Gnarls Barkley

No, You Should Not Move Your Rinky-Dink Band to L.A. To Make It

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Music Picks: Eagle Rock Festival, New Order, Madonna

Erykah Badu - The Wiltern - 12/8/11

​See also: Erykah Badu Responds to D.O.C., Speaks On Their Private Life Together Erykah Badu The Wiltern 12/8/11 From landmark debut Baduizm -- which helped defined the neo-soul movement -- to the more recent electronic and hip-hop inspired material created with producers Madlib, 9th Wonder ... More >>

Top Ten Bands Who Need To Reunite, NOW

Nope, this doesn't count​Last week, we discussed ten bands who ruined their legacy by reuniting. Don't get the wrong idea, though -- we're not complete haters. And so, here are the groups we'd like to see put together one last reunion tour. Note: We're only talking about bands with all of thei ... More >>

Music Picks: Tinariwen, Colbie Caillat, A.R. Rahman, Best Coast

Also, Monopoly, David Bazan, Gravespawn and others

Who Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present

Who Really Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present

Here it is! Cee-Lo's Official Video for "Fuck You!"

​A couple of weeks after the "lyrics" video for Cee-Lo's "Fuck You!" became a viral sensation (and he started selling t-shirts), the Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley vocal genius drops his official video for the song. Controversy-bait alert: it features children lip-synching the chorus. Here it is, ... More >>

Cee-Lo Now Selling "Fuck You!" T-Shirts, Rush-Releasing Digital Single

http://www.ceelogreen.comCee-Lo sez FU​Cee-Lo Green is no fool. After going mega-viral with a lyrics-only YouTube video for his song "Fuck You!," the Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley vocalist has now released the soul jam himself as a digital download through his website. Cee-lo is giving you t ... More >>

"Fuck You," the New Single by Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo Revives Jackie Wilson/Otis Redding Era Soul

Repeat after Cee-Lo: "Fuck Youuuuuuuuu"​ A lyrics video for Cee-Lo's upcoming single "Fuck You" reveals the Gnarls Barkley singer trying to revive old-school Jackie Wilson/Otis Redding soul, with a little touch of ELO at the end. It's a triumph and it could be this year's "Hey Ya!" Enjoy the ... More >>

Show Choirs Rock

Maestro! Film Composers (and One Director) Speak About Ennio Morricone's Impact

Legendary composer has still never played L.A.

A Mouse, A Sparklehorse and A Lynch

Los Angeles Film Festival: I Want My MTV

Fest’s music-video showcase takes things back to basics

The Great Music Save: Dark Night of the Soul Opens at Michael Kohn Gallery

Untitled (Little Girl #2) David Lynch, 2009Last Saturday's Dark Night of the Soul opening at LA's Michael Kohn Gallery, featuring the work of David Lynch, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, wasn't just the hot event ticket of the weekend, it was one of the greatest save's in music history.

Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Posts Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them?

Weiss' 50 Best Albums of the Year (#40-31) (Sponsored By Crystal Pepsi)

If you're going to drink one clear cola this year, make it Crystal Pepsi. Please.40. No Age-Nouns (Sub Pop) Face it, *Nouns* is this decade's *Let it Be* (The Replacements, not The Beatles): A ragtag posse of scruffy dudes sonically illustrating their homes with spectacular tunes and pure passi ... More >>

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2: Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol, Scott Weiland, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie, Paramore, The Killers, The Cure

By Siran Babayan (All photos by Timothy Norris. Click images for entire KROQ slideshow.) In my worst nightmare, the Cure would be upstaged by Kanye West. Yes, the two would share a bill; West making a surprise appearance and leaving the crowd in a frenzy, the Cure headlining the show and making ... More >>

Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?

Four on the floor

TLG and Augor on Pico

Photos by Timothy Norris When Timothy Norris isn't shooting pictures of Gnarls Barkley, or airplanes that go into outer space for LA Weekly and other places, he sometimes comes across cool graffiti in L.A. (Photos by Timothy Norris)

Live in L.A.: Gnarls Barkley, Fallou Dieng and Deerhoof at the Hollywood Bowl

Deerhoof, Fallou Dieng and Gnarls Barkley at the Hollywood Bowl, July 27

Deerhoof, Fallou Dieng and Gnarls Barkley, Hollywood Bowl, July 27 Photos by Timothy Norris (Click here for more photos from the show.) Rhythm wrestled with rock last night at the Hollywood Bowl in a perfectly programmed bill that showcased three different notions on the interplay among percussio ... More >>

The Knux-"Bang! Bang!"

Since it's rare that I post something that hasn't already been shared by at least a half dozen other blogs, the fact that I've got the new Knux single first has me running around my apartment doing my Best DJ Clue impression. Granted, there are probably a few other places the song has already appe ... More >>

Rock Picks: Rupa & the April Fishes, Gnarls Barkley, Emmylou Harris

Also, Black Kids, Chromeo, Alejandro Escovedo

Youssou N’Dour Cancels Hollywood Bowl Gig, Senegalese Singer Fallou Dieng Steps Up

This just in from the Hollywood Bowl PR: Youssou N’Dour, who was scheduled to appear on the KCRW World Festival series at the Hollywood Bowl on July 27, 2008, has been forced to cancel his upcoming U.S. tour due to unanticipated schedule conflicts. N’Dour is replaced by Senegalese singer Fallo ... More >>

Danger Dude Without Borders

Jeff Antebi

Record Reviews: Gnarls Barkley, Evangelista, No Age, Destroyer

Also, The Knux, Ghost on the Highway, The Little Ones

Portishead mow us down

Portishead's newly unveiled song, "Machine Gun," rubs your face in change. The mood has shifted from something sexy to something claustrophobic, industrial -- it's dark as in deadly rather than dark as in Eliot Spitzer.

Endangered Radio

. . . Is Good is really good, but are its days numbered?

’Stache Box

And Falcon Fest

West London Calling

The Good, the Bad & the Queen’s superstar serenade

Grammy Shmammy

The Vest of the Grammys

Grammy fashion, supposedly, is "anything goes" – an opportunity to let your freak flag fly, get a little rock 'n' roll, show some skin, etc. But the looks on display last night - with the exceptions of a wonderfully courageous Imogen Heap who dressed, I think, as a tree? and OK Go, who perso ... More >>

Jan. 26, 2007

The End of Murder by David Zahniser

The Gospel According to Cee-Lo

The poet of Gnarls Barkley reveals the broken-but-beating heart of an unlikely hit

How Shit Be

Freestyle riffs & ruminations on black music and pop culture at the dawn of 2007

Oohlas-la!

Oops! Year-Ended Again!

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King

Rock Picks

For the week of December 28 - January 4

Rock PIcks

For the week of December 7 - 14

A Whole Lotta Whoop-De-Do

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Get Loose 2 It

Republic of Loose at the Troubadour

Vegas in the E.R.

GNARLS BARKLEY at Avalon, July 23

Music Picks

For the week of July 20 - 27

Kids in the Mall

Music

Dress Us Up in Your Love

Clusterfucked

Puttin' the Hella in Coachella

A festivalgoer’s diary

Gnarls Barkley, the Beauty of Being Blunt, and the Poppy Lips Battle the Apocalypse

Of Mice and Gorillaz

Panoramic producer Danger Mouse orchestrated some of 2005’s most memorable moments. He’s just warming up