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Gorillaz: The Mountain – beautifully tender record with a sad smile plastered to its face
Damon Albarn looks past western music for inspiration but album never sounds like the meanderings of a tourist
Miki Berenyi: ‘The internet has sent people I know completely crazy. That is not restricted to young people’
Fans of the the singer’s early work with Lush will probably adore the new album from Miki Berenyi Trio, which is steeped in her haunting vocals, gorgeously shimmering riffs and deeply personal lyrics
Bat for Lashes: ‘I was rootless and lost in a way, and being buffeted around by music being looked at as a business’
Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, on how she was worn down by the commercial pressures of the industry and how her new album was inspired by motherhood
The English just can’t escape the taint of class
Donald Clarke: Whether it’s Britpop, The Beatles or The Last Dinner Party, the English just can’t escape the taint of class
Blur: The Ballad of Darren – A comeback album so good we can only hope it isn’t the end
The eighth album from Damon Albarn and co is an emotional tour de force
Blur live in Dublin: ‘Céad míle fáilte’ barks Damon Albarn on an emotionally charged night of hit after hit
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree may have visibly aged, but they perform with the vigour and chutzpah of a brand new band
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Damon Albarn: ‘I’ve lost one of the loves of my life’
No matter what else he’s working on, Albarn always comes back to Gorillaz, so the death of one of the virtual band’s key collaborators is a shock
Gorillaz: Cracker Island - Damon Albarn squeezes as much joy and pathos as possible into their best album to date
The virtual band’s LA-influenced eighth album is one of their best to date
Damon Albarn’s criticism of Taylor Swift is ‘hopelessly out of date’
Comment: He wrongly said she didn’t write her own songs – revealing a pop-vs-indie snobbery
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It’s a close contest between Villagers and For Those I Love, while Arlo Parks aces it
Live music on TV more precious than ever in time of broken audience connections
Funding scheme for music broadcasting should be repeated as restrictions return
Syrian musician Omar Souleyman held on terrorism charges in Turkey
Son says father had no political affiliations and that a ‘malicious report’ had been filed
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