Damon Albarn
Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – bittersweet tunes for anxious times
A thoughtful eighth album blends Damon Albarn’s state-of-the-world concerns with the talents of collaborators from Stevie Nicks to Thundercat
Kitty Empire
26, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM
Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – smaller, subtler, and better for it
Damon Albarn has reined in the excess – though there are still cameos from the likes of Bad Bunny and Stevie Nicks – for a trim album that is one of the band’s best
Alexis Petridis
23, Feb, 2023 @12:00 PM
Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’
Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, and the band’s summer reunion gigs
Jude Rogers
15, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM
Blur to reunite for one-off Wembley show next year
Band will headline at the London stadium on 8 July for their 35th anniversary, supported by Slowthai, Self Esteem and Jockstrap
Shaad D'Souza
14, Nov, 2022 @2:10 PM
‘Like them, we’re fragile’: how Randall Poster assembled his star-packed birdsong project
The esteemed music supervisor enlisted stars such as Mark Ronson, Nick Cave, Beck, Sean Penn and Tilda Swinton for an ambitious new project
Jim Farber
23, May, 2022 @5:28 AM
What links Punchdrunk’s Burnt City to Patti Smith and John McEnroe?
As the celebrated theatre group launches a new immersive show, follow it down the rabbit hole via Damon Albarn, Meryl Streep and Glenda Jackson
Larry Ryan
23, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
What links The Great British Menu to the underbelly of the 00s New York scene?
From Miquita Oliver via American Apparel to Oxfordshire cheese, we tumble down a five-course rabbit hole
Larry Ryan
19, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM
Taylor Swift criticises Damon Albarn for saying she doesn’t write her own songs
The Blur and Gorillaz frontman apologised to Swift, claiming that a ‘conversation about songwriting’ in the LA Times was ‘reduced to clickbait’
Adrian Horton and Laura Snapes
25, Jan, 2022 @8:21 AM
The addictive world of competitive chess | Brief letters
Brief letters: Chess | Swifts | Flowering lemon trees | John Clare | LV=
Letters
16, Nov, 2021 @6:06 PM
Tony Allen: A Retrospective review – sprawling tribute gets the crowd on its feet
At almost three hours, Damon Albarn, Femi Koleoso, Ben Okri and co still struggled to encapsulate the full gamut of Allen’s creativity
Ammar Kalia
14, Nov, 2021 @12:28 PM
Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows review – beautifully haunting
One of the most driven artists of the Britpop era, now unbothered by commercial success, is back with a second solo album that drifts along in a melancholy, stoned mist
Alexis Petridis
11, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM
On my radar: Damon Albarn’s cultural highlights
The musician and composer on a magical performance by Udo Kier, a west African drumming app and where to find a taste of Palestine
Killian Fox
06, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM
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