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Damon Albarn

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    The Shins' Port of Morrow: A First Listen

    ​Let's be real: bands don't change your life more than, oh ... once. So if we were lucky to get two excellent albums from James Mercer and whoever happens to be with him, it's no slouch that a third pretty-good album added three more perfect tunes to the canon: "Australia," "Phantom Limb," and "Gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    The Six Greatest Britpop Songs You Don't Remember

    Damon Albarn this week told Britain's NME that Blur has been practicing and recording together again. The band's guitarist, Graham Coxon, told the magazine the same thing back in February. C'mon fellas! You've gotta have something for us by now! That's almost a whole year of pointless pottering abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    The Top 10 Hottest Women in Grunge

    Sure, the grunge era produced its fair share of long-haired, flannel-loving, Converse-wearing male beefcake. But early '90s rock also made famous a bunch of strong-minded, talented -- and really, really sexy -- female rockers. As Nirvana's Nevermind turns 20 this week, and Pearl Jam celebrates two d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Top 6 Movie Parodies in Music Videos (Thanks, Foo Fighters)

    Remember the quietly xenophobic, right-wing propaganda movie that was Falling Down? The one where Michael Douglas has a meltdown in Los Angeles and goes on a mini-rampage (against mostly immigrants) in his white shirt and horn-rimmed specs? The movie was extraordinarily silly on a number of levels, ... More >>

  • Music

    April 20, 2011

    Del the Funky Homosapien Recalls the Past, Skips Nostalgia

    Remember the quietly xenophobic, right-wing propaganda movie that was Falling Down? The one where Michael Douglas has a meltdown in Los Angeles and goes on a mini-rampage (against mostly immigrants) in his white shirt and horn-rimmed specs? The movie was extraordinarily silly on a number of levels, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    In Print: the Subversive Beauty of tUnE-yArDs, Del the Funky Homosapien's Trip to Hip-Hop's Past, and More

    Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs​ From SF Weekly's latest print music section: On tUnE-yArDs: Welcome to the edge of experimental pop in 2011. Garbus has just seen the release of tUne-yArDs' second album, w h o k i l l, which seems all but certain to accelerate her rise from DIY curiosity into one o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    The Top 10 Best Big Concerts I Saw in 2010, with Gaga, Green Day, Sir Paul, Pavement, and LCD Soundsystem

    It just didn't seem right to lump in Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion fare with the cozy goings-on at S.F. dens like Bottom of the Hill and even Great American Music Hall. So, in search of an even comparison, I'm breaking it up: Today, here are the best concerts I saw with more than 5,000 of my fellow h ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from this week in S.F. music

    It just didn't seem right to lump in Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion fare with the cozy goings-on at S.F. dens like Bottom of the Hill and even Great American Music Hall. So, in search of an even comparison, I'm breaking it up: Today, here are the best concerts I saw with more than 5,000 of my fellow h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Saturday Night: Gorillaz Drag Out De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, and More for a Cartoonishly Fun Halloween

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Massive Attack documents moods

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    Gil Scott-Heron's evolution (will not be televised)

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2010

    En Garde!

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    Casiotone for the Painfully Invisible

    Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Kronos Quartet

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    Nursing the SXSW hangover

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

  • Music

    March 7, 2007

    Something Like a Menomena

    Portland band boosts indie rock's eclecticism

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    V/A

    Lagos Chop Up|Lagos All Routes

  • Music

    June 8, 2005

    Gorillaz

    Demon Days

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    BeatBox

    Swayzak's techno ain't what it used to be, but Matthew Dear is picking up the slack; the Nortec Collective brings beats from Tijuana.

  • Music

    October 13, 2004

    Fatboy Slim

    Palookaville

  • Film

    September 8, 2004

    Vile With a Smile

    Stephen Fry masterfully transcribes the wit of Waugh to the big screen

  • Music

    May 21, 2003

    Blur

    Think Tank

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    Various Artists

    Watch How the People Dancing: Unity Sounds From the London Dancehall, 1986-1989

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Sounds of Silence

    Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    Mali Music

    Mali Music (Astralwerks)

  • Film

    September 26, 2001

    Oedipus Vexed

    A mama's boy deals with misguided love and boredom in 101 Reykjavik

  • Music

    May 26, 1999

    Riff Raff

    A mama's boy deals with misguided love and boredom in 101 Reykjavik

  • Music

    February 28, 1996

    Recordings

    A mama's boy deals with misguided love and boredom in 101 Reykjavik

  • Music

    January 24, 1996

    The Great Escape

    Blur's class act

  • Calendar

    October 4, 1995

    Night+Day

    Blur's class act

  • Calendar

    September 27, 1995

    Night+Day

    Blur's class act

  • Music

    April 5, 1995

    Recordings

    Blur's class act

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