Regardless of how you feel about Damon Albarn's "virtual band," Gorillaz, it's hard to argue that fact that they're always interesting even when they fall short of being good. Their new album, Plastic Beach, is due out March 9 via Virgin Records, but you can stream it in it's entirety now thanks to NPR.

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This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2010.