For over three decades, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have been shaped by peculiar life parallels. When both lost their ...

Gorillaz released their ninth studio album, "The Mountain," on Feb. 27. Arts and Culture writer Olivia Steele reviews the album's themes and messages beneath the surface.

When I meet with Jamie Hewlett over Zoom, he is in his studio in Normandy, France, a space he describes as the “studio of my dreams”. The setting is rural: “I have wild deer and wild boar and foxes,” ...

I confess: I’ve never been able to sustain deep interest in the elaborate fictional universe of Gorillaz, the virtual, cartoon-character band conceived in 1998 by the English songwriter Damon Albarn ...

It’s always been difficult to tell where reality ends and the cartoon world begins with Gorillaz. The band’s four animated members — blue-haired lead singer 2-D, Satan-worshiping bassist Murdoch, ...

Gorillaz co-founder Damon Albarn looks a bit bleary-eyed as he sits in his home in the U.K. battling a bleak British winter. “It’s very hard to believe that the sun exists at the moment. This is our ...

Let's start with a little background. Created in 1998 by Damon Albarn (of Britpop group Blur) and Jamie Hewlett (comic book creator/illustrator), Gorillaz has pushed the boundaries of what a musical ...

This image is the official album artwork for ‘Cracker Island.’ Taking sonic inspiration from ’80s synth-pop, Albarn brings in his melancholy Gorillaz style to create a project that is both sonically ...

What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you think about virtual supergroup Gorillaz? We reckon it’s likely ‘Clint Eastwood’. No, not the ageing Hollywood tough guy, but the woozy, ...