Hallelujah Monkeyz: A Gorillaz Fancast

The day of reckoning has come at last: join the Hallelujah Monkeyz live at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California as they venture deep into the heart of the Demon Dayz festival to bear witness to the grand finale of Gorillaz (for now, at least). Will the angels be in their favor once more? Or will the devils waiting around every overpriced lemonade stand, questionably-assembled amusement park ride, and skeletal gorilla effigy littering the Demon Dayz fairground spoil the fun? Whatever happens, it’s sure to be one big party of a funeral that you won’t want to miss.

hey we're in LA how bout you? okay cool meet us at the pico rivera sports arena, we'll go see the band together. hey, it's you! do you have like twenty bucks i can borrow? i wanna try to bribe this festival employee to let us backstage to interview damon. cool thanks. oh i'm just gonna go to the frozen lemonade stand real quick to do something, it's not related to the twenty dollars you just gave me. oh look over there it's grace jones! hi how many frozen lemonades can i get for twenty dollars?

FREETHESEA! This week on Hallelujah Monkeyz, Dillon and Trevor link up with the legendary Gorillaz-Unofficial to talk about an exciting new fan campaign, before getting a very special report from one of the band’s recent live shows. Then the boys take a seat at the round table for an in-depth discussion of the Happy Mondays’ “Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches” — including a LANDMARK interview with Madchester icon and Gorillaz collaborator himself, Shaun Ryder! Hope you’re feeling lucky, ‘cause this madcap episode is sure to leave your melon in a knot!

At long last the time has come. As Damon Albarn prepares to see his animated band off for another decade or so with a few final exciting live shows, Dillon and Trevor sit down with a pair of guests that they’ve been meaning to speak with for quite some time: UK rap duo and Phase 1 Gorillaz collaborators Phi Life Cypher.

HOLY SHIT WE AREN'T DEAD DID YOU MISS US DO YOU HATE US DON'T WORRY WE HAVE SO MUCH GORILLAZ TO TALK ABOUT LIKE SOOOO MUCH GORILLAZ! TRANZ VIDEO! FREE MURDOC! TEASERS FOR OUR MYSTERY EPISODE! IT'S ALL HERE AND IT'S ALLLLLLLL GORILLAZ!

This week, Dillon and Trevor take a moment to congratulate a member of the Gorillaz family on some impressive detective work, before scrounging up some cash in an attempt to help spring Murdoc from jail and make Gorillaz great again. After that, the boys plot an expedition into Damon Albarn’s trans-Atlantic tunnel to confront their shadow doppelgängers and heed the call of an ancient forest deity known as the King of Cool. Along the way, they might just have a few things to say about the new Gorillaz album, too.

THE NOW NOW IS OUT! WE LISTENED TO IT! THEN WE TURNED ON OUR MICROPHONES AND TALKED INTO THEM! THEN DILLON EDITED IT INTO THIS EPISODE! THAT'S ALL THAT HAPPENED, OH WAIT NO ALSO WE UPLOADED IT!

It's Father's Day and Dillon is trying desperately to connect with his kid

#FreeMurdoc! Dillon and Trevor dig into the plethora of phase 5 news this week and see if they can’t help bail out an old friend. Then it’s time to head back to the birth of britpop to wall up the borders, turn off the radio and dig into Sunday roast with Blur — modern life may be rubbish, but we’ve got another album by Damon’s old band to review!

HAPPY GORILLAZ DAY 2018! So much stuff went down today but we're just gonna focus on these 2 new songs and this music video in this breathless emergency episode. They're back! Phase 5! Sick!

Hope you brought your popcorn, because it’s movie night on Hallelujah Monkeyz! Before the show begins, Dillon and Trevor catch up with what’s been going on with Gorillaz, including the upcoming release of their next album The Now Now and a shocking addition to the lineup of the animated band. Then it’s lights, camera, action as the boys find themselves in the year 2033 with no cable television, no celebrities, and no water — only the 1995 film adaptation of Jamie Hewlett’s cult favorite comic strip Tank Girl. It may have “tanked” in theaters, but does the movie deserve its reputation as a massive flop? Lock up your sons, tune in, and find out!

After giving Trevor a few weeks to log off from the Annotated Fall, everyone’s favorite monkeyz reconvene to crack the conspiracies surrounding the imminent sixth Gorillaz album and review the band’s new song with Kali Uchis. Next, our hosts are joined by a special guest for a trip down memory lane and a roundtable discussion of Vince Staple’s 2016 sophomore LP, Big Fish Theory. Sounds like the show’s gonna need a bigger boat!

After attending a drunken coronation at the 2018 Brit Awards, Dillon and Trevor honor the late Captain Mark E. Smith by trying to review a record by his band the Fall – only to find themselves enlisted in a musical cult in service of the most chaotic evil fascist lunatic this side of Murdoc Niccals. Fortunately, the local devotees are a friendly lot, or at least a well-informed one. With a little help, the boys just might be able to learn what it’s like to live in the wonderful and frightening world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall.

Dillon and Trevor check in on the Gorillaz TV show before experiencing a devastating chocolate attack from De La Soul. Their debut album is trippy, it’s original, it’s fearless, but how many feet high and rising is it? (Hint: it’s a magic number)

After taking a moment to mourn the passing of a legendary and beloved member of the Gorillaz family, Dillon and Trevor loosen their belts and chow down on “Viva! La Woman”, a peculiar record by an eccentric duo known as Cibo Matto. These boys might know their chicken, but have they got the stomach for a surreal dinner with Miho Hatori?