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Whether It’s “Narcissistic” To Return To Music Or Not, Blur Justifies It With “The Narcissist”
Every time Blur has devotees convinced that they couldn’t possibly return with a new album again, the band rises from the so-called dead to bring [Read More…]
Just in Time For the End of Aries Season, Gorillaz Unveil New Order-Infused Track of Same Name
As Gorillaz soldier on with their intended 2020 project called Song Machine, the latest offering from what will turn into a collection of songs and [Read More…]
Now (Now) Hear This!: Gorillaz Go Minimalist in All Ways on Latest Album
After an overly ballooned with tracks and collaborators fifth album, Humanz, just last year (and on the heels of the global reckoning initiated by the [Read More…]
Gorillaz Further Prove That Non-Human Bands Have More Stamina, Announce New Album & Tour
Though their last album, Humanz, released only last year, might suggest that there was something at least mildly human about Gorillaz (mainly Damon Albarn), the [Read More…]
2D’s Brain on Drugs Showcased in “Sleeping Powder” Video
2D may have been kidnapped into Gorillaz, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t liable to break out on his own musical stylings upon occasion–a new [Read More…]
Humanz Solidifies Gorillaz’s Superhuman Knack for Collaboration
At the beginning of Gorillaz, the song that put them on the map, particularly in Europe, was “Clint Eastwood” featuring Del the Funky Homosapien, setting [Read More…]
2D Was Kidnapped Into the Band, Got His Jeans from Simon Cowell & Other Revelations From the First “Live” Gorillaz Interview
Interviewed by Radio 1’s MistaJam for the album that keeps slowly revealing its tracks like bread crumbs, Gorillaz offered the music industry yet another historic [Read More…]
Gorillaz Goadingly Praise An Old God With Long-Awaited New Single, “Hallelujah Money”
To say that the Gorillaz have been keeping many in anticipation of their first album since 2010’s Plastic Beach would be the pinnacle of understatement. [Read More…]
Blur & America: Together Again–At Least Through the Channel of Williamsburg
The British musician’s rapport with American audiences has never exactly been a solid one. From having to woo (hoo) us with just the right single [Read More…]
Blur is Back
The more the 90s seem like they’re over, the more a distinctive pop culture element from the decade comes back to re-reel you in. The [Read More…]