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Readers’ Rock List: Animal BandsRock Daily is amped to be hitting the SXSW festival later this week, where we’ll surely be encountering dozens of bands named after animals. So we dedicated the Weekend Rock List to all the Animal Bands that looked to wildlife for inspiration. To avoid a landslide, bugs — and thus the Beatles — were banned. With the Fab Four out, our readers voted Animal Collective as the king of the rock jungle, thanks to their new Merriweather Post Pavilion. The Collective edged out Eagles, Animals and many more furry and feathered bands. To see if your favorite Animal Band made it, check the Readers’ List below: 1. Animal Collective 2. Eagles 3. The Animals 4. Fleet Foxes 5. Grizzly Bear 6. Modest Mouse 7. Super Furry Animals 8. Cat Power 9. Panda Bear 10. Wolfmother 11. The Monkees 12. Def Leppard 13. Steppenwolf 14. Wolf Parade 15. Phish 16. The Byrds 17. Gorillaz 18. The Turtles 19. The Yardbirds 20. Dr. Dog
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Published: 2009-03-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists
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Blur Reuniting For London Concert, Possible Glastonbury SlotPhoto: Getty After months of rumors, informal lunches and supposed practices, Blur finally revealed today that the Damon Albarn-led band will reunite for a concert at London’s Hyde Park on July 3rd, 2009. Guitarist Graham Coxon, who left the band during the recording of 2002’s Think Tank, will join his bandmates Albarn, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. “It just felt it was right again,” Albarn said of Blur’s reunion, “It somehow feels like there’s something for us to do again, we’re not completely useless or pointless, we’ve got a reason to exist.” One rumored reason to exist: Glastonbury 2009, which the band hinted it might headline. “We’ll do something in London because that seems sensible,” Albarn added, “but we’re also playing in other parts of the country working up to [Glastonbury].” While no new album plans were revealed, Albarn has made it known he was eager to begin work on the third Gorillaz album in early ‘09. Related Stories: • Blur “Certainly Going To Rehearse” In 2009, Says Damon Albarn • Gorillaz Duo Use “Monkey” to Promote BBC Olympics Coverage • Album Review: Blur, Think Tank
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Published: 2008-12-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Blur “Certainly Going To Rehearse” In 2009, Says Damon AlbarnPhoto: Cattermole/Getty This is probably the umpteenth time we’re reporting news like this, but according to Damon Albarn, he and his Blur mates will all enter the studio in 2009. “Blur are certainly going to rehearse and see if we’re into it,” Albarn told the BBC this afternoon. Guitarist Graham Coxon, who left the band while they were worked on 2003’s Think Tank, also factors into the reunion equation. The band reconnected numerous times this year in non-musical situations this year, first meeting for lunch and then attending Albarn’s performance of his Monkey: Journey to the West at London’s O2 Arena. If Blur were to reunite for albums and the lucrative festival season, they’d have to compete for Albarn’s time with his other project Gorillaz, as Albarn stated in September he hopes to begin work on the follow-up to 2005’s Demon Days in January. Related Stories: • Album Review: Blur, Think Tank • Album Review: Gorillaz, Demon Days • Albarn Goes Ape Over Gorillaz
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Published: 2008-11-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Exclusive: Watch Gorillaz’s Latest “Plastic Beach” TeaserShort clips of Gorillaz’s upcoming Plastic Beach have been popping up on the animated band’s official Website, and now Rolling Stone has the latest tease of what the Sunday night Coachella headliners have in store on their third album. It looks like Damon Albarn’s cartoon crew has constructed an island made entirely of consumer goods in the middle of the ocean. The video up top is a short little trip to Plastic Beach, including a little taste of the beats that might appear when the album is rele
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Published: 2010-01-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos
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Mix Up Kanye West, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC Tracks on “Scratch: The Ultimate DJ”Hip-hop-loving gamers who have looked on enviously as their rocker peers enjoyed Rock Band and Guitar Hero will soon get a game that fulfills their own music-making fantasies. This summer, Genius Products and Genco Interactive will release Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, a music-based video game made with hip-hop fans and wanna-be disc jockeys in mind. To add credibility to their product, the companies recruited rap industry vet Quincy Jones III to help develop it. “Having been in music for 25 years and produced for like LL Cool J and Tupac and Ice Cube and all those guys, I thought there was a huge void in the gaming market place for something in the urban space,” Quincy Jones III, or QD3, told Rock Daily just days after debuting his company’s Lil Wayne documentary at Sundance. The gameplay will be similar to other major music titles, but players will be working on a turntable controller and drum pad. Just like in real life, the DJ in Scratch has one job: Get people on the dance floor. The more feet on the floor, the more points you score and the more gigs you unlock. “You might start doing a block party. You have other venues and they’re all really unique venues that have amazing graphics,” QD3 says. Of course a music-based game is only as good as its soundtrack, so Jones and his team at Genius grabbed tracks from Run-DMC, Eric B & Rakim, Kanye West and Gorillaz for the game’s playlist. They even managed to get some new music from the Beastie Boys’ in-house DJ Mix Master Mike. “We wanted to try to represent all the categories — as many as possible — and have a game that’s super credible to the core audience. But also appealing all the way up to the parents,” Jones said. “We licensed the multi-track. You can take any element you want — the bass line, the scratch, in some cases vocals — even different parts of the harmony of the vocals and the drums… whatever you want. They are all on the beat pad or the turntable and you can manipulate them on your own.” Whereas countles
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Published: 2009-02-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Blur - Blur Top Myspace SurveyBLUR frontman DAMON ALBARN has another reason to celebrate - his animated band GORILLAZ are the most popular on the internet. The cartoon rockers were the most listened ...
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Published: 2008-12-23 Provider: Contact Music
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Damon Albarn - Gorillaz To Return From Retirement For Sixth AlbumDAMON ALBARN is bringing his band GORILLAZ out of retirement for a sixth album, just months after announcing the CLINT EASTWOOD hitmakers were finished for good. The ...
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Published: 2008-09-23 Provider: Contact Music
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Gorillaz Release Final AlbumDamon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the two real men behind the animated rock band Gorillaz, are ready to release their final album before the band of primates retires to animated Miami. On November
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Published: 2007-10-24 Provider: Artist Direct
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Coachella lineup ranges from Jay-Z to Seattle locals Sunny Day Real EstateMusic & nightlifeThe lineup for the California rock festival Coachella has been announced: Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend, Sly & The Family Stone, De La Soul, LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, The Raveonettes, Corinne Bailey Rae, She & Him (with Zooey Deschanel), Gil Scott-Heron, Tiësto, Z-Trip, The Dead Weather (Jack White's new band), Mayer Hawthorne, Devo, Les Claypool, MGMT and Sia. Locals on the list include Sunny Day Real Estate, Gossip, Hockey and Portugal. The Man.
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Published: 2010-01-19 Provider: Seattle Times
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Lou Reed - Gorillaz Confirm CollaborationsLou Reed, Snoop Dogg and members of The Clash are among the collaborators on Gorillaz' new album.The animated band - the creation of Blur singer Damon Albarn and...
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Published: 2010-01-22 Provider: Contact Music
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Gorillaz to premiere new filmWatch an exclusive clip from the band's new film Bananaz trailing Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's animated musical project.
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Published: 2009-04-10 Provider: BBC
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Blur top MySpace surveyBLUR frontman DAMON ALBARN has another reason to celebrate - his animated band GORILLAZ are the most popular on the internet.
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Published: 2008-12-23 Provider: OK! Magazine
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