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January 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 25: Gorillaz, Auckland 2010

After interviewing Damon Albarn I knew I had to go to the Gorillaz concert. Before that I wanted to, sure. But Albarn’s interest in music – his dedication to recreating so much of the Plastic Beach album – made it impossible not to get caught up in the need to be there. So it was off on the plane to Auckland, overnight, for Gorillaz. I […]

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January 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Damon Albarn – A Life In Notes

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Most recently I got to talk about George Harrison’s music for almost a whole hour! And then the team behind the summer programming asked me along to chat about Damon […]

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January 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 591

Gorillaz, Gorillaz (2001) I remember the song Clint Eastwood and loving it straight away. (And I’ve never got sick of it). But I wasn’t straight away sold on Gorillaz. See, I wasn’t at all a Blur fan and I wasn’t that into Damon Albarn. Wasn’t sure if he was any sort of real deal, or […]

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November 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 18 – Gorillaz, Auckland, 2010

I had to go up to Auckland for Gorillaz – had to, as in wanted to, because, you see, I had a really good interview with Damon Albarn. So good, that The Guardian tried to pass it off as their own work pretty much. And it went all around the world quoted in various places […]

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May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots

Damon Albarn Everyday Robots Warner Bros. It took a long time to get to any sort of grips with this. I’m talking underwhelming for the first half-dozen+ listens; disappointingly – brutally – underwhelming. I think part of the issue was in the billing of this as Albarn’s first full solo album. Creates too much hype. […]