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The newest Gorillaz track, “Stylo,” leaked on Tuesday (listen to it here). It reeks of 80’s pop overtones and features the soulful singing Bobby Womack and the lyrical genius of Mos Def. This leak came just 32 days before the release of the Gorillaz new album, Plastic Beach, which comes out March 9. The album as a whole looks like it’s gonna be super killah. Everything from the lineup of musical guests to the album’s 60’s visual aesthetic is making me countdown the days till its release (as Damon Albarn is letting you do here).

What a kickass cover

In other news, the recent devastation in Haiti has gotten loads of musicians and artists trying their hardest to do something good. One of these bands is Radiohead, who in the midst of recording their new album (YAYAYAY), are going to play a show in LA. They are auctioning off their tickets starting tonight (Thursday Jan. 21) and ending Saturday with all proceeds going to relief efforts. The actual show is on Sunday. Having tried to get Radiohead tickets before for past shows, I can imagine that prices are going to be INCREDIBLE but at least this time it’s for a good cause.  Anyway, the following for our blog in LA isn’t huge so it’s unlikely that most of you reading this will actually consider going to the show.

Regardless, we should all do what we can to help, and we should all be very, very excited for Plastic Beach.