• Damon Albarn: Gorillaz New Album Will Begin Recording in September for 2016 Release

    Damon Albarn is a busy man these days, as the recently reunited Blur embarks on a world tour in support of its new album The Magic Whip, but that doesn't mean that he isn't looking for the next project. And, in a new interview, the rock legend admitted that his next endeavor will be a new album from Gorillaz, due for release in 2016.

  • 60 Years of Mick Jones: His Biggest Hits Outside of The Clash

    Today marks the 60th birthday of Mick Jones, the iconic guitarist for The Clash, one of the most influential punk bands of all time. You know the songs: "White Riot," "I Fought The Law," "London's Burning," and more. The thing is...the guitarist has been fairly detached from the band that made him famous for more than 30 years and it's unlikely that he'll be celebrating his sixth decade of existence by jamming on The Clash. Therefore Music Times went through the rest of his music catalogue to find singles that he created with acts aside from his signature band. If you haven't discovered Mick Jones outside of The Clash, you haven't truly discovered Mick Jones.

  • Gorillaz Return: James Hewlett Shares New Drawings of Noodle and Murdoc, Confirms Band Is Back

    James Hewlett, famous in the music world for being the artist behind the cartoon band Gorillaz, recently shared a few new drawings of the band on Instagram. When asked about whether the new cartoons meant the group would be reuniting, Hewlitt responded in the affirmative. "Yes Gorillaz Returns," he wrote. He shared drawings of guitarist Noodle and bassist Murdoc, confirming that work on the follow-up to 2011's The Fall is underway.

  • Damon Albarn: 'Everyday Robots' Vocalist Writing Music to 'Alice in Wonderland'-Themed Musical for Manchester International Festival

    Damon Albarn is traveling down the rabbit hole that is musical theatre for the upcoming Manchester International Festival. The Blur frontman is working on the instrumentals to a new musical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland titled wonder.land, which treats the magical world of Lewis Carrol's original novel to the digital treatment. The plot centers around a child named Aly who escapes to the internet to avoid her unhappy reality and encounters the famed characters of the original novel, including the Red Queen and Cheshire Cat.

  • Adele's New Album May Not Be Out Until the Second Half 2015: Singer Reportedly Taking Her Time with '21' Follow-Up

    The follow-up to Adele's 2011 masterpiece, 21, will be the most important album of the young singer's career when it's released. Fans are anxiously waiting to see how the British songstress will follow hits like "Rumor Has It" and "Someone Like You." According to sources close to the artist, the third album will either be out toward the end of 2015 or sometime after. Adele is taking her time with the new effort.

  • Music Times 10 Best Albums of 2014; St. Vincent, The War on Drugs, Jack White & More...Who Takes No. 1?

    Glares were exchanged. Words were said that can't be taken back. Punches weren't quite thrown, although two Music Times editors (that won't be named) did engage in a karate chop battle reminiscent of the Clark Griswold vs. Plastic Lawn Reindeer battle of '91. When all was said and done however, the staff had managed to narrow a list of 943 albums down to a mere 10. Old standards like Jack White and Beck proved that their status within the music community was intact, and newer, much buzzed about acts including Sturgill Simpson proved themselves worthy of consideration during the previous 12 months.

  • 8 Artists Who Are Taking Too Long To Release New Albums: Dr. Dre, Lauryn Hill And More

    This has been a pretty exciting couple of days for fans of both Modest Mouse and D'Angelo, with both artists announcing their first new albums in quite some time (Modest Mouse's last album came out in 2007, while D'Angelo's was 2000). Now that these two artists have finally decided to release some new music, here are eight more artists that have been taking far too long to put out new albums.

  • Gorillaz Co-Creator Jamie Hewlett Preps Retrospective Art Book

    Artist Jamie Hewlett, who is perhaps best known to music fans as the co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz, has announced through his Instagram account that he is prepping a retrospective art book, which will compile his work from throughout his 25-year career, as well as previously unseen work.
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