May 4, 2015
Blur at UK Number 1 for New Album
November 22, 2011
Blur - Country House - Chipmunk Version
Time for some fun, fellow Blur fan! I decided its time to update my Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/user/uktahhh) and thank you ALL for the awesome 650+ subscribers. So I made a video, and I hope you enjoy it and isn't it just pure fun ?
I drew the logo myself.
November 4, 2011
Blur recording new songs again while Damon Albarn starts a new band
Breaking news: Damon albarn has been recording again with his old Brit-pop band Blur, with members including Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. The news came just after Albarn, the frontman of bands including renowned electro-pop eclectic group Gorillaz, The Good The Bad and The Queen and most recently, a new band Rocketjuice and The Moon with Tony Allen and Flea, has revealed exclusively to NME magazine that "Blur had been meeting up regularly and recording again"!
What exciting news - this means officially that Blur has NOT broken up, rekindled their grudges with each other, gotten past the massive hiatus of 8 years since 2003's album Out Of Time (minus Coxon) and officially started recording new songs again!
Will we see an album ? According to NME, Albarn revealed the britpop band has recorded a "spoken word piece with poet Michael Horovitz", a British Oxford-man, poet, songwriter/singer, translator, journalist amongst other things, who is famous for his provoking work for over five decades.
If they'd have cancelled the carnival – and thank God they didn't – maybe we'd have put it out. It had its moment: it was a perfect plea to reinstate the carnival. So it wasn't relevant – it was relevant for about 12 hours.
Abarn also has two gigs with The Good, The Bad & The Queen later this month (both on November 10). He also released his DRC Music side-project album last month.
A truly great news for every Blur fan out there.
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June 25, 2011
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May 31, 2011
Damon Albarn - Doctor Dee Opera 2011 UPDATE
Doctor Dee Opera
Damon Albarn's new opera Doctor Dee has received some press from a double page spread in the 28th May GUARDIAN newspaper, on the guide to Manchester International Festival.
Read the whole article by clicking below, thanks damon4president and 2J for the scans.
March 23, 2011
Damon Albarn turns 43 ...and he's still as creative as ever
Before the clock strikes midnight, I would like to dedicate this post wishing Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz, a happy 43rd birthday!
Now what's BlurBalls without crazy memes and pictures and captions?
Good night readers! What do you want to give Damon for his birthday? Think he even celebrated at all or did he go out drinking all night ?
Food for thought.
March 22, 2011
Song Review: Snoop Dogg feat. Gorillaz - Sumthin Like This Night
So the song "Sumthin Like This Night" from Snoop Dogg's latest album Doggumentary is out on youtube.
The song features Snoop Dogg's signature drowning rap and clever lyrics, then Damon Albarn does the vocals, or the first part of the chorus "but you never tried it... something like this night...somethin like this night....". The second part of the chorus doesn't sound like Damon, it sounds like someone else, but we can still hear the Damon Albarn backing vocals all through out.
Listen below and keep reading on for a bit more reviewing.
The tune is much like Doncamatic (All played out), Gorillaz's non-album single released a few months ago. That was because Damon felt Plastic Beach didn't have a single that was "pop" and synthetic enough, so he created the song for the sole purpose of it being a non-album single that can sell. Anyways, in Doncamatic (listen below) there is an electronic trumpet instrument that blares the sounds all through the song. The rhythm is basically constructed of the electronic trumpet item blaring the tune of the song. In Sumthin Like This Night, similar sounds were used, and I think it worked better in Doncamatic to be honest.
I would say this isn't good single material. It's catchy but rather repetitive, and definitely not dance floor material (usually those get to top the charts, admit it) and the song's rather mellow and down key. I do hope it will chart if it gets released as a single from Snoop Dogg's album, though I somehow have doubts about that.
I just wish Gorillaz would make a more single worthy song like 19/2000 or Clint Eastwood soon! And release their b-sides.
March 20, 2011
Damon Albarn's new opera 2011 - Doctor Dee
March 15, 2011
BlurBalls Caption Contest 4
TUESDAY NIGHT, people, time for another weekly BLURBLOG CAPTION CONTEST! Apologies for the erratic times, tough times call for a bit more flexibility on the postings. I've been up to drawing more pictures of Blur, going to the gym a few times per week, and generally doing what I do best - procrastinate. This week I present to you:
Thanks Rose. You can keep Damon! |
Blur - 100 gigs you should have been at (NME)
This week NME features reviews of a 100 famous gigs.
NME this week featured the top 100 gigs you should have been at. Seems pretty random to me, but Blur appear twice: with Suede at #63 at Town&Country Club, London, July 23, 1992 - and at #12 with, of course, Hyde Park, London, July 2-3, 2009.
Pic of the day - beautiful drawing of the boys |
"We're so fucking shit you might as well go home now. This could be the worst gig you've ever seen." So said Damon Albarn as a ridiculously pissed Blur - having spent the afternoon drinking in Camden - took the stage for the charity Gimme Shelter gig in their 'Modern Life is Rubbish' phase.
They proceeded to deliver either the best or worst (depending who you ask) set ot their career, barely able to see their own instruments, falling over and trying to shoulder a speaker stack off the stage. It was as punk as Britpop would ever get, but in its aftermath, Food Records gave them a month to clean up or they'd be dropped. And out of the wreckage, immaculate rising supposrt act Suede, shimmied gloriously into the big time, having utterly outstaged the headliners. The first Battle of Britpop was on...
Town and Country Club - 1992 |
They may not have been the final shows of their ecstatically received 2009 reunion tour, but Blur's two night at Hyde Park were arguably their pinnacle as a live band, and if they're on/off studio potterings never come to a new album, it's how they should be remembered: with Damon rolling around the stage in wild, punk-rock paroxysms, an esqusitely chosen, cereer-spanning setlist, and Alex James with one foot on the monitor and a cigarette drooping from his lips, as though the noughties, cheesemaking and the TV talent show judging had never happened. It was pure nostalgia, obviously, but after six years away, that hardly mattered. A timely reminder that not everything about Britpop was bollocks.
March 11, 2011
Aped out?
I did another impression sketch... I don't know what's up with me these days! I'm feeling quite creative with the computer! Perhaps it's the Blur news that just keeps coming that's kicking me off?
I'm "Aped"!
March 10, 2011
Spur of the moment drawing
I had this little burst of creativity and decided to draw the Blur boys using an online paint software....
A new Blur album "in progress" ?
Hooligan from the Blur Forums sends news that:
"I was out drinking with a friend who was accompanied by someone who was intimately involved in the making of NDLTR. We were talking about Fool's Day & its relative merits & he let slip that 'it doesn't sound like anything on the new album.' Obviously we pounced on him for more info to which he furiously back-pedalled but the cat was out the bag. So there is a new album on the way, people. Rejoice."
The other forumers and myself included reacted accordingly.
As damon4president puts it, now all we need is for Alex to say something along the lines of, oh, I dunno, 'it was like putting the A Team back together for one last job. We had to bust Rowntree out of law school' for me to consider it confirmed...
Plus, the Summersonic lineup of 2011 features a special secret guest. Could it be Blur ? Would Blur play a few songs at this year's music festival?
Exciting times! I'm impatient and thirsty for more solid news. How about you ?
March 7, 2011
BlurBall Caption Contest 3 !
Aren't they the sweetest couple? |
March 1, 2011
Gorillaz news - The Fall to be released in physical CD
Several online retailers, including Amazon.co.uk here and Amazon.com here are now listing a release of The Fall on CD, due out 18th April in the UK, on Parlophone, and 19th April in the USA, on Virgin Records.
No news on the track listing or any packaging details yet, but I'm looking forward to it!
Rumors of a vinyl record being released to coincide with Record Store Day is also hot on the news. More on this as more news are out!
Speaking of which, I still haven't completed my The Fall review (BlurBalls style!)... Will do, I promise. Keep reading!
Would you buy The Fall when it's out?
February 27, 2011
Unseen Gorillaz interview
Check this previously unreleased Gorillaz interview. The interview was conducted while they were in France during the tour late last year. Check out the interview on Youtube below.
I love Damon's hat and that Jamie Hewlett is just a laid back, silly cool ape.
February 22, 2011
Phish frontman Trey Anastasio covers Clint Eastwood
After stumbling on the Gorillaz Unofficial forum and reading some posts, I came across a thread that is about Phish frontman Trey Anastasio covers Clint Eastwood from Gorillaz in his concert.
Phish'ing |
a) They're an American Rock band that broke up and reunited in 2009, and
b) According to Urban Dictionary...
I like this cover - it's funny. The singer has a really high pitched voice, which is totally different from Damon's deep croon. The song sort of gets higher and higher... which is interesting. It feels like a James Blunt song, but I did enjoy it when the girl sang Del's part.
What do you think of this cover? Any comments?
February 21, 2011
Blur demo tape on eBay - who's got cash?
THE NEXT TAPE IS ONE FROM A COLLECTION OF A LOCAL CLUB DJ......HE WORKED AT JB"S IN DUDLEY FOR MANY YEARS AND HE HAS THOUSANDS OF TAPES... THESE ARE ALL COMING MY WAY AND I WILL BE LISTING THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS/MONTHS....., HE ACQUIRED MANY RARE DEMO"S, WHICH WERE SENT TO THE CLUB FOR MANY YEARS.... THE TAPES ARE ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION HAVING BEEN STORED AWAY FOR MANY YEARS... ,
THIS AUCTION CONSISTS OF ONE OF MY RARE DEMO TAPES ...... BLUR ....... 3 TRACKS , SHES SO HIGH, US, AND FOOL........ TWO OF THE TRACKS APPEAR IN EXACTLY THE SAME VERSIONS AS THE SEYMOUR [PRE BLUR] TAPE..... THE LAST TRACK "US" DOESNT SEEM TO APPEAR ON ANY OTHER RECORDING..... BUT I EMPHASISE, THAT THIS POSSIBLY UNIQUE DEMO TAPE SENT TO THE LEGENDARY JB"s CLUB IN DUDLEY, BY BLUR IN THEIR EARLIEST DAYS, CONTAINS THREE TRACKS IN VERSIONS NEVER RELEASED, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TAPE AS SENT BY THE BAND, AND NO COPIES HAVE OR WILL BE MADE...... BEST OF LUCK......
I want this tape! It should be genuine as JBs used to go to the Blur studio regularly. Plus look at that NEW SONG "Us"! Apparently it's a never released song that is recorded during the making of Leisure. Oh god! Really pleased if the winner of the bid shares the song "Us"! Then we'll have a new Blur song released to the public!
Previously the new Blur song "Superman" was leaked online from a man who recorded an early gig where it was performed. Listen to Superman on my youtube channel here.
Bid here!
(Thanks caitlin from the forums)
February 18, 2011
Site Competition: Blur Caption Contest !
Friday afternoon. Library. Work. Procrastinating. BLURBLOG CAPTION CONTEST!
Anyways here's a new thing for the Blog - every Friday afternoon I will post up a picture relating to Blur/Gorillaz and you guys got to make up a caption to go along with it. Think of the best, wittiest, funniest caption for the picture and submit it in the Comments section at the bottom of the post.
The winner will be selected based on originality and of course creativity. Feel free to leave votes and comments about the captions!
Thought I'd post my current favourite Blur picture.
Blur for thought... Anyone know who that 5th guy is? Any guesses where this picture was taken ? What are all the boys looking at ? Why is Alex shirtless?
Leave a comment and caption below!
Winners announced every week. Stay tuned.
February 17, 2011
Blur are back in the studio and recording new material - Feb 2011
Exciting news for you all.
Graham - bringer of good news |
One of the album is also called "A&E"... I wonder what that stands for ?
Graham met up with the Boys for sugary tea, coffee and TV ) |