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As reported yesterday, details of Damon Albarn’s upcoming solo album were leaked online by his US label Warner Music. Predictably today has seen the Blur/Gorillaz polymath officially reveal all about the album – which is called Everyday Robots and is due for release on 28 April on Parlophone. The album will be preceded by the […]
Details of Damon Albarn’s upcoming solo album have been revealed today. So far Albarn has been releasing small snippets of music from the album in the run-up to an announcement, but it looks like Warner Music jumped the gun and posted details of the album online earlier today (as revealed by CoS). The details have […]
First things first: Happy New Year! Now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck into the serious business of looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us all. After a pretty impressive 2013 for big albums – Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Jay Z, Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce to name […]
It’s no secret that Damon Albarn has been working on a solo album. He released details earlier this year about him and XL Records’ Richard Russell recording together, but details of the project have been kept under wraps. Today though Albarn released the below video proclaiming ‘DAMON ALBARN FIRST SOLO ALBUM COMING 2014’, which is […]
Last month we got news that Damon Albarn had been in Mali with a host of musician friends working on a new album for his Africa Express project. Today it has been confirmed that Transgressive Records will be releasing Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes on 9 December. As well as working with a new […]
Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn is back in Mali and recording a new album featuring local musicians and a host of international stars including producer Brian Eno, The Wire/Luther star and DJ Idris Elba, Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, Ghostpoet and Holy Other. The album is part of the Africa Express project Albarn […]
The Noel Gallagher-curated line-up for the 2013 series of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs has been announced today – with a few surprises mixed in with some more obvious acts. The most surprising inclusion on the line-up is Noel’s former Blur ‘enemies’ Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who will be playing on the same night as […]