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New Gorillaz video: Humility

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Video: Gorillaz – “Humility”

From The Now Now, due June 29 on Parlophone/WMG.

It’s June, y’all. Officially unofficially summer, which means the race for Summer Jam is on! Gorillaz submit their entry with a breezy number and video with shots of the band’s animated characters roller skating, playing chess and menacing basketball players along Venice Beach. Jack Black shows up because…why not?

“Humility” featuring George Benson is the lead off single from the new album THE NOW NOW, the sixth studio album from the virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.

In other Damon Albarn news, the singer told Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 show that a new album from his other project with the Clash’s Paul Simonon, the Verve’s Simon Tong, and drummer Tony Allen is also completed. This will be the second album from The Good, The Bad and the Queen, following on the band’s 2007 debut that was produced by Dangermouse and was on heavy rotation in my house for what seemed like a decade…and I guess probably was.

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Beck – Modern Guilt

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Beck - Modern GuiltBeck – Modern Guilt (Interscope)

Let’s be clear: Odelay was a LONG time ago. While he’s managed to remain on the charts, the last huge crossover “hit” Beck had was in 1996 with “Where It’s At” and that was twelve years ago. The sooner we all get over that fact, the more we’ll be able to enjoy his work since.

Modern Guilt comes with a bit of baggage. After his last album, The Information, was met with a collective yawn, many of Beck’s fans are wondering if he’s lost his groove. The announcement that Mr. Hansen would team with producer of the moment, Danger Mouse, piqued a lot of interest and had people wondering if that meant another hit was in the works. Well, I suppose that depends on what you mean by a “hit.”

There isn’t a song on this album that will match the radio friendliness and pop finesse of the songs that put Beck on the map. You won’t find a sing along chorus like “Loser” or “Where It’s At” nor will you find an all out funk down as we heard on 1999’s Midnight Vultures. Looking for the Summer Jam of 2008? You’re unlikely to hear one of these new songs on Q101.

So, what will you find?

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