L.A. Times - Entertainment — Album review: Damon Albarn's low-key solo debut, 'Everyday Robots,' offers finely observed tunes about the numbing effects of technology and modernity.Recently, a YouTube video caught Damon Albarn sitting in with a London pub band, the Gents, for a r... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Damon Albarn @ SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) We mentioned earlier today that Damon Albarn would be playing Irving Plaza on June 8, one of the official Governors Ball afterparties. He's playing Governors Ball proper, too,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Damon Albarn at SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Governors Ball hit's NYC's Randall's Island from June 6-8, and like in past years, a few of the artists playing will play afterparties in various NYC venues. This year's afterparties include:Kurt... more info

NME — New albums by Brody Dalle, Wye Oak and Sleaford Mods also out now more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Observer interviewed author Hilary Mantel. The Observer interviewed Damon Albarn about his new solo album and Britpop. Matthew Olshan talked to the Baltimore Sun about his novel Marshlands. The Quietus features two new poems by Juliet Escoria. An... more info

NME — Blur frontman describes class rivalry between the two bands as "insane" more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Perspective: Blur frontman Albarn and Everything But the Girl's Watt release intimate, low-key solo albums, while the Pixies stick with the familiar.The lead cut on the new Pixies album is called "What Goes Boom?," and one answer to that question is ... more info

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ContactMusic — Glamourizing drugs is a crime punishable by censorship and criticism, but Damon Albarn’s detractors – the ones who weren’t happy when he said... more info