Gorillaz May Release New Album By Christmas

Gorillaz have spent the past year on the road, but that hasn’t stopped frontman Damon Albarn from working on the cartoon group’s next record.

In an interview with NME (via Gorillaz News), Albarn says he hopes to release a new record before Christmas. “It’s a studio album made in hotel rooms across America,” he says.

Gorillaz New Album On Ipad

Gorillaz along with Damon Albarn has been busy recording a brand-new album, according to a new interview with NME, the album most probably will going to be released before Christmas this year.

Using his Apple Ipad,Damon Albarn has been busy recording quietly during Gorillaz’ current tour.“I’ve made it on an iPad — I hope I’ll be making the first record on an iPad,” he tells NME. “I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I’ve made a completely different kind of record.”

It would be only a few months after the release of their album Plastic Beach this past March, if it would, If a new Gorillaz album really arrives in stores by Dec. 25.

This would be a very pleasant surprise for fans who waited five years for a new full-length after 2005′s Demon Days.

Anyone else excited by this news? Any ideas on what an iPad-assisted Gorillaz album might sound like? Speak up in comments.

Gorillaz Partner With Microsoft On The Launch Of Windows Internet Explorer 9

On the inaugural launch of Windows Internet Explorer 9, Gorillaz have partner with Microsoft to offer fans the chance to design a new character for the group. They named the new character The Evangelist and the closing date for entries is November 28.

On January 6, 2010 the winning entry will be announced on the official website of Gorillaz.It will be re-drawn by Gorillaz illustrator Jamie Hewlett.

Explaining who the new character is, the band's website says, “The Evangelist is the opposite of The Boogieman; the light to his awful shade. The Boogieman has appeared in several images from the Gorillaz world, and now featured in several videos. The Boogieman is believed to a dark and hideous figure, composed of all the evil in the world, all wrapped up inside his black swirling cloak. He has a gas mask for a face. He may have reappeared throughout history, an ominous figure accompanying the re-emergence of Murdoc Niccals through all of time.”