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Gorillaz

Damon Albarn's superior side-project

Braving my way up the uneven steps that lead up to Kong Studios, I pause halfway to assess the situation. Clash is here to interview all four members of Gorillaz as they prepare to release their second album, ‘Demon Days’, but the elements are playing against me.

Queens of the Stone Age

Hard livin' hard rockin' American band

The departure of Nick Oliveri from the most enigmatic, debauched and genre-defining act of the past decade has changed little. Their 4th outing is as accomplished, sleazy and sultry as previous offerings and reinforces the notion that their music is imperious to other genres within the world of Rock

Eels

Mark Everett's alt rock heroes

As grey skies hover ominously over London, I watch from the window of a cool, air-conditioned hotel suite as cold sleet showers down on intrepid shoppers, businessmen and joggers as they brave the elements in Kensington’s bustling High Street and Palace Gardens.

The Ordinary Boys

Make not-so-ordinary music
Down in South West London in the leafy streets of Barnes is Olympic Studios,whose walls have witnessed the creations of such masterpieces as the Rolling Stones’ ‘Beggars Banquet’ and the S

Editors

Glacial indie rock
From the ordinary often comes the extraordinary and never has this statement been more true than when applied to Editors. Any which way you try and spin it, in the flesh and offstage, you realise, this Birmingham-based four-piece are simply regular guys.

Bjork

Icelandic pixie queen
Several weeks ago, when someone asked me if I’d been up to anything exciting, I’d say I interviewed Björk recently. This statement would often be followed by a swift intake of breath and then, “Was she really eccentric / crazy / kooky?”

Four Tet

Genre skipping producer
The very first words uttered from the mouth of Kieran Hebden were ‘Decca’ and ‘Columbia’. A childhood spent immersed in the soulful strains of Otis Redding and Bob Dylan and the euphoric jazz of Miles Davis and Alice Coltrane helped these words galvanise action.