missing kissing
daily dos
fri 5/1/2009
Asher Roth and Cee-Lo's drip all over girls in bikinis in a new video, "Be By Myself."
choose your difficulty
daily dos
tue 12/16/2008
Beyonce, Gnarls Barkley, Radiohead and Weezer are a few of the artists featured in Spin Magazine's 20 Best Music Videos of 2008.
Akwid, Day26, Panic at the Disco and Ill Niño
the music press
tue 4/8/2008
- Akwid returns with La Novela, featuring guest appearances by Los Tucanes De Tijuana, "El Flaco" Elizalde and Voces Del Rancho. "It's the first Akwid album that contains explicit lyrics," observes La Vibra, which calls it "their most adventurous release yet." "This mix of grittiness and sophistication strikes just the right note," writes Billboard.com, "achieving cohesiveness despite a changing cast of guest acts."
- "Making The Band" act Day26 drops its self-titled debut. DJBooth.net asks: "Is this album truly the second coming of the Age of the Black Male Super Group? Not really, but it’s close enough to make me hopeful, and that’s going to have to be enough – for now." The Village Voice writes Day26 can "slow it down nicely," the group is "leaderless," leaving the vocals "sounding more crowded than harmonized."
- Emo rockers Panic at the Disco release their sophomore album, Pretty. Odd. "Like any growing emo band, Panic want to make a Seventies-style art-rock epic," chides Rolling Stone, noting the album "sounds cheerful, with a broad sense of humor." Entertainment Weekly agrees: "The band may occasionally outpace themselves in an eagerness to make a Big Important Record… but they succeed an impressive amount of the time."
- Latin nu-metal band Ill Niño delivers its fourth album, Enigma, after a five-year delay between releases. Tunelab Music thinks it was worth the wait: "The heavies are the heaviest Ill Niño has ever been, while the mellow moments are the band’s most serene and sultry." Rockfreaks.net can't help but enjoy it: "When the songs are as well written and executed… you tend to forget about the lack of originality."
Gnarls Barkley
whodat
thu 3/27/2008
Being known as the two "crazy" guys is something Gnarls Barkley had to own.
The electronic soul duo of vocalist Cee-Lo and producer Danger Mouse was almost written off as a one-hit wonder after their Grammy-winning single Crazy went from being the "little song that could" to the "little song that is getting on my nerves." But Gnarls Barkley silenced doubters with a second – though smaller – hit with Gone Daddy Gone, a playful Violent Femmes cover. And then their debut album, St. Elsewhere, went platinum.
Neither the bald and plump Cee-Lo nor the lanky and bearded Danger Mouse are new to the game. Cee-Lo developed his distinctive gospel growl in Goodie Mob, a critically-acclaimed Dirty South quartet which played second fiddle to OutKast for most of the '90s. Cee-Lo went solo in 2000, releasing two albums of left-field soul, funk and R&B: Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (2002) and Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine (2004). Danger Mouse famously "mashed-up" The Beatles and Jay-Z on The Grey Album before releasing The Mouse and The Mask with Dangerdoom and Demon Days with cartoon supergroup Gorillaz in 2005.
Known for performing live in costumes that reference pop culture, Gnarls Barkley say they'd rather be in the studio cranking out albums like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gnarls' new album, The Odd Couple, is heavily influenced by '60s music, as on the singles Going On and Run. The pair may never have another hit like "Crazy," but Danger Mouse insists the song's success won't overshadow their new material: “I think that ‘Crazy’ is gonna help people hear this album. You can’t be mad at ‘Crazy.’”
'burbed wire
daily dos
wed 3/5/2008
"Run," a new video by Gnarls Barkley featuring Justin Timberlake is not ready for television. The strobe effects in the video may trigger epileptic seizures.
you en eye t why
daily dos
wed 12/6/2006
New video from Gnarls Barkley, Go Go Gadget Gospel. (via Concrete Loop)
you en eye t why
daily dos
wed 12/6/2006
R. Kelly is casting for the next installment of Trapped in the Closet, his much-parodied "hip-hopera."
white socks
daily dos
fri 8/18/2006
One's for protection: If you're kicking it in the tour dressing rooms for Gnarls Barkley, expect to find Krispy Kremes, condoms and white socks. (via BestWeekEver)
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