Beck & Danger Mouse Create Modern Guilt, Bring Cat Power Along

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

Austin City Limits 2008 Gets Foos, Fogerty

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»

There's A Reason You Can't Make Sense Of Beck's Lyrics

As our favorite Hansen confesses to Rolling Stone: It's because there's no sense to be made. Via NME:The star admits that many songs ... featured ... lines the star recorded during initial recordings of the songs to fill in blanks,... CONTINUE READING THERE'S A REASON YOU CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF BECK'S LYRICS»

Posted on February 8, 2008 (53 comments)
Tags: Beck

Rare Beck Error Card MINT

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?

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Posted on January 31, 2008 (2 comments)

PZ of Two Ton Sloth Mashes Grizzly Bear, Ghostface, Beck

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»

Video Hangover: Beck - "Sexx Laws"

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 (12 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jack Black

The White Stripes Take Beck Bullfighting

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

Nigel Godrich Joins Beck Onstage During "Secret Show" @ Echoplex, Los Angeles 11/25/07

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 White Fights A Bull, White Stripes Make B-Sides With Beck

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

NBC's Chuck Is Trying Really Hard To Woo You And According To The Ratings, It's Not Working

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»

Not The New Beck Video - "Timebomb"

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 | Cut Off Your Hands | Laurie Anderson | of Montreal

Art, Love, Death, 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

New Beck - "Timebomb"

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

MTVu's Woodies Awards 2006

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 | mtvU Woodie Awards | TV On The Radio

Album Covers Are So In Right Now

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

Beck @ Angel Orensanz Center, NYC 10/22/06

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)
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An Evening With Beck And Friends

This Sunday, acoustic in NYC. Here's the information:An Evening with Beck and Friends Sunday October 22nd Doors: 6pm Show: 7pm Angel Orensanz Foundation 172 Norfolk St (between Houston and Stanton). New York, NY 10002Tix on sale tomorrow at noon EST... CONTINUE READING AN EVENING WITH BECK AND FRIENDS»

Posted on October 18, 2006 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Beirut | Conan O'Brien | Norm MacDonald

New Beck Video - "Cell Phone's Dead"

Someone finally gave Beck a budget! And Michel Gondry! While there are no furries in this mesmerizing black and white clip for "Cell Phone's Dead," we finally get the answer to the question "If Beck were a Transformer, what would... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK VIDEO - "CELL PHONE'S DEAD"»

Posted on October 18, 2006 (8 comments)
Tags: Beck | team9

Watch The Information's Videos (But Those Stickers Ain't Welcome)

Beck's evil scheme to entice consumers into buying his record includes offering a bonus DVD of home-made videos for each of The Information's fifteen tracks, and a bunch of stickers so fans can personalize the record's cover. Although not DVD... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE INFORMATION'S VIDEOS (BUT THOSE STICKERS AIN'T WELCOME)»

Posted on October 5, 2006 (9 comments)
Tags: Beck

New Beck - "Dark Star" (TV On The Radio Remix) ... And Stickers!

Stream it! WIN MEDIA | REAL You can get Sitek's version if you buy The Information on iTunes. It comes with videos of every song too. But not stickers. ... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "DARK STAR" (TV ON THE RADIO REMIX) ... AND STICKERS!»

Posted on October 3, 2006 (11 comments)
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New Beck - "This Girl That I Know," "Inside Out"

Two great new songs are streaming (in silly video form) at beck.com. The Information is out today, but these funky new tunes aren't on it. They're bonuses for Japan. Anyway, we think you clever guys and gals will find a... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "THIS GIRL THAT I KNOW," "INSIDE OUT"»

Posted on October 3, 2006 (12 comments)
Tags: Beck

Strange Information

Still mulling over the new Beck album. It's solid throughout, though we don't hear a funky grand slam along the lines of "Devil's Haircut" or "Mixed Bizness." Curiously, The Information was hyped as a "hip-hop album." (It's not.) But Beck's... CONTINUE READING STRANGE INFORMATION»

Posted on September 28, 2006 (17 comments)
Tags: Beck

New Beck Video - "No Complaints"

For those keeping track, this is the 4th 6th 8th (?) lo-fi viral video from the forthcoming Information. Are we worried that all these promo clips will tire us of Beck before the album's out? Not a chance when the... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK VIDEO - "NO COMPLAINTS"»

Posted on September 18, 2006 (7 comments)
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Beck Visits Chicago, NYC

Make your way to where the puzzles and pagans lay... Chicago 10/14: Internet Presale 6 PM EST. New York 10/18: On sale 4 PM EST.... CONTINUE READING BECK VISITS CHICAGO, NYC»

Posted on September 14, 2006 (9 comments)
Tags: Beck | Eagles Of Death Metal | Jessica Simpson