The thrill of Gorillaz, the British “cartoon band,” collaborating with Sparks, the eclectic American alternative pop duo, is the stuff of pure fantasy for the edgier music fans among us.
Late owls got a taste of the real thing on Thursday night, April 9, when those two worlds collided for a performance of “The Happy Dictator,” the lead single from Gorillaz’s ninth studio album The Mountain, via the band’s own new label KONG.
Every Gorillaz performance raises the question of just how Damon Albarn and Co. would realize the animations that are so important to the band’s visual storytelling. In…
