October 17th, 2005 by 
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Graham Coxon is among a host of talent taking part in the British equivalent of the Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘Desert Sessions’.
Inspired by Josh Homme’s experimental project where he regularly lures musicians into the California desert for recordings, Geordie noiseniks Yourcodenameis:milo have established their own unique collaboration project.
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October 3rd, 2005 by Pete
The guitarist has a fiddle with Lowgold track. Graham Coxon has turned his hand to remixing.
Coxon has remixed ‘Beauty Dies Young’ by Lowgold and in doing so has revealed a previously hidden talent - his drumming.
“Graham has always been a guitar hero of mine and also the little known fact that he is a great drummer meant he was an obvious choice to add some spice to our tune,” explained Lowgold guitarist Daniel Symons. “He stripped away the keyboards, fattened the drums and made my guitar solo louder. Fucking great result!”
The track appears on the band’s new collection ‘Keep Music Miserable’ which includes a selection of new songs, b-sides and rareties along side Coxon’s tinkering.
As previously reported Coxon is currently putting the finishing touches his next solo album which is due out early next year.
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October 3rd, 2005 by Pete
Blur have announced that they will record their next album as a trio after Graham Coxon decided to remain solo, with the lack of an extra guitarist meaning a change of sound.
Albarn is reported by NME.com to have said “There is a Blur record at the moment but it’s very basic.
“The reason why it’s so basic is we decided that if we’re going to make another record it’s just got to be the three of us and I’ve got to play guitar.
“And because I’m such a rudimentary guitarist it has to be really stupid and basic punk rock.”
But the follow up to ‘Think Tank’ will not be Albarn’s only concern. Already involved in the Gorillaz project, he is also currently working on his debut solo album, which will have a global element.
“I’m halfway through a record that I started in Nigeria last year,” he said.
“I suppose will end up being my first solo record, although I hate the term ’solo record’.”
And speaking to Hong Kong station RTHK3, Albarn also said that Gorillaz will reveal their human identities during a five-night stint in Manchester in November.
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