Damon Albarn's solo record finished; new Blur album to be recorded this week in China

Damon Albarn is a busy man. One of the seminal minds of 21st century music, Albarn has fronted two milestone British bands, collaborated with just about anyone he felt like, and written an opera based in ancient Chinese mythology for his (brilliant) fictional band of cartoon characters. And yet, save for a 2003 vinyl-only collection of demo tapes called 'Democrazy', he's yet to release anything under his own name.  That is, until now....

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James Murphy/groovy/...punk? - What we know about the next Arcade Fire album

It's coming up to three years since Arcade Fire's grammy-winning The Suburbs came out - a 16-track journey through the transience and beauty of youth, and the glad acceptance of adult responsibility. The album took the scale and momentum of Funeral and Neon Bible, and brought it back to the suburbs for some not-so-quiet introspection. Since October last year, according to a CKCU interview with drummer Jeremy Gara, the band are recording "pretty...

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Possible first listen to new Boards of Canada album as mysterious video airs in Tokyo

First, a mysterious record containing 20 seconds of ambient music appears, on record store day, in a record shop in New York. In those 20 seconds, a distorted voice reveals the numbers : nine, three, six, five, five, seven. On the sleeve, the name Boards of Canada, and the cryptic marking: ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ The finding is posted on Reddit by the user lilcakey, leading to speculation that the numbers correspond...

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Listen to Giorgio DJ for the first time in his life

Apparently groundbreaking Italian producer Giorgio Moroder entered the collective consciousness of a new generation this week with the release of Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories'. Now, listen to his first ever DJ set, recorded last night at Deep Space, Brooklyn. Guy's still got ...

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OK Computer is 16!

Still feeling alienated by ubiquitous corporate greed? Go listen to it her...

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Live Stream: QOTSA to play new album in full tomorrow in LA

Queens of the Stone Age will reveal their new album at a show at the Wiltern, LA, tomorrow. The show kicks off at 8pm, EST, which means 4am the following morning for the UK, and the full concert will be live-streaming at NPR. Watch the awesome 15-minute preview to ...Like Clockwork below: ...

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Cass McCombs and Michael Hurley split 7"

Both enjoying a relatively similar level of recognition a few decades apart, and both holding a special place in followers' hearts, Cass McCombs and Michael Hurley are a match made in folk heaven. Neither one appearing to be working on any new material, 'Mabel Green/Three Men on a Hollow Log' seems to be a joint venture, put out for the hell of it. Despite a signature Hurley cover, there's no sign of his track yet, but you can listen to Cass McCombs' contribution below: The 7" will be released in July on Secret Seven. Update: Listen to previews...

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