I didn’t really notice last week what with all the despair, but music is turning around! After my complaints about the early ’00s, things are getting back to where I like it: Extremely metal. That’s right, 40 percent of this week’s list is face-melting heavy metal. So if you…

Gnarls Barkley, courtesy. This story originally appeared in the Oakland Tribune. After a wildly successful debut album and insanely popular single, it’s no surprise that many fans expected an even crazier follow-up from Gnarls Barkley. That is, everyone except the Atlanta duo — soul singer/rapper Cee-Lo and multi-instrumentalist Danger…