Gorillaz may have originated as a way for Damon Albarn to sidestep the limelight, but on the cartoon group’s third album, “Plastic Beach,” he very much takes center stage.

Next year marks the 25th anniversary of Gorillaz ‘s self-titled debut album (which gave us one of the most inventive music ...

On the Gorillaz’s most recent album Plastic Beach, mastermind Damon Albarn pushes his post-human cartoon rock saga to the next level. After burning down the group’s headquarters, Kong Studios ...

With Plastic Beach, the characters (in every sense) of Gorillaz find their virtual identities mirrored in the music. Listeners have become used to the idea of a cartoon band. What’s new on Plastic ...

As is the style for Damon Albarn’s genre-bending, cartoon collective Gorillaz, their upcoming album, Plastic Beach, is being promoted with loads of digital goodies. Today, the band tweeted a ...

The latest Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is one of those rare critical ... The group they invented, made up of fictional cartoon avatars, went on to score several worldwide hits on the strength ...

Leave it to a fake band to make a concept album about a plastic society sound so real. Leave it to the synthesizers that create most of the sounds and melodies on "Plastic Beach," the ambitious new ...

When Gorillaz formed and released their self-titled debut album over two decades ago, Damon Albarn’s cartoon clan had the distinct feel ... realised through kaleidoscopic pop music. Like 2010’s ...

that he is almost as hard to quantify and identify as the Gorillaz: Murdoc, his mate 2D, Russell Hobbs and the now-departed Noodle. Impressive ... Plastic Beach. So now Gorillaz aren't an escape ...

Forget the cartoon characters. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's animated misfits have always been mainly interesting as a concept, and on much of the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach ...