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Album: Rocket Juice & The Moon, Rocket Juice & The Moon (Honest Jons)
Friday 23 March 2012
In a week replete with intriguing cross-pollinations of style and sound, this may be both the most deliberate, yet the loosest-sounding.
Last bow for Blur at Brit awards?
Monday 20 February 2012
Blur star Alex James says there is a feeling that the band may be about to take their "last bow", ahead of their reunion at tomorrow night's Brits.
Trending: Are Gorillaz really 'selling their soles'?
Monday 20 February 2012
This week, an all-star line-up of three of the best acts of the 21st century (or parts of them, at least) will team up for a new collaboration. It's not for a Brits spectacular, but for a track called "Do Ya Thing" featuring Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and OutKast's André 3000, and funded, and given away by, Nike-owned Converse.
The Fashion Audit: Chucky Ts, Anklets and Bobble Hats
Monday 13 February 2012
What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and can't wait for....
Little Dragon, Shepherd's Bush Empire
Monday 05 December 2011
Take a bow, Damon Albarn. He's not actually on stage, but he may well be the reason a good portion of the crowd has turned up.
Album: Little Dragon, Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
Sunday 24 July 2011
The idea of setting the human against the robotic has provided electronic pop with a rich seam of inspiration ever since Yazoo. In recent years, few acts have carried it off with greater style than this Swedish-Japanese quartet.
Album: Gorillaz, The Fall (Parlophone)
Sunday 17 April 2011
The Fall was sneak-released to fan-club members on Christmas Day, just nine months after Plastic Beach, but is only now getting a wider physical release to the slowcoaches of the general populace.
Album: Gorillaz, The Fall (Gorillaz.com)
Friday 07 January 2011
It would be churlish to expect a considered album in the vein of Demon Days or Plastic Beach, and so Damon Albarn hasn't even attempted anything so polished or thought-through here.
Caught in the Net: Gorillaz get into the seasonal spirit
Friday 31 December 2010
As promised several weeks ago, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and some of their regular Gorillaz co-conspirators – Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Bobby Womack – delivered a new album on Christmas day.
The Diary: Fidos; Johnny Flynn; Dulwich Picture Gallery; Gorillaz; The X Factor
Friday 17 December 2010
Gorillaz, Brighton Centre, Brighton<br/>Die Antwoord, Scala, London
Sunday 21 November 2010
These New Puritans and an 18-piece orchestra
Friday 22 October 2010
In this video Jack and George Barnett of These New Puritans talk about their upcoming series of live performances with an 18-piece orchestra, which kicks off on Saturday at the Barbican in London with the Britten Sinfonia.
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