Pitchfork

From kooky Blur side project to full-blown multimedia force-- inspiring a "circus opera" and sharing an artist with a line of vibrators, no less-- it has been a strange journey for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz.

That journey will receive further documentation with the release of D-Sides, the band's second collection of B-sides, remixes, previously unreleased tracks, and general rarities (the first being 2002's G-Sides). Remixers featured on D-Sides include Hot Chip, DFA, Soulwax, Jamie T, and Metronomy. The collection will come in double-disc standard and deluxe editions, and will hit UK retailers via Parlophone on November 5 (the U.S. release follows the next day via Virgin).

Fans of comic-inspired high culture, don't forget that the aforementioned "circus opera," Monkey: Journey to the West, is playing at Paris' Théâtre de Chatelet from September 26-October 13.

D-Sides:

Disc one:

01 68 State
02 People
03 Hongkongaton
04 We Are Happy Landfill
05 Hong Kong
06 Highway (Under Construction)
07 Rockit
08 Bill Murray
09 The Swagga
10 Murdoc Is God
11 Spitting Out the Demons
12 Don't Get Lost in Heaven (Original Demo Version)
13 Stop the Dams

Disc two:

01 Dare (DFA Remix)
02 Feel Good Inc. (Stanton Warriors Remix)
03 Kids With Guns (Jamie T's Turns to Monsters Mix)
04 Dare (Soulwax Remix)
05 Kids With Guns (Hot Chip Remix)
06 El Mañana (Metronomy Remix)
07 Dare (Junior Sanchez Remix)
08 Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Years Remix)
09 Kids With Guns (Quiet Village Remix)