TAG: Gnarls Barkley

Feb07

Jack White & Danger Mouse :: “Two Against One” (MP3)

You knew Jack White wasn’t going to stay quiet following the news of The White Stripes splitting up last week. Hell, the fallow years leading up the duo’s split were some of White’s most prolific, with The Raconteuers and The Dead Weather releasing no less than three albums since the Stripes unintended swan song, 2007′s Icky Thump. So it’s little surprise to hear White pop up on this new project by cross-genre producer Danger Mouse, whose studio pairing have ranged from hit making with Damon Albarn (as Gorillaz) and Cee-Lo (as Gnarls Barkley) to more oblique work with David Lynch and Sparklehorse.

“Two Against One” finds White contributing vocals to Danger Mouse’s latest collaboration with Italian composer Daniele Luppi under the name Rome. It’s quiet yet foreboding acoustic melodramatic sound is exactly the sort of song we like to hear White over when the guitars aren’t wailing.

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Nov12

Cee-Lo’s Private Performance at The W NYC (Video)

I busted my ass last night to get up to Manhattan in time for this nice little soiree Cee-Lo and company hosted at The W Hotel to celebrate Tuesday’s release of The Lady Killer. After consuming my fair share of free drinks and waiting around with the photographers for James Woods to stop circling the block and (presumably) blazing up, the lights dimmed, curtains raised, and Cee-Lo Green busted out key selections from his back catalogue before running through the better part of the new album. His performance of my favorite cut from it is down bottom. “Bright Lights Bigger City,” “Fool For You,” and “Fuck You” are all after the jump.

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Nov10

Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer (Review)

Cee-Lo Green

The Lady Killer

Released by Elektra/Atlantic


His second album was called Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine. Now that I've got the chance to hear his latest, something tells me that perhaps it might have been more appropriate to save that title for this release. That isn't to say that the current title isn't fitting in it's own right. In fact, The Lady Killer almost actually warrants the classification of a concept album. Right off the bat, Cee-Lo's soothing voice quickly turns sinister on the intro as he growls, "when it comes to ladies, I have ...
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Nov01

Vote Yes On Prop 19 :: Twelve Songs About Weed

Tomorrow, California residents will take to the polls and push the lever on a historic ballot initative, Prop 19, that could legalise the sale, possesion and taxation of marijuana for personal use for anyone over the age of 21. And while Prop 19 is currently behind in the polls thanks to a well-funded push by corporate interests (booze, phamacutical) who will win if the measure loses, we at URB are wholey behind the sensible legalization of marijuana. So we’ve assembled a list of some of our favorite songs that pay tribute to Mary Jane. Please enjoy, and pass it around to your friends. If you live in California, PLEASE get out and vote for Prop 19. And if you don’t live in Cali, get out and vote anyways. …MORE

Oct11

Broken Bells @ The Wiltern 10/06/10 (Review)

While I’ve already seen Broken Bells twice before their show on Wednesday 10/06 at the legendary Wiltern in LA, their live performances have always had a particular experiential magic to them, something which I have found special enough to draw me to their performances time and time again. Broken Bells, comprised of James Mercer (of The Shins) and Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), released their self-titled debut album back in March and have been playing shows all across the country, including (albeit secretly) at festivals such as SXSW. The quality of their artistry is undeniable, and their small yet profound body of work gives them accessibility not true for bands with much larger and more thorough discographies. Broken Bells’ novelty stems primarily from their imaginative instrumentation and genre-pushing collaborative work in which, in addition to the group …

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