D-Sides

D-Sides is eclectic, if not a little hectic, but the Gorillaz definitely hit a home run by remixing and revamping their unique sound on this album.

They are largely classified as alternative rock, but I would qualify this album as a distinctive hip-hop, indie-rock mix, with a fusion of the new digital and electronic age. Each individual song strays from any expectations left from the song before it, leaving the listener mesmorized and occupied throughout the album's entirety. Don't be turned off by the occasional video game soundbite, it's all in good fun.

The band, created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Blur and Jamie Hewlett, displays their creative geniuses through the projection of their personalities as animated characters; 2D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel. Their first album released in 2001 was their self-titled debut, Gorillaz. It was so successful that it earned them a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as Most Successful Virtual Band. Demon Days, released in 2005, went platinum in both the UK and the US.

D-Sides carries on the Gorillaz legacy with compilations and remixes of the hits that made them famous. They spin each tune making some a little more danceable, and most a lot more fun. With a sufficient element of "WHOMP" (for all you festival goers) in a few like "Feel Good" and "Murdoc Is God" and then the digital euro-pop in others like "Hongkongaton," D-Sides achieves hipster status.

The Gorillaz will soon become a favorite for any child of the generation-Y music era. This is the new classic rock, kids, so hop on board and dance.