The idea of charismatic Blur frontman Damon Albarn hiding behind a fictional cartoon band to make an experimental fusion of hip-hop and garage rock probably seemed crazy at the time. But the ...

In the late '90s, musician Damon Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewlett were roommates, and that meant the two of them ended up watching a lot of television together. DAMON ALBARN: We had this really ...

BOTTOM LINE The cartoon band gets more serious and focused. It’s hard to imagine how (or why) a cartoon band would scale back. But that’s what the Gorillaz have done for their new album, “The Now Now” ...

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 ...