Gorillaz

Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – bittersweet tunes for anxious times

A thoughtful eighth album blends Damon Albarn’s state-of-the-world concerns with the talents of collaborators from Stevie Nicks to Thundercat

Kitty Empire

26, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – smaller, subtler, and better for it

Damon Albarn has reined in the excess – though there are still cameos from the likes of Bad Bunny and Stevie Nicks – for a trim album that is one of the band’s best

Alexis Petridis

23, Feb, 2023 @12:00 PM

Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows review – beautifully haunting

One of the most driven artists of the Britpop era, now unbothered by commercial success, is back with a second solo album that drifts along in a melancholy, stoned mist

Alexis Petridis

11, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM

Elton John announces new album made with A-list guests in lockdown

Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj and Stevie Nicks are on eclectic guestlist for The Lockdown Sessions, with Elton describing himself as ‘a session musician’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

01, Sep, 2021 @4:30 PM

Gorillaz review – Damon Albarn and friends make a bit of live music history

Pop’s longest-serving imaginary band fill the reopened venue with deceptive chaos and the delight of feeling part of something again

Caroline Sullivan

12, Aug, 2021 @1:15 PM

Gorillaz: Song Machine Live from Kong review – a genre-straddling success story

Damon Albarn plays master of ceremonies in an impressive night of collaborations

Kitty Empire

19, Dec, 2020 @2:00 PM

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – playful and potent collaboration

Damon Albarn provides the melodic anchor to this pioneering album that balances concept and fun

Kitty Empire

25, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – the poignant sound of social distancing

Damon Albarn’s cartoon band mark their 20th anniversary with a record whose star guests – Elton John, Robert Smith and St Vincent among them – are folded into a fluent, brilliant whole

Alexis Petridis

15, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons review – a swing through Damon Albarn's circus

Denholm Hewlett’s documentary is a snappy scrapbook of behind-the-scenes moments captured at the band’s recording sessions and on a world tour

Phil Hoad

12, Dec, 2019 @3:00 PM

Brits 2019: who will – and should – win every award

Can Dua Lipa have a second successful Brits year in a row, or will George Ezra dominate the biggest categories? Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we ponder the likely winners

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

20, Feb, 2019 @7:00 AM