L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer Lou Reed will join the increasingly impressive lineup for the Escape to Plastic Beach tour, which star-studded concept band Gorillaz is bringing to the Gibson Amphitheatre on Wednesday night. The former Velvet Underground singer will join Gori... more info

Altsounds — *Gorillaz* have confirmed that *Lou Reed* will join them one more time on the Escape To Plastic Beach tour, appearing with D*amon Albarn*, *Jamie Hewlett *and crew October 27 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. This the second time Reed will j... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Damon Albarn has admitted he was “f***ing gutted” that Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach album was beaten to number one by Boyzone.   The third LP by the cartoon band was released back... more info

Stereogum — Gruff Rhys has been a busy guy, collaborating with Tony Da Gatorra, Gorillaz, Simian Mobile Disco, and on the Dark Night Of The Soul project. He just released a new solo track, to appear on an upcoming 12″ as well as his “… recently completed, ... more info

I Like Music — New track Doncamatic (All Played Out) featuring new British talent Daley and named after Japanese drum machine. Listen here more info

Guardian Music — Essays on Native American gender roles and a performance piece from a 500m-year-old woman? Something tells us we had guest editors in this week ...Ten things we learned from the Antony and the Johnsons takeover!•Being 500m years old does not make y... more info

Guardian Music — Wizards and warlocks, vikings and unicorns, your time is now. The first all-fantasy RR takes in all this and moreGoblins, elves, trolls and ogres. All have made appearances in Readers Recommend over the years. But only now do they get their own theme... more info

Guardian Music — Want the xx in the palm of your hand? There's an app for that, finds Chris SalmonAt the beginning of this year, the xx teamed up with music video director Saam Farahmand to create xx: A Sculpture of the Album. The idea was to create a "3D physical in... more info

Stereogum — Like Gorillaz did a few days before, My Morning Jacket treated the Ed Sullivan Theater audience to a nearly hour-long set of music on Tuesday for The Late Show’s Live On Letterman webcast. As you can see below, they took up a lot of room on the sta... more info

Nialler9 — Gorillaz did a live at Letterman full-length gig last week after their regular song. It’s 45 minutes long. Click into the more for the aired performance. Lou Reed played ‘Some Kind of Nature’ with them live last week: more info