reunion tour, has been has been one of 2015’s hallmark nostalgia-laced stories, and Damon Albarn seems bent on continuing the streak. While in Australia, Albarn let it sl... more info

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