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Bold As Love (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
From CMJ New Music Report: Massive Attack will release its fifth album, Heligoland, on February 9 via Virgin. The new record will be the duo's first studio full-length since 2003's 100th Window, and the British trip-hop progenitors roped in quite...
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News , Electronic , UK Six years on from the release of their last album, '100th Window,' and just weeks after dropping their new EP, 'Splitting the Atom,' Massive Attack have at last announced the details of their new collection of original material which will feature a slew of guest vocalists. According to a posting on the band's website , 'Heligoland' is scheduled to be released on...
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News , Album , UK Six years on from the release of their last album, '100th Window,' and just weeks after dropping their new EP, 'Splitting the Atom,' Massive Attack have at last announced the details of their new collection of original material which will feature a slew of guest vocalists. According to a posting on the band's website , 'Heligoland' is scheduled to be released on Feb....
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whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
“..One comment sums up the key music event of 2009 more effectively than anything else said or written about the subject, and, fittingly, it comes from the mouth of Damon Albarn. Talking about the album-by-album rehearsals Blur had undertaken at the beginning of this year in preparation for their reunion concerts — the band’s first [...]
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The National Pages Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Alex James (born Steven Alexander James on 21 November 1968 in Boscombe, Bournemouth, England) is an English musician, songwriter and journalist best known as the bass player and occasional vocalist of band Blur. He has also played with temporary bands, Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant. He attended the state grammar school, Bournemouth [...]
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Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
What happened to the Blur reunion? Much hyped, it was all over in a matter of weeks - Glasto, some London outdoor gigs, couple of added shows and it was back to the cheese making, council chambers, folk music and...
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Sunday night headlining gig at this summer's Glastonbury Festival by reformed Britpop godheads Blur has been declared the Best Headline Performance of 2009 at this year's UK Festival Awards. And, adding a cherry to the band's year, singer Damon Albarn (pictured) also bagged the Festival Fitty gong at the awards ceremony which was held at the O2 in London...
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Corrieblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
What do these two men have in common? Find out after the turn.......
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
My team's unlikely triumph on the 'fiendishly difficult' University Challenge When the call came from the BBC asking if I would like to assemble a team from the Idler for a "professionals" series of University Challenge, I was beside myself with excitement. This must surely be the adult equivalent of an appearance on Blue Peter. I thought, however, that we would have no chance of winning....
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
THE GRAHAM COXON POWER ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE *** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
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Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
"...splendid." "...flash of showmanship." "...ecstatically sung.." "It would be hard to think of a better kick-off." Words that described the Golden Anniversary Gala on November 6. Click here to read the rest of Georgia Straight's review.
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Aria Serious? (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Our friends over at Vancouver Opera sent word that Watchmen / V for Vendetta scribe Alan Moore is penning a libretto for the Blur's Damon Albarn's next opera.Damon penned his first opera, Monkey: Journey To The West with his Gorillaz cohort Jamie Hewlett.Although very little information has been released on this new opera, you can bet us comic geeking, brit pop loving, opera crazy will be