Blur

After 30+ years drumming with Blur, Dave Rowntree has launched a solo career…

There was Michael Stipe next to Bono, hanging over the railing, both of them playing air guitar and singing along to “Creep”…

Cola is the new trio from Ought’s Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy and U.S. Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. Their debut album is out today, and they’ll be on tour starting in June.

This will be Gorillaz’s first North American tour in five years.

Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall will make their live debut as The WAEVE in London in May

Record Store Day 2022 happens April 23 and they’ve just announced this year’s list of exclusive releases, as well as a second drop day, June 18, as a “safety net” date for records that may encounter supply chain issues

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Spoon, Ride’s Andy Bell, Trentemøller and Baxter Dury, plus 25th anniversary retrospectives on Pavement’s ‘Brighten the Corners’ and Blur’s self-titled fifth album.

Blur finally cracked America with their self-titled fifth album — and single “Song 2” — but did so on their own terms.

“I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this. I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging.“

The show, happening in January at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, will feature Albarn on piano backed by a string section.