Legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen passed away this week. And now his longtime friend and collaborator Damon Albarn, who played with Allen in the supergroups the Good, The Bad & The Queen and Rocket Juice And The Moon, has paid tribute with a new song. "How Far?" features Tony Allen and Skepta and was written…

After Damon Albarn revived Gorillaz with 2017's Humanz, the project has been pretty consistently active. The Now Now quickly followed in 2018, and then in the beginning of this year Gorillaz began teasing something called Song Machine. The premise: a direct feed of new "episodes," or singles, featuring a characteristically broad array of collabo...

After spending a good chunk of the '10s focusing on projects besides Gorillaz, Damon Albarn revived his virtual band in 2017 with Humanz. He hasn't slowed down much since. Another Gorillaz album, The Now Now, quickly followed the next year, and recently the band has been embarking on something called Song Machine. After briefly teasing…

Gorillaz just launched their new project Song Machine, a series of collaborative singles to be released throughout the year. The first installment, or "episode," was "Momentary Bliss," a song with the politically charged British rapper slowthai and UK punk duo Slaves. And it seems like the second might feature an even bigger name.

Two days ago, Gorillaz started teasing the first "season" of a new project called Song Machine. Yesterday, we found out what it actually is -- a series of collaborative singles, aka "episodes," that will be released throughout the year. And today, the first installment has already arrived.