Damon Albarn has spoken of his desire to turn Blur’s 1995 album The Great Escape into a musical. The ever-busy Albarn, who along with Blur is also the front-man of Gorillaz and The Good The Bad and The Queen and is involved in several African music projects and has so far written and performed two […]
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Tickets for Damon Albarn’s one-off gig at Royal Albert Hall in November go on sale tomorrow – buy them here
It’s been a good year for Damon Albarn so far – what with the release of his first solo album Everyday Robots and a host of high profile festival appearances, including a headline slot at last weekends Latitude. The Blur frontman is looking to round off 2014 in style with a gig at London’s iconic […]
Watch: Damon Albarn ‘This Is A Low’ on US talk show
He may have a very good solo album to promote, but you just can’t beat the classics! During an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ across the pond last night Damon Albarn broke out ‘This Is A Low’ – taken from Blur’s 1995 album Parklife. Watch the rendition below: Damon was there to […]
Single review: Damon Albarn – ‘Heavy Seas of Love’
For a song that oscillates between slowed down versions of The Monkees’ ‘Daydream Believer’ and Womack and Womack’s ‘Teardrops’ it’s actually pretty good and his best solo offering so far. The mix of the two musical styles really suits the song and keeps your interest, and even though it’s as downbeat as you’d expect from […]
Damon Albarn: Blur and Gorillaz may not be over after all…
Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn has suggested that there may yet be more to come from both the Britpop stalwarts and his chart topping cartoon band. As I previously reported, Damon seemed to suggest in an earlier interview that Blur and Gorillaz were finished – but when asked in today’s Metro if Blur were […]
Watch: Damon Albarn – ‘Heavy Seas Of Love’ video
Damon Albarn is all set to release his debut solo album Everyday Robots next week on XL Recordings, and has today made it available to stream in full on iTunes Radio. As well as that, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman has also released a video for the album track ‘Heavy Seas Of Love’ – which […]
The best new album releases in April 2014
When you’re done reminiscing about last month with my cool March playlist, you can start looking forward to the best LPs getting a release in April. Last month saw big new releases from the likes of Pharrell Williams, Elbow, Rick Ross, Eagulls and Johnny Cash amongst many others. So what albums are we looking forward […]
Watch: Noel Gallagher performs ‘Tender’ on stage with Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon
Back when the Noel-curated line-up for this years Teenage Cancer Trust shows was announced, it was suggested the former Oasis man could share a stage with his one time Britpop enemies Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon – and that’s exactly what happened at the Royal Albert Hall last night. Watch the fan-shot video of Noel, […]
Listen: February 2014 new music playlist
Two new tracks from the Klaxons, a new one from Gruff Rhys, the return of both Howling Bells and Little Dragon, killer remixes from Four Tet, Kanye West, Mssing No and brand new tracks from exciting up-and-comers like JUNGLE, Circa Waves, Hockeysmith and more. It’s safe to say February was a pretty awesome month in terms of great new music.
Below I’ve put together the cream of the February crop into a handy playlist – which you can also find on the All-Noise Soundcloud page. Check it out and let me know what you think…
Watch: Damon Albarn – ‘Lonely Press Play’ video
Fresh from picking up the Award for Innovation at last night’s NME Awards, Damon Albarn has released the studio version of new Everyday Robots track ‘Lonely Press Play’.
So far all we’ve had is live and acoustic versions after Albarn debuted the track earlier this month at the Sundance Film Festival and then performed it on Radio 2 – listen to the album version below, which is accompanied with a travelogue-type video filmed by Albarn himself:
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