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BLUR BLUR BLUR BLUR (and some other stuff)

theajaysharma — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:38:03 +0000

I skipped last week since it was a slow news week. Not actually slow since all the music blogs had tons of crap they were reporting. Just nothing new or interesting to me. (In a bad mood, sry)

Purge #2: Death Cab, Joy Division, Smiths, Cypress Hill, Radiohead (as usual), She & Him, Elbow, Muse, Badly Drawn Boy and more

theajaysharma — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:17:48 +0000

Here's the next round of updates that I've written over the last couple of months but never got around to posting. Enjoy!

Thursday Afternoon Delight: Pulp reunite, Nirvana covers, non-news for Radiohead, Neil Young Started the Fire, and more...

theajaysharma — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:34:17 +0000

Lots of odd items in the roundup today. My favorite is the Neil Young story about his Hybrid car exploding. That's just good/bad stuff right there.

Blur Not Out for the Count Quite Yet

shane — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:17:24 +0000

So after Blur pretty much definitively said that they were done following last year's heralded reunion shows, we were left again mourning the loss of our Britpop heroes once more to a sea of less-than-great solo projects, failed bids at Parliament, and worse-every-time Gorillaz records. That's why we were all in shock to see Blur release a quick limited edition 7" last month as part of the global hoo-ha to celebrate International Record Store Day. While the 7" was only available in the UK (boo! hiss!), we were stunned at how good the track "Fool's Day" was, which made their decision to again split all the more painful. BUT WAIT... because Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn is in NME today waxing poetic about the prospect of MORE new Blur releases... but only in the form of the occasional 7", as the members claim they're waaay too busy to bust out with a whole new album. We'll take what we can get.

Blur Release First Track in Seven Years

theajaysharma — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:06:48 +0000

Record Store Day is on April 17th and there are a ton of great releases that you'll only find in your local record shop. One that you unfortunately WON'T find in the US is the new Blur 7". It is currently untitled and is only limited to 1000 copies. As of right now there are no plans by EMI to release the track on any other format.

Damon Albarn is the Hardest Working Man in Show Business

theajaysharma — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:48:31 +0000

Lots of little news bits all circling around Damon Albarn:

First off, he's collaborating with Massive Attack on their next album and is wary of a long drawn out recording process. So he's making them work 10am-6pm at his home studio to get the recoding done. I think he just wants them out of his home studio.
Then his other band, Gorillaz, is finishing up mixing their upcoming album and frontman, "Murdoc", is now on twitter announcing the progress. Their album is due out in March and a tour will likely follow.
Finally, Blur's reunion shows last year were stellar and they made a DVD of the shows, "No Distance Left to Run", which is currently airing in England movie theaters and will be released on February 15th. Check out the trailer, it looks pretty fun.

Graham Coxon: "There Will Be More Blur Shows"

theajaysharma — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:18:27 +0000

Plus, they're not ruling out writing some new material... - Source

Blur to release live Hyde Park recordings

theajaysharma — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:18:05 +0000

Blur have announced that they will release live recordings of their shows at London's Hyde Park this week. - Source

Blur Return

theajaysharma — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:18:08 +0000

They're baaaa-aaaaack. - Source

Arctic Monkeys, Nirvana, Blur for 'Guitar Hero 5'

theajaysharma — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:18:03 +0000

Arctic Monkeys, Nirvana and Blur all feature on the forthcoming new edition of the 'Guitar Hero' computer game, NME.COM can reveal. - Source

Blur 'planning US and European dates'

theajaysharma — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:18:13 +0000

Blur are considering playing gigs in the US and throughout Europe, their promoter Steve Homer has revealed. - Source

Graham Coxon: 'I tried jumping from a sixth-storey window after Blur/Oasis showdown'

theajaysharma — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:18:51 +0000

Graham Coxon has spoken about the fallout from Blur Britpop tussle with Oasis. - Source

Blur Confirmed For Glastonbury

theajaysharma — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:18:07 +0000

As we told you earlier in the week, Bruce Springsteen is confirmed as a headliner for the Glastonbury Festival this year, but now the newly reunited Blur have confirmed they too will be playing the festival this year. - Source

Blur album studio footage revealed

theajaysharma — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:18:07 +0000

Footage of Blur recording their classic album 'Parklife' has been released for the first time on the internet. - Source

Listen to Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon's comeback interview

theajaysharma — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:42:03 +0000

Blur's exclusive comeback interview with NME has been turned into a radio show. - Source