Guardian Music — Producer Stephen Street reveals that he is remastering the band's back catalogue and criticises Morrissey for changing the tracklist on upcoming reissue of Viva HateBlur are reportedly planning to reissue their complete back catalogue. Producer Steph... more info

Guardian Music — Caspar Llewellyn Smith meets Mali's blind musicians Amadou and Mariam at their home in BamakoSunday in Bamako, and it's hot and dusty outside on the street, but inside in Amadou and Mariam's sitting room everything is altogether more subdued, with th... more info

ContactMusic — Blur still have the same issues as they did 20 years ago Frontman Damon Albarn admits he now has less tension with guitarist Graham Coxon - who left in the band in 2002 after a dispute with other members before rejoining the group in 2007 - but... more info

Guardian Music — Awards ceremonies highlight the amateurism of modern public speeches – most are an exercise in tedium and tortureAdele's finger is not the issue. Nor is it the tyrannical "suits" who cut off the Brit Award winner's speech in full flow on Tuesday. N... more info

Stereogum — The Caption Contest is mostly Videogum’s territory; it’s been over a year since we’ve run one. But then, it’s been over a year since we’ve seen a photo this monumental: Britpop-era archrivals Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher sharing a suprem... more info

Guardian Music — A new song from Gorillaz? With super-stellar collaborators? Amazing. Or not, as the case may be So far Converse's Three Artists. One Song project has given us the hip-hop funk of My Drive Thru, a collaboration between Pharrell, Santigold and Julian C... more info

Pop Justice — In America, One Direction’s 'What Makes You Beautiful' has entered the Hot 100 at Number 28, the highest placed British debut since The Verve’s 'Bittersweet Symphony' in 1998. (Billboard) (http://www.billboard.com/news/one-direction-has-highest-h... more info

Stereogum — “DoYaThing,” the previously-announced blockbuster collaboration from the Gorillaz, James Murphy, and Andre 3000 is now online in radio-rip form, and we’ve got it streaming below. As promised, Damon Albarn quasi-raps a couple of verses before An... more info

Stereogum — Blur’s big festival-circuit reunion tour came three years ago, and the group has mostly been inactive since then, though co-leaders Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon did get together to debut new song “Under The Westway” a few nights ago. But last ... more info

Guardian Music — When the most memorable moment is Adele being cut off mid-speech, it makes you wonder if awards are really good TVThis morning, everyone's talking about Adele's acceptance speech at the Brit awards. Thanks to a rambling Damon Albarn and the imminent ... more info