Gorillaz: The Mountain review – a late career peak haunted by ghosts yet glowing with life
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band mark 25 years with an album inspired by India and shaped by loss, featuring collaborators living and dead
September 2025
Gorillaz review – after 25 years, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band are still riveting and relevant
Dressed like a vicar, Albarn leads his band – joined by a choir, a string quartet, De La Soul and more – in renewing Demon Days’ downbeat drama
February 2023
Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – bittersweet tunes for anxious times
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – smaller, subtler, and better for it
November 2021
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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
September 2021
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’
August 2021
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
December 2020
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Gorillaz: Song Machine Live from Kong review – a genre-straddling success story
Damon Albarnplays master of ceremonies in an impressive night of collaborations
October 2020
Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – playful and potent collaboration
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – the poignant sound of social distancing
December 2019
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
February 2019
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
November 2018
Damon Albarn on Brexit: 'We live on this stroppy little island'
The Good, the Bad & the Queen have been trying to figure out what’s become of England since the EU referendum. And the answers aren’t comforting
July 2018
Gorillaz: The Now Now review – too much of a breeze
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June 2018
Gorillaz: The Now Now review – Damon Albarn and co dial down the maximalism
The cartoon band’s sixth album is nonchalant, peaceful and calm
From Dua Lipa to Harry Styles, here are the winners of the 2018 Brit awards – and the nominees they beat
Apart from the politics, 2018's Brit awards were business as usual
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Damon Albarn was cut off after talking about Brexit, Stormzy attacked Theresa May – but as far as the winners go, there were few surprises. At least Jack Whitehall remembered to be funny
Brits awards 2018: Stormzy and Dua Lipa beat elders to snatch top prizes
London grime MC honoured on night when artists carry white roses in protest against sexual harassment
January 2018
Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa beats Ed Sheeran with five
The New Rules singer caps her breakthrough year with the most nominations at British music’s biggest awards ceremony
December 2017
Gorillaz review – all stars blurred into one
Bits of Oasis and other super-guests join the party as Gorillaz’s Humanz tour ends in triumph
