While the Roots crew is giving late night television a musical facelift, their one-time DJ/beatboxer dude Scratch has assembled a heavyweight constellation of cameo talent for his second post-Phrenology solo LP. Tracks feature Kanye, Estelle, fellow Philly guy Musiq, Consequence,... CONTINUE READING NEW SCRATCH (FEAT. DAMON ALBARN & TALIB KWELI) - "TOO LATE"»
Posted on April 23, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Local Natives | Peter Bjorn And John | Scratch | Talib Kweli | The Roots
Blur are indeed entering the studio, and yesterday head monkey Damon Albarn journeyed into BBC Radio 1 to guest DJ on Zane Lowe's show. During the two-hour set he played other folks' songs (Dead Prez, Eagles Of Death Metal, Omar... CONTINUE READING DJ DAMON ALBARN SPINS NEW GORILLAZ ON RADIO 1»
Posted on January 15, 2009 (16 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Blur | Damon Albarn | Gorillaz
We get tired of the UK press's constant speculation on a Think Tank followup, but this time it's as official as it's gonna get: NME reports Damon Albarn has confirmed a full on, Graham Coxon-including studio session is slated for... CONTINUE READING BLUR HEADING INTO THE STUDIO»
Posted on November 25, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Blur | Damon Albarn | Graham Coxon | Mogwai
That previously reported Monkey: Journey To The West project, involving Gorillaz collaborators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett in the classic tale of a Monkey King approaching monkey enlightenment one monkey day at a time, has become a pretty big deal.... CONTINUE READING DAMON ALBARN & JAMIE HEWLETT MAKE A "MONKEY BEE" VIDEO»
Posted on October 28, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Gorillaz | Jamie Hewlett
Miss Damon Albarn? Miss Gorillaz? Then you're gonna love MONKEY: JOURNEY TO THE WEST. The Blur/Gorillaz/TGTB&TQ frontman, who's not exactly lacking for projects, adds to his CV via an upcoming trip to the States armed with some simian mobile folk.... CONTINUE READING DAMON ALBARN WILL FOLK YOU, CHINESE STYLE»
Posted on May 1, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Blur | Damon Albarn | Gorillaz
Has every band that ever broke up or opted to go on "hiatus" decided to get back into the ring? Even Led Zep appear to be getting in the act. (And we await silently Fugazi's return.) Well, as if Damon... CONTINUE READING BLUR ARE BACK ON TEXTING TERMS, SET TO REUNITE»
Posted on September 11, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Blur | Damon Albarn | Graham Coxon
Patrick Wolf isn't the only animated artist calling it quits. Via NME:Damon Albarn has confirmed that Gorillaz will release no more studio albums. The Blur singer said that the only project left for the cartoon band will be a film... CONTINUE READING CURTAINZ FOR GORILLAZ»
Posted on April 23, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Gorillaz
It's not a band, and it's not called The Good, The Bad & The Queen -- but whatever it is, it's got a new video for the song "Kingdom Of Doom." (We are allowed to call it a song, right... CONTINUE READING NEW THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN VIDEO - "KINGDOM OF DOOM"»
Posted on January 26, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | The Good The Bad And The Queen
If you've heard Damon Albarn do a radio interview, you know his M.O.: be as contrary as possible, demean every question, throw the interviewer off her game. And ya know what? He's fookin' great at it. This time Damon and... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN ARE NOT A "BAND"»
Posted on January 24, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Gorillaz | The Good The Bad And The Queen
Good news, Team Damon. Well, possible good news. We usually ignore NME's incessant Blur reunion updates, but this one struck us for being the closest we've heard from Graham himself about the prospects for reunion. Blur bassist Alex James told... CONTINUE READING NME CONTINUES ITS BLUR-RY SPECULATION»
Posted on January 8, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Blur | Damon Albarn | Graham Coxon
We miss the good old days of Britpop for the music -- but how about those feuds! None of this trumped up Kasabian shite. Perhaps in a call to our nostalgic funnybone, Damon took to the pages of Uncut to... CONTINUE READING JARVIS AND DAMON'S BRITPOP REVIVAL»
Posted on January 5, 2007 in (48 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Jarvis Cocker
The nifty black box below will let you listen to the second single from Albarn/Tong/Allen/Simonen supergroup The Good, The Band And The Queen's forthcoming album release. When "Herculean" leaked, listeners freaked at the Gorillaz likeness, both for Albarn's "Feel Good"... CONTINUE READING NEW TGTB&TQ - "KINGDOM OF DOOM"»
Posted on November 29, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | The Good The Bad And The Queen
Damon Albarn brought his mega-supergroup to Camden's Roundhouse last night for the band's formal debut (after a round of club tune-ups), and BBC was on hand for full documentation. The setlist, as Damon notes, is the The Good, The Bad... CONTINUE READING WATCH TGTB&TQ'S ELECTRIC PROMS PERFORMANCE»
Posted on October 27, 2006 (6 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | Jon Glaser | Paul Rudd | The Good The Bad And The Queen
With a line-up comprising Damon Albarn, Simon Tong, ex-Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Fela Kuti-drummer Tony Allen, and a record produced by the ubiquitous Danger Mouse, the world's expecting a lot from this "story." Judging by this first single, the world... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN - "HERCULEAN"»
Posted on October 10, 2006 in (22 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | Grammys | John Mayer | Saturday Night Live | The Good The Bad And The Queen | TV On The Radio
Let's only write about British bands today. TGTB&TQ, the supergroup of Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Simon Tong, and Paul Simonon has its first single "Herculean" out 10/30. (It will available for sale for only that one day, but otherwise free... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN NEWS»
Posted on September 29, 2006 (3 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | The Good The Bad And The Queen
In an e-mail to Blur and Gorillaz newsletter subscribers, the jaw-dropping supergroup of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen, and Simon Tong have announced their first gig: 10/26 at the Roundhouse in London, as part of the BBC Electric Proms... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN»
Posted on August 15, 2006 in (5 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | The Good The Bad And The Queen
Entering Harlem's Apollo Theater, I was welcomed by every staffer I saw. Repeatedly, I was told that it was "world famous." I didn't need the reminder. I felt the magic walking up 125th Street, eyes fixed on that legendary red... CONTINUE READING GORILLAZ @ APOLLO THEATER, NYC 4/5/06»
Posted on April 7, 2006 in (18 comments)
Tags: Damon Albarn | Danger Mouse | Gorillaz
