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TweetShareIf you haven’t heard of DRC Music yet, it’s basically Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) getting together with a bunch of famous producers and artists, flying out to the Democratic Republic Of Congo, and hooking up with local artists and musicians to record an album, and this is the first video of their meeting for the [...]

TweetShare Did you wait five years for this album? You might be disappointed. The story, for those who don’t know it, goes like this: in 2006, around a year after releasing his well received debut album “We Have Sound”, Tom Vek disappeared from the music scene. No new singles, EPs, collaborations or even remixes. Not [...]

TweetShareClick on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

TweetShareClick on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

TweetShareClick on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

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TweetShare The wonderful thing about music is its ability to cross national boundaries and yet still appeal to the listener. Since writing for Listen Before You Buy I’ve reviewed music from Romania (The Pixels), Belgium (Hermanos Inglesos), Germany (Malente), Italy (Herr Styler), Sweden (MF/MB/), Mexico (Colateral Soundtrack) and Turkey (Fuji Kureta) as well as the [...]

TweetShare Hailing from North London, Alice Gun is a classically-trained, self-taught multi-instrumentalist who can play guitars, glockenspiel, double bass, cello, E-bow, accordion and a lopsided upright, apparently.  Oh and she can sing, boy can she sing! Alice records at her home and in an isolated farmhouse in one of the only places in the UK [...]

TweetShare Last week Gorillaz (or at least Damon Albarn and a bunch of people from the band) stopped by the BBC’s Live Lounge with Jo Whiley and recorded a few songs for her, one of which is a piano-led and more sullen (if you ever thought that was possible) version than the original, as well [...]

TweetShare A few days ago Blur announced that in celebration of Record Store Day they had recorded a brand new song and were going to release it as a limited edition 7″ (only 1,000 copies were being pressed).  That got everyone excited as not only did it add fuel to the fire about them reuniting [...]

TweetShare Gorillaz drop their third studio album “Plastic Beach” on March 8th in the U.K. and March 9th in the U.S., but thanks to NPR you can listen to the whole thing below (or on NPR’s site) for free. (via NPR) 53R4DPQ3NVAB

TweetShareMassive Attack’s music is so timeless that it’s hard to believe it’s been seven years since their last album “100th Window”. When “100th Window” was released they had waited five years since the album before that, Mezzanine, so this being a seven year wait for “Heligoland” means we’re in for a treat. Right? “100th Window” [...]

TweetShareMassive Attack’s eagerly awaited fifth studio album “Heligoland” is due out in about two weeks now (Feb 8th/9th, UK/US respectively) and there’s now a YouTube stream of “Saturday Come Slow” featuring Damon Albarn on vocals, with this just being one of many collaborations with well known musicians on “Heligoland”. (via Stereogum)