Gnarls, Thievery Corp. on ACL Sat. Nite

You must be crazy if you miss this broadcast...

By Blurt Staff

Live, from Texas, it's Austin City Limits! Okay, so the shows are pretaped, sue the producers. This week's a corker, however, so while we try to shy away from plugging individual teevee shows - we do have our daily and weekend "Channel Guide" listings on the BLURT site - we'd be remiss if we didn't tip you to the news that Gnarls Barkley and the Thievery Corporation will be frammin' on the jim-jam on ACL this week (most PBS affiliates broadcast on Saturday nights, but check local listings as always).

 "Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse almost epitomize the title of their second CD, The Odd Couple," said ACL producer Terry Lickona, in a statement. "Cee-Lo brings a devilish sense of humor to the ACL stage but quickly establishes some serious r&b cred with his powerful vocals.  Last summer's anthem ‘Crazy' gets the whole room singing along.... Thievery Corporation continues to re-invent electronic music. This show is a swirl of genres, theatrics and special guests that never ceases to surprise."

(Fourteen performers accompanied Thievery Corporation's Eric Garza and Rob Hilton for this special ACL performance including Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor Seu George, who provides, according to Lickona "a new school electro-samba interlude, if you know what I mean.")

To view or link to clips from each artist performing on this week's show please visit: http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/

More ACL incoming: Foo Fighters (1/17), Manu Chao (1/24),  Nick Lowe / Swell Season (1/31), Drive-by Truckers / Ryan Bingham (2/7), Sarah McLachlan / Duffy (2/14).