Riding Shotgun with Goodie Mob: A Photo Essay
Mere days before the genre-defining Atlanta hip-hop act Goodie Mob reunited for its show at Atlanta's Masquerade Park, members of the press were invited to join Cee-Lo, Khujo, T-Mo and Big Gipp for a public transit bus tour... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Boys are Back in Town: Goodie Mob's Reunion Show
Back before Cee-Lo graced the cover of this very magazine, way before he drove us "Crazy", there was Goodie Mob (the Good Die Mostly Over Bullshit)... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VStop Covering These Ten Songs
We’ve got nothing against cover songs. In fact, we love a good unexpected cover. But certain songs should be retired after a couple hundred versions. We hereby declare a moratorium on covering the following ten songs.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPaste's Signs of Spring Playlist: Running
There are many signals that usher in the changing of the seasons (celestial equinoxes, changing sleeve lengths, authoritative groundhogs), but the big tell will always be the absence or presence of outdoor exercisers. Here at Paste, we can tell it's springtime, not from the pollen that covers Atlanta in a frustrating yellow layer, but rather the spandex-clad runners who fill the sidewalks and our side-view mirrors. Atlantan runners, joggers and walkers serve a dual purpose: They remind us that the chill is over and that it's never to late to start that New Year's resolution. Then again, they could just... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistCauses 2 features LCD, Gnarls, MMJ, Decemberists and more
The follow-up to Causes 1 and the second installment of Waxploitation's ongoing Darfur benefit series, Causes 2 will be released on May 5. The album features rare tracks by Devendra Banhart, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem and Gnarls Barkley.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSundance 2009: Music Round-Up
Cee-Lo is best known by hipsters these days as the vocal half o Justin Nozuka Justin Nozuka is a name that you will be hearing a lot in the coming months. A Canadian of Japanese and American descent who’s still just 19 years old, he comes across as a bizarre blend of Michael Jackson and Jeff Buckley...in a good way. His set at Tatou was a stunner, and certainly a harbinger of great things to come. Nozuka has a gift of being sensitive without cloying, pleading without whining. His vocals have a beautifully immediate quality; there’s no artifice to be... read more
Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Film FestivalGnarls Barkley to release Who's Gonna Save My Soul EP
Gnarls Barkley will release the Who's Gonna Save My Soul EP on Nov. 11, with four different versions of the celebrated song, originally off the duo's most-recent album, The Odd Couple. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAustin City Limits 2008 - Day 3
[Above: Tristan Prettyman]Photos taken at Austin City Limits by Rob Inderrieden... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSlow Food Rocks in Saaan Fraaancisco
Lucky ol' Paste journeyed out to within view of the Golden Gate Bridge for the inaugural Slow Food Rocks music festival this past weekend. After all, we were the official magazine of the fest, part of the Slow Food Nation event going on next door, and it featured a delicious lineup inlcluding Gnarls Barkley, The New Pornographers, Ozomatli, Phil Lesh & Friends, John Butler Trio and G-Love & Special Sauce. Festivalgoers enjoyed organic foods and wines plus 8 different beers from Paste-approved breweries Lagunitas (you gotta try their Farmhouse Saison) & Sierra Nevada. But the main event was the music... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusLive Review: Janelle Monae and Gnarls Barkley @ Variety Playhouse 8/11/08
On August 11, Atlanta hosted a combo of musicians who are not only reshaping the city's increasingly diverse music scene, but dismantling preconceptions of popular music as a whole. Gnarls Barkley returned home for a sold-out crowd at Variety Playhouse and, on the eve of her national debut on Bad Boy Records (a extended version of the Metropolis: Suite I she's been selling independently), Janelle Monae teed them up.... read more
Found in: Local:Atlanta
Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone?…
