New Beck - "Gamma Ray {Pocket Mix}"

Mixmaster Richard Jankovich (aka Pocket) last splashed through these pages with a stunning reworking of Radiohead's Björk cover "Unravel" -- as impressive for its electronic undercurrents and slickly creating a virtual Thom/Björk duet as for its turn around time (just...  CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "GAMMA RAY {POCKET MIX}"»

Posted on August 26, 2008 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jay Reatard | Pocket

Outside Lands 2008 In Photos

This weekend San Francisco hosted the first-ever Outside Lands Festival. We're still nursing hangovers from a long summer of fests, so in our stead we sent Heather of I Am Fuel You Are Friends to take it in, and take...  CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2008 IN PHOTOS»

Posted on August 25, 2008 in Concert (20 comments)
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Jay Reatard Covers "Gamma Ray" On New Beck Single

Cool American garage punk Jay Reatard put his lo-fi imprint on ghostly Modern Guilt tune "Gamma Ray" for the UK version of the single. It's out today. You can hear a short preview here. In related Reatard news, the pre-order...  CONTINUE READING JAY REATARD COVERS "GAMMA RAY" ON NEW BECK SINGLE»

Posted on August 11, 2008 (10 comments)
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New Beck - "Vampire Voltage No. 6"

This b-side to the "Chemtrails" 7" is born of the very same, psychy Modern Guilt sessions as its a-side, but the last minute sounds more like the '60s beloved by Black Mountain than the '60s revisited by Dan Snaith. It...  CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "VAMPIRE VOLTAGE NO. 6"»

Posted on July 22, 2008 in MP3 (9 comments)
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New Beck Video - "Orphans"

This second video from Modern Guilt doesn't add much in the way of exciting visuals. It's black and white, Beck and his rhythm section performing the heavy album opener in a lonely white room. No cameo from Miss Chan Marshall,...  CONTINUE READING NEW BECK VIDEO - "ORPHANS"»

Posted on July 21, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: Beck | Cat Power | Danger Mouse

New Beck Video - "Gamma Ray"

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

Premature Evaluation: Beck - Modern Guilt

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 (58 comments)
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Beck Releases "Gamma Ray" Video

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)
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New Beck - "Orphans," "Gamma Ray"

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

Beck's Modern Guilt Video Trailer

"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)
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Beck's Modern Guilt Album Art & Tracklist

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 (42 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse

New Beck - "Modern Guilt" (Live @ The Echo)

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)
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Sonic Latte

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)
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New Beck - "Chemtrails"

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 (34 comments)
Tags: Beck | Danger Mouse

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)
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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»

Posted on April 15, 2008 (30 comments)
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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 (52 comments)
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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.

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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»

Posted on January 14, 2008 in MP3 (5 comments)
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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»

Posted on October 9, 2007 (51 comments)
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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