Gorillaz

Blur is going on hiatus again following their recent reunion, which yielded their ninth studio album, The Ballad of Darren. In a new interview with French magazine Les Inrockuptibles (via Far Out Magazine), Blur frontman Damon Albarn said, “It is time to wrap up this campaign. It’s too much for me. It was the right thing to do and an immense honor to play these songs again, spend time with these guys, make an album, blah-blah-blah.” The band — comprising guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James, and drummer…

Puerto Rico-based rapper and singer Bad Bunny's voice has been trending since last month. However, the songs that went viral did not belong to him. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the latest trend was launched by Chilean artist Maurico Bustos with the song NostalgIA which is a play on the Spanish abbreviation for artificial intelligence (AI). Bustos used AI to not only write and record these songs but also to modify Bad Bunny's vocals. This helped the artist to produce a viral track that prompted…

Since Banksy emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s, one of the most intriguing aspects of the Bristol-based painter has been his identity. Over the years, various people have been linked to the moniker, among them Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, a comic book illustrator who also co-created Tank Girl, and Massive Attack co-founder Robert Del Naja, based on the fact that both hail from Bristol and Del Naja also dabbled in graffiti.  Now, an unearthed BBC recording from 2003 appears to confirm that Banksy…

Rhythm shooter Metal: Hellsinger has launched its Essential Hits Pack, downloadable content (DLC) that adds tracks from the likes of Disturbed, Depeche Mode, and Gorillaz. The Essential Hits Pack launched yesterday (June 13) and is described as a “mixed-genre pack of eight hit songs from some of the biggest bands in the world”. While Metal: Hellsinger‘s soundtrack has traditionally been grounded in metal since launching last year, the Essential Hits Pack is “not just for metalheads,” according to the DLC’s latest trailer…

Reddit is in for a rude awakening, just ask some of its most popular subreddits. To protest Reddit’s recent plan to charge for access to its API, some of the platform’s biggest communities will be going dark for at least two days.In April, Reddit announced that it would be charging companies for access to its application programming interface (API), much the way Twitter opted to when Elon Musk realized he wasn’t making enoughmoney. While Reddit said that the decision was to keep companies like Google and OpenAI from…

Even though their eighth LP found this cartoon band decamping to California to work with producer Greg Kurstin, it’s hard not to speculate which benighted island the title of this record might refer to. As ever, much lore plays out in the band’s videos and Jamie Hewlett’s art. But it’s clear that a 2023 sense of unease powers this record, with Damon Albarn often in bittersweet mode, pondering how a deranged cult might take over a fragile society. Familiar, but inexhaustible, founts of anxiety abound: “Machine assisted, I…

Here’s a sobering thought for anyone old enough to recall the early 00s first-hand: Cracker Island arrives 22 years on from Gorillaz’s debut single, Clint Eastwood. Founded by Damon Albarn, an alt-rock star apparently dabbling in pop, and his former flatmate Jamie Hewlett, who supplied the cartoons, it was a project you might have assumed would be a short-lived joke. But nearly a quarter of a century on, Gorillaz have made as many studio albums as Albarn’s primary band and, in the process, have achieved things Blur…

Synth Riders has announced a new Gorillaz music pack to accompany the debut of the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset. Players will be able to immerse themselves in the virtual reality rhythm game by taking to a Gorillaz-themed stage called ‘Psycho Road’. READ MORE: PSVR 2 release date, specs, and latest news The expansion is set to feature tracks from the cartoon band’s upcoming album ‘Cracker Island’, as well as classic tunes including ‘Clint Eastwood’ and ‘Feel Good Inc’. This new music pack will join an already…

FIFA 23 soundtrack is out now. EA Sports has revealed the full track list for its latest football simulation game, and it's the biggest to date. With a total of 109 songs to listen to, FIFA 23 fans are in for a treat, as they wait in lobbies and bop their heads to the latest tunes. The FIFA 23 soundtrack is available to listen to on Spotify, but in India, the list only features 95 songs, owing to regional restrictions. The remaining 14 can be found on YouTube Music, or you can refer to the list EA Sports dropped on…

EA Sports has revealed the full soundtrack for FIFA 23, featuring songs by Gorillaz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and more. The next instalment in the long-running FIFA series is due to be released next Friday (September 30) on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Stadia, PS4 and Xbox One. FIFA 23‘s soundtrack, as promised, will feature more than 100 tracks by “a range of global hitmakers” as well as numerous “rising stars”. The collection incorporates music from 34 countries overall. In addition to the aforementioned acts, players can…