Damon Albarn

Blur's Damon Alban (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Coachella Observations: Classic Brit Poppers Trying To Reach Techno Tots

Every year, the dance music scene at Coachella becomes more and more impenetrable and the techno tots dressed in neon nipple tape and ripped up denim booty shorts become younger and younger.

KROQ-FM–2013/04/13

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Don’t Look Back In Anger: Why The Oasis/Blur Feud Mattered

On Saturday, March 23, 2013 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Britpop wars were finally put to rest when Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon (with modfather Paul Weller on drums) performed Blur’s “Tender” […]

2013/03/25

Blur Releases New Video For “Under The Westway”

Blur formed in 1988 and released their debut album, Leisure, in 1991. In the six albums that followed, Blur has been everything from “Britpop” to “Indie” to “Art Rock.” But since their last studio release, […]

2012/07/09

Blur Officially Releases New Tracks “The Puritan” And “Under the Westway”

Blur just premiered two fresh tracks, breathing new life into fans’ hopes that the Britpop legends are on the road to more music. “Under the Westway” and “The Puritan” mark the band’s first new material […]

2012/07/02

Chili Peppers’ Flea On Working With Blur’s Damon Albarn For Africa Express

Bassist Flea Balzary and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined the multi-genre, multi-dimensional music maker, Damon Albarn, as part of Africa Express. The music project has helped bring Western musicians to […]

2012/05/15

Blur’s Damon Albarn Making A New Solo Album, Releases English Opera “Dr. Dee”

Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz (although that might be ending soon) has been busy gearing up for the “too corporate” London Summer Olympics, working with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on Rocket Juice and […]

2012/05/11

Blur’s Damon Albarn Invites Noel Gallagher To Collaborate, Publicly Ends Feud

With hardcore digs laced into just about every hip-hop song on the radio, it’s hard to remember a time when Britpoppers like Blur and Oasis engaged in snarky battles of wit and snide comments via […]

2012/05/01

Damon Albarn Releases “The Marvelous Dream” And Supergroup Album With Chili Peppers’ Flea

[pullquote quote="It was an amazing meeting of minds with Tony and Flea and most of these tracks were one-take wonders. We bounced all over the place. "]It’s a busy year for Damon Albarn, the multi-facted […]

2012/03/27

[Listen] Gorillaz, Andre 3000 And James Murphy Collaborate For Converse’s 3 Artist 1 Song “Do Ya Thing”

Converse has put out another song as part of their 3 artist 1 song campaign. This time [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Gorillaz,[/lastfm] [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Andre 3000[/lastfm] from [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Outkast[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]James Murphy[/lastfm] of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]LCD Soundsystem[/lastfm] came together to create the track […]

2012/02/23

KROQ Music News: The Dirty Heads, Queens Of The Stone Age, Damon Albarn And Flea

In today’s music news, [lastfm]The Dirty Heads[/lastfm], [lastfm]Queens Of The Stone Age[/lastfm], Damon Albarn of [lastfm]Blur[/lastfm] and [lastfm]Gorillaz[/lastfm] and find out where you can check out [lastfm]Flea[/lastfm]‘s basses. Click more for the audio.

2010/05/12

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