Beck (Musician)

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

R.I.P. R.E.M., Masters of a Beautiful, Eclectic Rock 'n' Roll

Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>

Odd Bird

Jamie Lidell's genre-wandering wings show no signs of being clipped on his latest album

Liars discover a "Sisterworld" in Los Angeles

Jamie Lidell's genre-wandering wings show no signs of being clipped on his latest album

That's My Jam! Beck Smokin' Tobacco

Tobacco​Tobacco, the faceless frontman for hazy electronic psych-pop outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow, is giving the world another slice off his next solo record, Maniac Meat. The prolific producer has already shared the distorted old-school hip-hop beats of "Sweatmother," and now we're treated to ... More >>

Last Night: Charlotte Gainsbourg at Palace of Fine Arts

Gretchen Robinette ​Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jogger, AMSaturday, April 17, 2010Palace of the Fine Arts Better Than: Carla Bruni Last night, the offspring of France's greatest contribution to pop music brought out an expat French community and fellow Francophiles in droves. Charlotte Gains ... More >>

Barrel House’s secret formula: Cool shows, free admission

Gretchen Robinette ​Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jogger, AMSaturday, April 17, 2010Palace of the Fine Arts Better Than: Carla Bruni Last night, the offspring of France's greatest contribution to pop music brought out an expat French community and fellow Francophiles in droves. Charlotte Gains ... More >>

Track of the Day: Yo La Tengo

Steve Gullick​Yo La Tengo is one of those bands that fell into a deep slump for a number of years. After sparking the indie rock imagination early on, they released a number of predictable, zzzz-inducing records that made few waves and broke little new ground. I say all this as a set up to their n ... More >>

Délicieuse Dissard

Steve Gullick​Yo La Tengo is one of those bands that fell into a deep slump for a number of years. After sparking the indie rock imagination early on, they released a number of predictable, zzzz-inducing records that made few waves and broke little new ground. I say all this as a set up to their n ... More >>

"Cocaine" Dealer

Steve Gullick​Yo La Tengo is one of those bands that fell into a deep slump for a number of years. After sparking the indie rock imagination early on, they released a number of predictable, zzzz-inducing records that made few waves and broke little new ground. I say all this as a set up to their n ... More >>

Outside Lands Kicks Off In Golden Gate Park

Steve Gullick​Yo La Tengo is one of those bands that fell into a deep slump for a number of years. After sparking the indie rock imagination early on, they released a number of predictable, zzzz-inducing records that made few waves and broke little new ground. I say all this as a set up to their n ... More >>

Beck

Modern Guilt (Interscope)

Beck, Primus, Ben Harper Added to Outside Lands Lineup

Modern Guilt (Interscope)

Why?

Alopecia (Anticon)

Kartoon Korner

Alopecia (Anticon)

M.I.A. crams global jams into an intimate local venue

Alopecia (Anticon)

Cut Chemist puts a new spin on the art of the sonic collage

Alopecia (Anticon)

From symphonies to smoke machines: snapshots of three very different shows

Alopecia (Anticon)

Stealing riffs and loser beats

Alopecia (Anticon)

Beck

Guerolito

A Cute Couple

Criminal musical

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

Criminal musical

Riding West Wave

Dancers get their day in the sun

Beck

Guero

The Late Great Daniel Johnston

Discovered Covered

Bird's-Eye View

Get over your phobia in time for this Vertigo-themed gala

House of Tudor

Plane old new wave/speed metal, the visualization of sound, an African update of Carmen, and the über-proto-feminist lifestyle-radical

Beck

Sea Change

Yuka Honda

Memories Are My Only Witness (Tzadik)

House Of Tudor

Horror-hop DJs, soup-spewing actresses, and prickly peared singers

House Of Tudor

R.L. Burnside; Nerve Meter; Pepe Deluxé

Momus Stars

Folktronic (Le Grand Magistery); Nightsongs (Le Grand Magistery)

Thievery Corporation

The sample-minded artists of Detritus.net celebrate the fine art of cultural reappropriation

House of Tudor

The sample-minded artists of Detritus.net celebrate the fine art of cultural reappropriation

Night + Day

The sample-minded artists of Detritus.net celebrate the fine art of cultural reappropriation

Year of the Elephant

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

The House of Tudor

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Reviews

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Divine Hammers

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Recordings

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Recordings

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Riff Raff

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Kiddie Primer

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Suspicious Minds

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Hear This

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Night Crawler

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

Recordings

Dead guys, psychedelic pop, and no sober opinions at South by Southwest 1998

The Sound vs. Fury

The secret success of 1995's rhythm nation

Samples

The secret success of 1995's rhythm nation