Demon Days

Artist: Gorillaz
Album: Demon Days
Genre: Trip-Alt. Rock
Label: Parlophone

Gorillaz is definitely a noteworthy band and I have nothing but respect for the creators. All the sounds are original and an animated band was a whole new concept they pulled off very well (they even had live shows!). Needless to say when I hear Gorillaz come on the radio, my hand flies to the volume knob (Clarification: to turn it up). The sound is kind of hard to put in a genre, as I've never heard it duplicated. It's something like... Blur (Song 2) found a closet full of things that make sounds and a box full of "awesome". I'll leave awesome up to interpretation, but if you try and throw Alt. Rock and Trip-Hop into a blender, you'd get something very close to the Gorillaz.

Taken Best: Listen to them pretty much whenever, I'm typically driving when I hear them.

For my linked track, I'm once again hoping for the "OHHHH I've heard this before, I love them!" reflex, "Clint Eastwood" Also, if you're curious about what I meant by "animated band" watch through the music video accompanying the link.

Gorillaz is currently on what I'm almost positive is a permanent Hiatus. There was some stuff about Murdoc (bassist) going to hell to rescue Noodle (Guitarist, awesome voice) and now I think they're just considering other adventures. More recently, they did one of the intros to the olypmics which you can see here - "Journey to the west". This while an intro to the Olympics, is also a preview for their rendition of Journey to the West (based on the Chinese novel of the same name). In other news, you can also check out their film they just released (behind the scenes and what not) at Bananaz.

For a similar sound go as far as Gorillaz album G-sides or the self titled. For half of the sound check out more Blur.