In between a Blur reunion and several other projects, the always-busy Damon Albarn is also working on the next Gorillaz album. Dubbed Plastic Beach , the LP is set to feature Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reed, and several others. They will appear on what Albarn called "the most pop record I've ever made," according to an interview with the Guardian . It will certainly be interesting to hear...
He co-founded pop's best cartoon band, was the focal point of a global supergroup, penned the score to a Chinese opera – and reunited with Blur for a series of sell-out shows. But knocking back some whisky with a great Cuban singer was just about as good as it gets, he tells Paul Morley Damon Albarn, 41, of disintegrating Blur at the beginning of the 21st century, a little hungover from the...
NME ‘s Top 100 Albums of the Decade : 1. The Strokes – Is This It 2. The Libertines – Up the Bracket 3. Primal Scream – xtrmntr 4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell 6. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 7. Arcade Fire – Funeral 8. Interpol – Turn On...
If you guessed Bobby Birdman is a stage name, you’d be right. Bobby Birdman, aka Robert Von Kieswetter, cites an eclectic group of musicians as influences on his MySpace page , whose sounds are allowed to breathe through his music in a refreshing way. In the video for “Weighty Weight,” a scratchy, slow-motion clip of a skateboarder on a beach boardwalk looks more like a figure skater...
The Good The Bad Genre: Surf // Punk From: Denmark The Good The Bad (not to be confused with The Good The Bad And The Queen ) aren't bad, they're not ugly and they're more, much more, than good they're bloody brilliant. On paper I have to confess that a Danish instrumental group, they're sans singer because they insisted on the vocalist standing behind the drummer, dealing in New School Surf and Flamenco...
Damon Albarn has given hope to fans of his supergroup, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a week after bandmate Paul Simonon revealed they had split. [...] Read more!
Bandmates DAMON ALBARN has given hope to fans of supergroup THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN, a week after bandmate PAUL SIMONON revealed they had split. Former The Clash star Simonon announced the band would perform at last weekends (27Apr08) Love Music Hate Racism concert in London, and revealed they had actually split last year [...]
A new interview with artist and The Good, The Bad and The Queen -contributor Paul Simonon discusses that late Clash frontman Joe Strummer had been considering a Clash reunion for their induction into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. According to the story: The day before Strummer died, he sent Paul Simonon a text message. It said, 'Come on, Paul. Give it a try. You might even like it.' Strummer was referring...
You'd think a resume that includes collaborations with Cee-Lo, the Rapture, MF Doom, the Black Keys, Sparklehorse, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and the late Ike Turner would be enough for Danger Mouse . But nooooo! He has to go and blow all of those projects out of the water with his highest profile partner* yet: Beck . That's right, according to a HARP report (via URB.com ) confirmed by Danger...
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