ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is to receive the NME Award For Innovation.The Blur frontman - who is also a songwriter, producer and composer - has been honoured the... more info

NME — The Blur frontman will receive the accolade at the NME Awards 2014 with Austin, Texas more info

Stereogum — Last year, Blur dropped out of Australia’s Big Day Out Festival, allegedly due to some unresolved issue with their set time; they were said to have made unreasonable demands about playing in between co-headliners Arcade Fire and Pearl Jam. Alas, we... more info

NME — The Blur frontman reveals the second track from his forthcoming debut solo album more info

Stereogum — It is a massive pain in the ass to hear “Heavy Seas Of Love,” the song that ends Damon Albarn’s forthcoming solo album Everyday Robots. You have to go to a website called Genero, spend a few minutes signing up, give up an email address and a bu... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NME lists musician Damon Albarn's 10 finest moments. Crime Fiction Lover lists 10 crime novels disguised as literary fiction. 32 "best books of 2013" lists were added to my master aggregation Sunday, including The Migrant Bookclub's best books for ex... more info

78s — Damon Albarn hat sein erstes Soloalbum im Kasten. Dem Titel „Everyday Robots“ zum Trotz klingt die Vorabsingle nur allzu menschlich. Das wurde ja auch langsam Zeit. Damon Albarn hat seit dem Ende von Blur schon so viele Projekte umgesetzt, dass e... more info

Consequence of Sound — A beautiful song from Albarn's debut solo LP Everyday Robots. more info

Stereogum — Based on what little we’ve heard, Damon Albarn’s forthcoming solo debut, Everyday Robots, is gonna be a good one. Of course, I’d argue Damon is one of the five or so most vital artists of the last quarter-century, so “a good one” is perhaps... more info

The Independent — Damon Albarn will headline Latitude 2014, the festival has confirmed.     more info