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CONTENTS
JANURANY 2018
FEATURES 11 JOHN MAYER Picking Apart one of the world's favorite guiarist.
19 Foo Fighters learn about how the new album '' concrete and gold'' came to be.
28 Gorillaz The worls's most successful band is back with ''Humanz".
28 Dolores O'Riordan What her death means
REVIEWS 37 Humanz How would you react to the end of the world?
40 Flower Boy Hear how Tyler, The Creator deals with his own mind.
42 This Old Dog See how Mac Demarco is living the indie dream.
VENUES 51 Glastonbury See why glastonbury is one of the most discussed venues
59 III Points Miami's insane music festival DECEMBER 2017
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GORILLAZ
AFTER A SEVEN YAER HIATUS, THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL BAND IS NOW BAND WITH THE NEW ALBUM "HUMANZ"!!! BY Maxwell Mostyn
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orillaz is a project between Blur frontman, Damon Albarn and artist and Tank Girl comic creator Jamie Hewlett. The project started when Damon and Jamie were sharing an apartment. They were watching MTV and realized the state that music was in. They both decided to change that. Damon then started writing demos and Jamie went to draw the characters. After about a year and a half of work, the self-titled Gorillaz album released in 2001. The record did very well and the band went on to put out a even bigger hit “Demon Days” in 2005. In 2010 ‘‘Plastic Beach” was put out to much acclaim. ”You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it” - Damon Albarn. 2017 put an end to the seven year hiatus, with the new realese of ‘‘Humanz”. With the new album out Gorillaz have been heavily touring in 2017. The band has always been about collaboration working with artist such as MF DOOM, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Andre 3000, D.R.A.M, and many more. Gorillaz also offer one of the most unique live experiences. Basically a live band play in front of the animated visuals of the fictional band and music videos play. Many of the other artist who work with Gorillaz will join the stage with them, and if they are not available a video of them will play in the back with a recording of their vocals. Damon is always working
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to improve live shows more and more. Holograms are now in the works for future shows. As Damon said in an recent interview “I love the idea that eventually when I am here no longer I’ll be just a hologram. They’ll just press that button and up I pop.” The band has done so much over the years such as a line of Converse Chuck Tailors, being featured on an MTV Cribs, winning several awards, and recently being Grammy nominated for best alteritive record of 2017. Gorillaz is a great band for those who want to explore the meaning of genre.
"You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it" - DAMON ALBARN
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