Remember buying a vinyl record or even a CD, ripping off the plastic and having an immediate glimpse into the back-story of the music project… all while holding something in the palm of your hands?

With a move to streaming music and digital downloads, we’ve lost some of the connection and back-story we used to get from vinyl and CD albums. It seems...

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Ever innovative, Gorillaz (founded by Blur frontman Daman Albarn, and ‘Tank Girl’ comic book artist Jamie Hewlett in 2001) released a free album to fans on Christmas Day. Free albums releases are nothing new (Radiohead’s 2008 release, In Rainbows, made an estimated $6 million US dollars with its unique “pay what you want” plan), but Gorillaz ‘just...

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