Beck (Musician)

The 15 Best North Texas Releases of 2012

In a year when Kickstarter efforts have ballooned from humble requests to egocentric slaps in the face, the recording, funding and distribution of albums has taken on a different hue, as the chasm between what you can do "yourself" and what labels are offering gets wider and deeper. A few of the art ... More >>

The Oak Cliff Film Festival Puts Its Spotlight on Music Video

See also: Who's that girl in the Sarah Jaffe video? See also: It's Friday the 13th, watch this Angelus video See also: The premiere of Mind Spiders' "Wait For Us" I came across this video last night, for Beck's "Pay No Mind," which I hadn't seen in about 18 years. I remember watching it one bore ... More >>

Eels Keep Shedding Their Musical Skin

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

Oscar Snubbed: Five Reasons Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Shouldn't Have Gotten The Shaft

​There's a mild controversy buzzing around the Oscar nominations, which were announced this morning, on the old Twitterverse. Christopher Nolan, you see, didn't get a Best Director nod for his work on Inception, and everyone's up in arms about it.Honestly, though? From where we stand, the nominati ... More >>

My First Show: Drawn By Jaymz's James Porter Was Introduced To The Smell of Marijuana at a Crystal Gayle Show

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Drawn by Jaymz​When he hasn't been drumming for The Tah Dahs, The Happy Bullets, or his latest band, Dispo ... More >>

Jamie Lidell, Twin Shadow

Saturday, September 25, at the Granada Theater

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 17 revisited: Left/Right Delivers That Mix To Us, As Promised

​Two weeks back we featured Left/Right on our weekly DJ profile, DC9er. However, due to a busy schedule the DJ/producer wasn't able to send over an exclusive mix. Instead, he sent us an excellent mix that he'd already released. Well, this week, Left/Right sent along his new DC9-exclusive "Day M ... More >>

Today In Music News: Beck Covers Yanni, Katy Perry Is A Giver And Chris Brown Is A Faker

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2010...You gotta give Beck and his merry band of album coverers and "A" for effort on it's newest choice: Yanni's Live At The Acropolis.Nothing says "I love you mom" quite like buying her a face lift.What the what?! Chris Brown faked ... More >>

Download: Beck's Record Club Does INXS' Kick With St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes

We've linked to and posted video from Beck's most recent Record Club venture (covering INXS' Kick in its entirety) in the past, mostly because we think it's awesome, but also because we could--the local tie-in with St. Vincent, a Dallas native, participating in this project (alongside Beck, Liars an ... More >>

Watch: St. Vincent and Beck's Record Club Tackle INXS' "New Sensation"

When the powers of Dallas native Annie Clark (St. Vincent, duh), Beck, and members of Liars and Os Mutantes combine, they form Record Club, which, for the past few weeks, has been slowly leaking out videos of its efforts to cover INXS' Kick. The most recent video installment finds the musicians ine ... More >>

If You Ever Need Tony Romo to the Stage, Just Start Playing "Sweet Child o' Mine"

I never understood why Metal Skool (formerly Danger Kitty) once again changed its name to Steel Panther two years ago -- it was such the brand name already, thanks in large part to Special Guest Stars Kelly Clarkson and Jeremy Piven and Kelly Clarkson and Perry Farrell  and old Skooler Tony Rom ... More >>

How do we know whether Walt Disney was a Mexican? Maybe a little mouse told us.

The Great Tyrant

Beck

Modern Guilt (DGC)

Money $hot (CD release), Dirt & Earthy Vibes

Sunday, October 28, at Hailey's, Denton

So Very Beck-cellent!

My Trip

Prairie Beckons

Pain in the ACL

Beck

Guero (Interscope)

Badly Drawn Boy

November 18

Lowbrow, Meet Eyebrow

Between The Rock and a hard place, The Rundown isn't so bad

Grandaddy

Sumday (V2)

The Flaming Lips and Starlight Mints

June 10

Turin Brakes

Ether Song (Astralwerks)

Far From Happy

The year's best featured plenty of Sad White Guys

Beck, the Flaming Lips

November 14

Beck

August 23

Marianne Faithfull

Kissin Time (Virgin Records)

The Hard Ones

The Beta Band is a group that almost anyone could like, but most people don't

Nelly Furtado/Phoenix

Whoa, Nelly! (DreamWorks)/United (Source/Astralwerks)

Beck

Parker right there

Rees, in bits and pieces

The weak in rock

Tell me when it's over

The world might not be coming to an end, but maybe it should be

Out There

Beck

Self

More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album

Various artists (Birdman Records)

Out There

The Crit and Shap Poll

You've had the best; now, the year's most overrated records

More Top 10 lists, sort of

Out There

Out There

Pop mart

South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

Out There

Arts and craftsmen

After the Beasties and Beck, the Dust Brothers strike out on their own

Roadshows