NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been one of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2009 since it was first announced: "Dark Night of the Soul," a collaboration between the producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Black Keys) and critically acclaimed psych-rock act Sparklehorse (a.k.a. Mark Linkous). Because of unspecified legal issues with EMI, though, the project's ...

Rock music in 2008 was dominated by relics from the past, most returning with respectable albums: Guns 'n Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and, er, Coldplay. But there was better stuff to be found, even if it didn't, like "Chinese Democracy," take 17 years to create. With apologies ...

Seattle, Washington Forget the unwashed heroes of grunge ? in Seattle nowadays, everyone has a carefully groomed beard. The city is full of nouveaux folkies, all practising mandolin and three-part harmonies. Hirsute harmonisersFleet Foxes, Cave Singers, Band of Horses
Los Angeles, California Sure, LA has got plastic and peroxide but there are also the entrancing songs of Eleni Mandell and ...

What most people probably presumed was a one-off collaboration has produced a second album and appears to be going strong. What is it about your personalities and abilities that has made this jell so well? Cee-Lo: I enjoy working with Danger quite a bit. He's very charming; he's funny and very talented. We get along pretty good. And ...