For just over three decades now, Blur has been taking the gray of England’s sky and painting it with bright and vivid brush strokes. Their discography bounces every which way
Blur is wasting no time getting their reunion in full swing. Just days after announcing their new album The Ballad of Darren, which is out July 21, and releasing the
blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on July 21st on Parlophone. First track ‘The Narcissist’ is out now, check out
For the first time since 2015, Britpop legends Blur will reunite for one night only on their home turf at Wembley Stadium on July 8th, 2023.
It’s rare an artist in his mid 50’s becomes more artistically relevant amongst multi-generations than Damon Albarn. At this point, it’s almost guaranteed if you had to ask anyone under
For the past decade, the animated band Gorillaz has been releasing some of the most ground-breaking music across all genres. Their unique approach to old rock tropes gives the Damon
Coming fresh off announcing their brand new album Cracker Island and a full European tour, animated band Gorillaz have set its sights on North America. The band kicked off the
It is now 20 years since Gorillaz’ eponymous debut album was released and this event weirdly coincides with the announcement today by the Department of Music Correction of previously sensitive
When you look at the entirety of the Blur catalog, however, as you can upon the release of this exhaustive reissue celebrating the group's 21st year, you will rediscover why Blur should always be considered–pound for pound–the best London rock band of the last two decades. And for those who cannot afford the $150 for the 18-CD, 3-DVD super deluxe shebang online or at your finer local record shop, obtaining it piecemeal is just as noble, if not more so in the fortunate event you have enough spare cash to invest in new music altogether let alone upgrades of your favorite records growing up.
Like a long plane ride calmly careening through the air at 600 mph, the beautiful building classical piece from England’s orchestral "sinfonia ViVA," begins Gorillaz latest endeavor Plastic Beach. Signaling there is always more than first glance, the album mixes classical and hip hop and nearly every genre in between for easily one of the best recordings from any virtual band. Zing.
