Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band head to India in new record themed around death and the afterlife ...

Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz discusses the group's upcoming, highly anticipated exhibition 'House of Kong' and new album, 'The Mountain.' ...

The ninth studio album from Gorillaz combines global sounds, political topics and themes of personal loss – and shows why Damon Albarn's project is still one of the most exciting in pop music.

The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive and – by spinning outtake samples of vanished voices into new forms – even serve as a kind of reincarnation ...

This week’s Indie Basement Classic is a low-fi all-timer. For even more of this week’s good stuff, head to Notable Releases ...

Caption: Gorillaz is a virtual band founded in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. (Artwork by Jamie Hewlett) ...

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Damon Albarn and his collaborators exude melancholy suffused with joy, or perhaps the other way around – those two states seem to coexist, Albarnesque-style, almost as if we can have more than one ...

Damon Albarn looks past western music for inspiration but album never sounds like the meanderings of a tourist ...

Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn, and Gorillaz (image by Gorillaz & Reuben Bastienne-Lewis) ...

On their ninth album, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett acutely tackle their own experiences of mortality. The result is something unexpectedly beautiful.

This week's releases are a nice mix of big names and under-the-radar selections, with Gorillaz and Iron & Wine leading the way.