Consequence of Sound — Jamie Hewlett provides update to Gorillaz fan page. more info

NME — Chicago rapper could appear on new album from Damon Albarn's animated band more info

Consequence of Sound — Mensa joins a long list of collaborators on the highly anticipated album from Damon Albarn's Gorillaz. more info

NME — Gallagher says he will work with Blur frontman, schedules permitting more info

Obscure Sound — It has been a few years since I featured Sun Cut Flat’s wonderfully lush synth-pop, via the track “Happiness Is A Wandering“, but it’s one I frequently come back to. On that effort, I noted comparisons to Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach, particular... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn has had a busy year; he’s been working on new Gorillaz material, writing the score for a musical re-imagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, and releasing Blur’s long-awaited new album The Magic Whip. To top it all off, ... more info

Stereogum — The Clash bassist Paul Simonon turns 60 on Tuesday, and to celebrate, he put together a little supergroup. Simonon has also played with Gorillaz and the Good, The Bad & The Queen, and at his party in London tonight, he wrangled rivals-turned-pals Dam... more info

Stereogum — It’s been the subject of rumor and conjecture for a while, but now it’s confirmed: Damon Albarn’s simian supergroup Gorillaz, once thought to be extinct, are coming back next year with new music. And in a new Rolling Stone interview, Albarn had... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Gorillaz @ MSG, 2010 (more by Bao Nguyen) Gorillaz will be back in 2016, according the group's visual designer, Jamie Hewlett, who told DIY they're in the early stages now:I don't want to say too much about it, but... more info

Stereogum — We knew Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were working on a new Gorillaz album back in September, and now Hewlett has confirmed that the follow-up to 2010’s Plastic Beach will be out next year. He stated the following in an interview with DIY: That’... more info