The Independent — On Friday, the most blogged artists of the moment according to The Hype Machine are Swedish pop group jj and Texas band Spoon, in first and second place. In third is South London fourpiece band The xx, whose 2009 debut album xx earned major recognit... more info

Starpulse — Five years on from the release of "Demon Days", Murdoc Niccals and co. return with Plastic Beach. Gorillaz have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific,[...] Read more! more info

Live Daily — Gorillaz [ tickets ] have landed a headlining slot at this year's Coachella [ tickets ] Music and Arts Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. The animated band's appearance on the last night of... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The lineup for the 2010 Coachella show is out. And some strange headliners. Jay-z the first night...okay, I can see it. Muse the 2nd night...yeah, I guess...may be too commercial for the show...but okay. Gorillaz the 3rd night. Gorillaz? Headli... more info

Animated band Gorillaz will release new album Plastic Beach on 8 March, they announce. more info

411 Mania — First single hits iTunes next week, full tracklisting and album art inside... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Gorillaz have announced full details of their new album Plastic Beach- which will be released on March 8. The cartoon band- actually the invention of Blur man Damon Albarn and designer Jamie... more info

BBC News - UK — Animated band Gorillaz will release new album Plastic Beach on 8 March, they announce. more info

NME — Plus cartoon frontman promises new band material more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Damon Albarn's animated pop band is back after five years with a new single Stylo, which will be followed by an album in March. more info