Gorillaz
Gorillaz Team Up With Robert Smith on Latest Song Machine Drop
After taking a bit of a summer break, Gorillaz have just released their latest offering from the Song Machine project. “Strange Timez” brings The Cure’s Robert Smith into the Gorillaz growing list of collaborators that include Tony Allen, Schoolboy Q, Octavian, Georgia, Joy Division’s Peter Hook, Fatoumata Diawara and Octavian. Meanwhile, the video for the new track is literally out of this world as Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, Russel Hobbs and 2-D take us around space while Smith takes the form of a satellite. The group also shared that they’ll be releasing a new album, Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez, as well. The collection, which is out on Oct. 23, will feature new collaborations with the likes of St. Vincent, Beck, Elton John, EarthGang, and GoldLink. Gorillaz kick...
Gorillaz Tease Forthcoming Collaboration with Robert Smith of Iconic Rock Band The Cure
The latest installment of Gorillaz‘ “Song Machine” series will feature none other than Robert Smith, frontman of iconic rock band The Cure. The virtual band touts “Song Machine” as a collection of singles and music videos, which they dub “episodes,” and each one features a newly announced guest. Previous collaborators include Schoolboy Q, Fatoumata Diawara, slowthai, and Slaves, among others. The first season of the series—set to consist of 10 episodes—launched in January 2020 and is slated to release in full in October 2020 as a compilation titled Almanac. The project will also come with a full-color hardback produced in collaboration with renowned graphic novel company Z2 Comics, with 120 pages of Gorillaz-themed puzzles, games, co...
Gorillaz Release ‘PAC-MAN’ With an Assist From ScHoolboy Q
For the latest release in their Song Machine series, Gorillaz teamed up with Top Dawg’s ScHoolboy Q for the funk-laced “PAC-MAN,” on the 40th anniversary of the legendary arcade game’s release The band dropped the single alongside a bright, arcade-style video featuring the classic game, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The track itself is a bit eerie with a hard-hitting Q verse, complete with a punching bag and flashes of neon as he spits. The cut is Q’s first feature since REASON’s May single “Pop Shit.” The song was produced by Prince Paul, Remi Kabaka Jr., and Gorillaz. It was recorded in London just before lockdown. Earlier in the series, Gorillaz shared June’s “Friday 13th” with London rapper Octavian, “Momentary Bliss”&nb...
Rome in Silver and Bonnema Flip Classic Gorillaz Tune “Clint Eastwood” Into Midtempo Mayhem
It’s no easy feat to take on a Gorillaz track, which many can argue is perfect as is. However, Rome in Silver is here to prove that notion wrong with his flip of “Clint Eastwood.” To aid him on his journey, he’s enlisted the help of his roommate, fellow bass producer Bonnema. Rome is known for delivering the unexpected with his releases, consistenly keeping his fans on their toes. Will they get a drum & bass track? Or maybe a house or future bass hit? The answer to that question relative to his “Clint Eastwood” edit is none of the above. Rome In Silver has flexed his dark midtempo bass skills this time around, transforming the original while keeping Damon Albarn‘s classic voice as the centerfold while he and Bonnema unravel mind-...
Gorillaz to Release Book Celebrating 20-Year Visual History
While Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are the masterminds behind the Gorillaz, 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs have been at the core of the band. And to celebrate the birth of these great characters, the band is releasing a special book to commemorate the band’s 20-year visual history. Entitled The Gorillaz Almanac, the 120-page book will feature Hewlett’s artwork as well as new visuals including a comic strip featuring the gang, “puzzles, games and a raft of special guest appearances from Gorillaz collaborators past and present,” Rolling Stone reported. “Every fan of comics and animation has dreamed of seeing the Gorillaz make their comic book debut, with the Z2 team chief among them,” Z2 publisher Josh Frankel said in a statement. “The artwork, the music, and the mythos all a...
Gorillaz’s 2-D and Damon Albarn Perform ‘Aries’ on Kimmel Live
Gorillaz are no strangers to blending their part-human-part-animation music group on the live stage. However, Damon Albarn and 2-D’s recent performance of “Aries” on Jimmy Kimmel Live was an interesting sight to see. Adhering to the same social distancing rules that all collaborative performers have been doing, it’s the first time they’ve dueted in this capacity. While Albarn took lead on the vocals, we do catch a clip of 2-D front and center singing one of the verses. And around the two-minute mark, a guy in a towel with some kind of big mask on starts doing stretches behind 2-D and even acknowledges the camera at the end of his little exercise. Albarn recently did a special performance of his solo project for Boiler Room while the Gorillaz have been dropping new songs from their Song Mac...
