NME — The special gig takes place this October more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn's latest musical travels and Sufjan Stevens's dance epiphany should help you get your clicks this weekDamon Albarn finds it difficult not to make music. In the last year, he's launched an opera; made a Gorillaz album on his iPad to reli... more info

NME — Musicians' collective are currently making an album in DR Congo more info

Stereogum — Since Damon Albarn isn’t busy enough, he’s working on another project. This one involves a a number of producers visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to create a new album for Oxfam. (Albarn visited Mali with Oxfam in 2001.) The DRC gr... more info

Guardian Music — This month's in-depth investigation into the state of British music journalism concerns opposite attitudes towards the oft-derided debating forum that is the online comment communityThe idea of giving music journalists prizes is obviously ridiculous.... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Smith sketched almost every band he ever watched, and now his pictures are collected in a bookYou can spot the industry executives at gigs – they're the ones lost in concentration, brains computing an artist's potential commercial value, while... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is recording a whole album in just seven days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Gorillaz mastermind set off for the country one of the poorest nations on earth this Wednesday (20. 07. 11) with a team of producers and pe... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Damon Albarn is to record a special charity album during a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo to raise awareness of the problems facing the country. The Blur star is heading to the African nation this week (beg18Jul11) with a gro... more info

Guardian Music — After working with Gorillaz and Maximum Balloon, the Swedish band are getting more attention than everIn a music climate that succumbs to the lure of the first album and then moves on, it's satisfying that Sweden's Little Dragon are about to release ... more info

NME — Gorillaz man set to make a new LP in a week in the African country more info