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Damon Albarn, Flea Album Expected in March

As "previously reported":http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/11/listen-to-damon-albarn-and-fleas-new-band.html, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame, Flea and Fela Kuti’s drummer Tony Allen have formed an oddly named project called Rocket Juice and the Moon.   read more

Blur to Perform at Brit Awards

Damon Albarn's influential Britpop group Blur recently announced they had reunited and are in the midst of recording a new studio album, but no concrete details about a tour or olive performances were mentioned — until now.  read more

Gorillaz Set to Release New Track in February

"NME reported today":http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/60428 that Gorillaz will be recording and releasing a new track for Feb. 2012 as a part of Converse’s “Three Artists. One Song” series. The track’s release will go with a new collection of Converse shoes, which were designed in association with the band.   read more

Damon Albarn Confirms Blur Is Recording New Music Again, Planning 2012 Tour

Damon Albarn is one of the busiest guys in popular music: Aside from his work with his virtual band Gorillaz, he juggles responsibilities in The Good, the Bad & the Queen, his Kinshasa One Two project, and his newest group Rocketjuice and The Moon, featuring Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on bass and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) on drums.  read more

Damon Albarn To Record Album in the Congo

Damon Albarn doesn’t seem to be busy enough preparing for his opera. The Gorillaz/Blur frontman is now apparently in the Congo recording an album with a slew of producers for the charity organization Oxfam....  read more

Damon Albarn to Appear in Opera

Damon Albarn has always had an knack for drama with the animated adventures of his fictional band Gorillaz, so opera is the next logical step, right? The Blur frontman is collaborating with British theater director Rufus Norris to create Dr Dee: An English Opera, which Albarn will write and perform music for. The opera will be based on the life of Elizabethan scholar John Dee, and Albarn told the BBC that his interest in the project came from “a really strange emotional connection” to his English heritage. Showings begin in July as part of the Manchester International Festival in the...  read more

The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts.  read more

The 20 Best Songs in Videogames

The first commercial videogame involved navigating a rocket ship; it was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971. Music has been around for um… a lot longer than that. But the two have been intertwined from the nearly the beginning of gaming, as far back as Atari 2600, which allowed gamers to play alongside background “music,” which was really a series of simple loops. ...  read more

Fifteen Songs About Birthdays

Might we suggest making a mix CD for the birthday-celebrating loved one in your life?  read more

Blur Contributes First Song in Seven Years to Record Store Day Single

It’s been seven years since Blur released “Good Song.” Since then, singer Damon Albarn found success wtih Gorillaz, and there was no telling if he’d reunite with his previous band. But according to The Sun, fans’ responses to Blur’s recent documentary, No Distance Left to Run, prompted Albarn to take a break from promoting Plastic Beach to see if there was any magic left in his old group....  read more