Gorillaz’“On Melancholy Hill” gets a video trailer
Easily one of the best pop songs of the year and one of our favorite tracks of 2010, Gorillaz‘ “On Melancholy Hill” has a video trailer out. With the amazing videos that have come out for Damon...
View ArticleSnoop Dogg killed it at Glastonbury
We found some video footage of Snoop Dogg at Glastonbury from this past weekend, and it seems like Snoop can kill it on the festival circuit. “Gin and Juice” was epic, and then his guest appearance...
View ArticleThe Good, the bad, and the Thursday: Gorillaz “Latin Simone”
We wanted to go back to the Dan the Automator days of the Gorillaz existence today, so we went with “Latin Simone,” which 9 years ago, sounded like nothing before, and now it sounds like a lot of...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Thursday: Gorillaz “Tomorrow Comes Today”
We love what Damon Albarn has done with Gorillaz over the past two albums, but the first album, with Dan the Automator at the producer’s desk, had a more raw, experimental hip-hop element to it, more...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Thursday: Mali Music “Spoons”
This is the sometimes forgotten 2002 project from Blur/Gorillaz man Damon Albarn, Mali Music, featuring his collaborations with various Mali musicians. The results were at times stunning, but...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Thursday: Gorillaz “Dirty Harry”
Any Gorillaz or Damon Albarn track named after a Clint Eastwood movie and featuring someone named Bootie Brown is good by us. One of the experimental, eclectic tracks from Demon Days. Enjoy. The Good,...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Thursday: Gorillaz “Empire Ants”
We sort of forgot about Damon Albarn’s new mini Gorillaz opera, Plastic Beach, and one of the albums better tracks, “Empire Ants.” But then we remembered, and felt you should listen. The Good, the...
View ArticleGeneral Snoop in Gorillaz “Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach”
Having Snoop in a Gorillaz video looking like George Washington on a naval mission is pretty great. Just have him show and dance around and look like a vintage General Snoop. Captures the vibe of the...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Thursday: Gorillaz “Ghost Train”
This is the first song that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett did in 1998 under the moniker Gorilla, later named Gorillaz and later a B-side to a Gorillaz single. It is definitely on the side project...
View ArticleThe free Gorillaz tour EP is good.
We know its not our normal Thursday “let’s feature something Damon Albarn” day, but the new Gorillaz free EP, “The Fall,” is not so bad and something you should be committed to on this slow getting...
View ArticleOur 15 Favorite Songs of 2010
Its been an odd year for the album, with some bands abandoning the idea all together, and some artists (Women, Arcade Fire, and Kanye West) returned to the concept of the album as a complete story....
View ArticleGorillaz x Andre 3000 x James Murphy: “DoYaThing”
Have you ever wanted to see Gorillaz with CGI? Well here is your shot, as Damon Albarn and company have teamed up with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Andre 3000 of that commercial with Adrian...
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