We've been pretty upfront about liking Beck's Modern Guilt. One of our favorite tracks is the darkly upbeat "Gamma Ray," which pairs a ghostly background vocal echo with a sort of thwapping groove. The surrealistic video for the song --... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK VIDEO - "GAMMA RAY"»
Posted on July 10, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse
It's been some time since we learned Modern Guilt, Beck Hansen's eighth album, would be some sort of psych rock minimalist '60s trip with Danger Mouse. Since then, we've gotten a look at the old-school jazz/Blue Note-style cover art and... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: BECK - MODERN GUILT»
Posted on July 3, 2008 in Premature Evaluation (57 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse
And in order to watch it, alls you need to do is preorder Modern Guilt at iTunes. If you watch (or happen to dig up an embed link) while we're uh, trying to find the credit card, let us know.... CONTINUE READING BECK RELEASES "GAMMA RAY" VIDEO»
Posted on June 27, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Beck
All signs point to Beck and Danger Mouse pulling a stealth release of Modern Guilt. All signs also point to Modern Guilt being the album to restore faith in Beck's untouchable changeling abilities. Danger and Hansen have been talking psych... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "ORPHANS," "GAMMA RAY"»
Posted on June 24, 2008 (17 comments)
Tags: Beck | Cat Power | Danger Mouse
"Conceived, created and even edited with 100% creative input from Beck every step of the way, the Modern Guilt trailer is equal parts video mixtape and black and white montage that recalls classic film works from Warhol to Klein to... CONTINUE READING BECK'S MODERN GUILT VIDEO TRAILER»
Posted on June 23, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Beck
Beck's been garnering a number of Caribou references for Modern Guilt's "Chemtrails." Then, just a couple of days ago, he performed the lilting, '60s-evoking title track at L.A.'s Echo. Now the Danger Moused Modern Guilt finally has an official release... CONTINUE READING BECK'S MODERN GUILT ALBUM ART & TRACKLIST»
Posted on June 12, 2008 in Album Art, Tour Dates (41 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse
Last night Beck did in L.A. what he loves to do in L.A., hitting the Echo (or, Echoplex) for a "secret show" and work through some rarities -- in this case, stuff from the out-any-day-now Modern Guilt. According to LA... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "MODERN GUILT" (LIVE @ THE ECHO)»
Posted on June 10, 2008 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Beck
We all like to listen to Daydream Nation while sipping skinny mochas at the local Starbucks. Of course we do. Making that guilty pleasure a little bit easier, 14 celebrities of various stripes each chose a SY track for a... CONTINUE READING SONIC LATTE»
Posted on May 22, 2008 in Tour Dates (50 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Beck | Catherine Keener | Chloë Sevigny | Dave Eggers | David Cross | Eddie Vedder | Gus Van Sant | Michelle Willams | Mike Watt | Portia de Rossi | Radiohead | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Sonic Youth | The Flaming Lips
All signs and sources point to Beck dropping his feverishly anticipated Modern Guilt LP in rushed, Raconteurs style. As reported, the album features the inaugural studio partnership between Beck and Danger Mouse, a Cat Power vocal, and according to the... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "CHEMTRAILS"»
Posted on May 19, 2008 (33 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse
From Black Keys to his own Gnarls B, Danger Mouse has been plenty busy. As previously suggested, his next high profile knob-turning job is Beck's 10th album Modern Guilt. RockDaily has the details: "It was the most intensive work I've... CONTINUE READING BECK & DANGER MOUSE CREATE MODERN GUILT, BRING CAT POWER ALONG»
Posted on May 12, 2008 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Cat Power | Danger Mouse
With all the new summer music events vying for your attention, we understand if you've got festival announcement burnout. Consider adding ACL to your wish list, though, as they've just announced a ton of great bands who'll be visiting Zilker... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 2008 GETS FOOS, FOGERTY»
Posted on April 15, 2008 (30 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Beck | David Byrne | Foo Fighters | John Fogerty | Manu Chao | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | The Mars Volta | The Raconteurs
As our favorite Hansen confesses to Rolling Stone: It's because there's no sense to be made. Via ... CONTINUE READING THERE'S A REASON YOU CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF BECK'S LYRICS»
Posted on February 8, 2008 (52 comments)
Tags: Beck
From the PR folks working that terrific Odelay reissue we never got a chance to mention:
The first pressing of the recent Odelay Deluxe Reissue was found to have gone out with unproofed lyrics that were taken from a lyrics website as place holders for layout purposes. Beck apologizes for this unfortunate oversight and is making arrangements for the corrected lyrics to be available gratis via Beck.com. Subsequent pressings of the Odelay Deluxe will also include the corrected lyrics.Internets are so unreliable. We've been singing the wrong words to "New Pollution" for a dozen years, though ... Why stop now?
Posted on January 31, 2008 (2 comments)
Grizzly Bear's "Knife"'s certainly received more than its share of the mash love. It's gotta be the most smashed and covered jam of '07, right? It's '08, but let's throw one more onto the pile: Radiohead masher PZ of the... CONTINUE READING PZ OF TWO TON SLOTH MASHES GRIZZLY BEAR, GHOSTFACE, BECK»
Posted on January 14, 2008 in MP3 (5 comments)
Tags: Beck | Ghostface Killah | Grizzly Bear | Percee P | PZ | Two Ton Sloth
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. This week: Beck's Prince fetish gets gloriously out of hand. CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: BECK - "SEXX LAWS"»
Posted on January 8, 2008 in Video, Video Hangover (11 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jack Black
Not literally. But as previously reported, the duo's "Conquest" single does include a trio of tunes produced by the midnite vulture himself. Currently, you can nab the "Conquest" single at iTunes USA or you can traipse to the band's MySpace... CONTINUE READING THE WHITE STRIPES TAKE BECK BULLFIGHTING»
Posted on December 12, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Beck | The White Stripes
Yesterday reader Dustin wrote in:Is this news? Last night at Beck’s show at the Echoplex in LA, Nigel Godrich played keyboards/laptop/whatchamacalits for the whole 90 minute set. Beck introduced him saying it was his first US stage performance, then Godrich... CONTINUE READING NIGEL GODRICH JOINS BECK ONSTAGE DURING "SECRET SHOW" @ ECHOPLEX, LOS ANGELES 11/25/07»
Posted on November 27, 2007 in Concert, Video (6 comments)
Tags: Beck | Nigel Godrich
Jack acted the gringo and Meg the one-eyed Mexican prostitute in the video for "Icky Thump" and continuing with that general vibe, he goes Hemmingway on us, playing a bullfighter in the new video for "Conquest." No word on what... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE FIGHTS A BULL, WHITE STRIPES MAKE B-SIDES WITH BECK»
Posted on November 14, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jack White | The White Stripes
Not watching Chuck? That's for the best, although the suits at NBC would be shocked and saddened to hear it, especially since they've decided their 40 Year Old Virgin-meets-The Bourne Ultimatum (but not as good as that sounds) comedy appears... CONTINUE READING NBC'S CHUCK IS TRYING REALLY HARD TO WOO YOU AND ACCORDING TO THE RATINGS, IT'S NOT WORKING»
Posted on October 9, 2007 (51 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses | Beck | Chuck | Gomez | Spoon | Teddybears | The National | The New Pornographers | The Shins
Search a song name on YouTube and find yourself wading through an unwieldy list of fan-made track homages. It's nice that everybody wants to do their part to celebrate 'n' propagate a good track, but most of those uploads are... CONTINUE READING NOT THE NEW BECK VIDEO - "TIMEBOMB"»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Beck
No easy way to break into this tragic story first thing in the AM, but hey it involves music so pull up a chair morbid technophobes! Newsweek has a profile -- an extended, investigative obit of sorts -- about Theresa... CONTINUE READING ART, LOVE, DEATH, BECK»
Posted on September 5, 2007 (16 comments)
Tags: Beck
No plans for a full album, or a movie soundtrack, or anything, but Beck Hansen has given iTunes a week-long exclusive on his true single, "Timebomb." True single in that there are no b-sides, remixes, etc. We ponied up the... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "TIMEBOMB"»
Posted on August 21, 2007 (17 comments)
Tags: Beck
We left the dorms behind a little while back, so we've never even seen MTVu, but when invited to Roseland Ballroom for the station's annual Woodie Awards and told that TV On The Radio and Beck would perform, we said... CONTINUE READING MTVU'S WOODIES AWARDS 2006»
Posted on October 26, 2006 (44 comments)
Tags: 30 Seconds To Mars | Beck | Jared Leto | TV On The Radio
Some of our friends are telling us how the iTunes Cover Flow feature has reignited their interest in album art (and been the root of countless hours spent in pursuit of obscure album images). And we still still love looking... CONTINUE READING ALBUM COVERS ARE SO IN RIGHT NOW»
Posted on October 24, 2006 (47 comments)
Tags: Beck
A puppet-less Mr. Hansen and band treated the Lower East Side's best cathedral-inspired-synagogue concert hall to twenty-four songs last night, over an hour-and-a-half full of humor, a little broken-hearted folk, and some light-hearted fun. Beck was quick to announce that... CONTINUE READING BECK @ ANGEL ORENSANZ CENTER, NYC 10/22/06»
Posted on October 23, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: Beck
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