Mon Jun 20 2011 by Becky Bain
While discussing his upcoming Absolut-sponsored documentary
Distilled with
Us Weekly, Cee Lo Green let it slide that he's teaming back up with Danger Mouse for a new Gnarls Barkley release. "There is a new Gnarls Barkley album coming out!" he told the mag. "I would hope it would break more grounds. Knowing the nature of the space that we shared I am pretty sure it will be somewhat similar." Crazy! Take a peek at
Distilled below while you try and count all the projects currently on Cee Lo's To Do list.
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Thu Apr 21 2011 by Robbie Daw
It seems NBC is looking to set its upcoming singing talent competition
The Voice apart from its competitors by showcasing the judges' own vocal chops. In a new promo clip,
Abbey Walk Of Fame honoree Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton belt out "Crazy"—a 2006 hit for Green via Gnarls Barkley—in front of an audience. And it's pretty impressive! Watch below.
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Mon Dec 7 2009 by Becky Bain
Billboard’s stats nerds have come with their own take on the high and low points of the decade: the music industry trade mag named Daniel Powter, singer of American Idol fail theme “Bad Day,” as the biggest One-Hit Wonder of the last ten years, while on the other end of the spectrum, Usher topped Billboard’s hit list as the artist with the most number ones of the Noughties. The hit-maker (and TV home-builder) took seven songs to the top spot on the Billboard’s Hot 100 in the last decade, and he didn’t even need the full ten years to do it: his bouncy classic “U Remind Me” ranked No. 1 in 2001, and beat-recycling smash “Love in This Club” peaked at the top in 2008. That’s definitely a reason for Usher to celebrate something other than his divorce. And hey, Daniel Powter’s name is being mentioned again for the first time in three years, so that dude’s probably breaking out the champagne right about now.
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Mon Nov 23 2009 by Becky Bain
You already know the end of the year/decade will bring no shortage of best-of lists from perfectly nice people who still think it’s all about the Strokes or Neko Case. But the most interesting decade-in-review feature we’ve seen yet isn’t a countdown—it’s just a smart look back at the biggest hits of the decade by the whiz kids over at NPR.
For the last two weeks, the music crew that puts together NPR’s Song of the Day segment, has taken a smart look back at the best and brightest in pop smashes from the aughts – one song and one year at a time. Check out their ten picks for the songs that summed up the 00’s, complete with a brief write-up (full song-by-song analysis can be seen at the source). Apologies to those with an aversion to Britney Spears and Idol alumni: this just wasn’t your time. More »
Wed Dec 31 2008 by Michaelangelo Matos
What were the 80 most important musical recordings, artists, trends, events, and performances of 2008? What were the eight things this year that broke our hearts—or, at least, our ears? We’re happy to announce 80 ‘08 (and Heartbreak), Idolator’s year-end overview. The list is below the jump.
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ABBA,
Alphabeat,
American Idol,
Andrew W.K.,
Arnel Pineda,
Be Your Own Pet,
Beyonce,
Black Sabbath,
Britney Spears,
carl wilson,
Celine Dion,
Coachella,
Courtney Love,
David Archuleta,
David Cook,
Dean Wareham,
dj k-swift,
DJ Koze,
Elvis Costello,
Erykah Badu,
Estelle,
Fall Out Boy,
Fred Schneider,
Game,
Gary Brolsma,
Gaslight Anthem,
Girl Talk,
Gnarls Barkley,
Guns N Roses,
Ida Maria,
James Brown,
Jamey Johnson,
Jarvis Cocker,
Jay-Z,
Jenny Lewis,
Jonas Brothers,
Journey,
Juliana Hatfield,
Justin Moore,
Kanye West,
Kid Rock,
Kings Of Leon,
Kompakt,
Larry Norman,
Lil Wayne,
Lily Allen,
Lloyd,
M.I.A.,
Madonna,
Mamma Mia,
Mariah Carey,
Mary J. Blige,
Max Martin,
MBV,
Miley Cyrus,
Monotonix,
Nine Inch Nails,
Of Montreal,
Optimo,
Paramore,
Perez Hilton,
Pete Wentz,
Portishead,
Prince,
Pussycat Dolls,
R. Kelly,
Radiohead,
Rick Astley,
Rihanna,
Santogold,
Scott Weiland,
Sheryl Crow,
Slipknot,
Solange Knowles,
Sonseed,
Stone Temple Pilots,
T-Pain,
T.I.,
The Raconteurs,
The Wire,
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Trent Reznor,
TV On The Radio,
Velvet Revolver,
Wye Oak,
YouTube
Wed Dec 17 2008 by Maura
Radiohead’s “gotcha!” release of In Rainbows last year had something of a ripple effect on artists who also appeal to that band’s tech-savvy, sorta-into-paying-for-music fanbase. Jack White’s other band, The Raconteurs, played with the idea of bringing back the “event record” by shortening the period between announcement and release first, when they announced that their second album Consolers Of The Lonely would be available a week following its announcement. “We wanted to get this record to fans, the press, radio, etc., all at the EXACT SAME TIME so that no one has an upper hand on anyone else regarding it’s availability, reception or perception,” the [sic]-ly release said. Of course, this didn’t stop the damn thing from leaking anyway. (And it was all iTunes’ fault!)
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Thu Jul 24 2008 by Maura
Sure, Gnarls Barkley’s video for “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” brings together overwrought breakup conversations and singing internal organs in such a way that one wonders when the wordily bloody genre of “mumblegore” is going to begin plaguing film festivals around the world. But friend of Idolator Reed Fischer noted a curious resemblance between the clip and a scene from one of my all-time most favorite movies, and I figured sharing the clip with all of you would brighten up this too-lovely-to-be-inside Thursday:
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Thu Apr 17 2008 by Maura
Gnarls Barkley’s The Odd Couple was supposed to hit stores last week, but then Internet leakers ruined the duo’s carefully calibrated promotional strategy and forced Downtown Records to push up the release of the album to mid-March. More »
Tue Apr 8 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
That Riches star/alt-country aspirant Minnie Driver could grab Ryan Adams and his Cardinals for her new album Seastories is no surprise. Liz Phair? Yeah, that’s pretty easy to picture. But when the NME announced that “members of Gnarls Barkley” would appear on the album, I was a little shocked. Isn’t that a little less-than-hip for Danger Mouse? Is Cee-Lo trying to break into the Triple-A market?
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Mon Mar 24 2008 by Maura
The new music-recommendation service Songkick–which sends out e-mail alerts to users when their favorite artists come to town, and uses a last.fm-like recommendation engine to tell its users about “similar artists” being out on tour–has developed a Battle Of The Bands application, which is sort of like Googlefight with the added nebulousness of using data from MySpace (like number of friends and number of song streams added per week) and Amazon. We put it to the test with three artists who have recently made headlines by using the Internet as part of their distribution strategy, and the results may surprise you:
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