Pitchfork — Gorillaz are currently treating hardcore devotees to an exclusive fan-only rehearsal tour around England. The core band includes Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn alongside reunited Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon. The current tour is in pre... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-13 Tucson, AZ - Congress03-15 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr03-16 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 03-17 Tallahasee, FL - Club Downunder @ Florida State University03-18 Tampa, FL - Crowbar03-19 Orlando, FL -Backbooth03-20 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade03-21 Char... more info

BBC 6 Music — Swedish band Little Dragon 'inspired' by sessions with Damon Albarn more info

Stereogum — It took the voices of Bobby Womack and Mos Def to get “Stylo“’s disco going and bassist Murdoc’s AOL “pirate radio” session snippets — a couple with Sweden’s Little Dragon — to flesh out Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach (3/9 via Parlophone... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gabi Porter On February 17, 2010, British singer VV Brown made her [Manhattan] live debut at the Hiro Ballroom. Her music can definitely be described as the answer to the mathematical equation: Amy Winehouse + Duffy / Estelle.... more info

Altsounds — **Little Dragon** collaborated on two tracks for the new **Gorillaz** album, with **Yukimi Nagano** being the only female vocalist on the record. You can hear a small clip of what appears to be one of those tracks, as played by Murdoc when he took ov... more info

Stereogum — Gorillaz took the spirit of Kraftwerk (and the voices of Bobby Womack and Mos Def) to the disco on "Stylo," and now the band's animated bassist Murdoc is offering little snippets of Plastic Beach via a "pirate radio" session for AOL. Between son... more info

Nialler9 — Amazing. From the new album Plastic Beach. Mr Womack kills this one. Alternative Youtube stream in case the above one goes down. The album is out on March 5th in Ireland/ 8th in the UK. ‘Stylo’ the single is out on 26th January. Check out the ... more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

MTV.com News — Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festival... more info