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Beck (Musician)

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11

    ​Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from fertile local soil? For those times that worrying that people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Five utterly frustrating songs: Odd Future, Of Montreal & more

    ​Sometimes a song comes along and you just hate everything about it. Everything is wrong: your sensors are howling, the hair stands up on your neck, and it's some nightmare shit where unless you can somehow get away from or destroy whatever device is causing the awful song to play, your head will ... More >>

  • Music

    January 4, 2012

    Dan Marsika and the Boys Choir come to Triple Rock

    Band sounds like revival of ’90s collegiate classics

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne ponders year-long song, gloats

    ​Psychedelic freak-show Oklahomans Flaming Lips are nothing if not daring and insane; winding down an autumn that's seen them release limited-edition, imaginatively packaged six and 24 hour-long songs, front man Wayne Coyne announced a series of esoteric, cracked-out extra-musical stunts for 2012 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Seven Inches of Minnesota Music: Sukpatch, "Ides"

    ​Believe it or not, kids, their once was a time before random shuffle and mash-up remixes where music tended to stay in its distinct categories and within specific genre contours. Typically people liked one kind of music or another, and that was about it. The Beastie Boys and Beck's fast folk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    The Fiery Furnaces at the Cedar, 5/13/11

    Photos by Nick Wosika​The Fiery FurnacesMay 13, 2011Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisThe Cedar Cultural Center possesses a particular vibe, an approximation I'd place somewhere between a playhouse and a time-fragmented sixties gymnasium. The overhead music is fantastic; finely curated Latin Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Broken Bells at First Avenue, 12/6/10

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Broken BellsDecember 6, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisIf you were not at Broken Bells at First Avenue on Monday night, you missed what was probably one of the tightest rock shows to pass through the venue this year. Seriously. (No, for real. I'm not just saying that to be a je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Eyedea, aka Micheal Larsen, remembered by friends and fans (UPDATED)

    Eyedea's favorite sneakersPhoto by B Fresh ​ Rapper, writer, poet. Eyedea was all of these things, and on Saturday when he left the world he so fearlessly captured in his lyrics, it seemed there were no words to do him justice.In his 28 years, Micheal Larsen carved his initials indelibly in Twin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    The Antlers and Phantogram play the Varsity tonight

    Phantogram​Stopping in from their massive tour, Brooklyn's the Antlers and their pop-strum random-eff-bomb dropping syrup are coming to the Varsity tonight, with Phantogram in tow. Phantogram get down somewhere between psych, Beck, and trip-hop (much unlike Black Moth Super Rainbow if that's what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Rock the Garden: MGMT, Sharon Jones, OK Go, and Retribution Gospel Choir coming to the Walker on June 19

    ​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    A Paper Cup Band

    ​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2009

    Autolux

    ​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2009

    Gogol Bordello; Man Man

    ​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Feb.6-12, 2009

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Grampall Jookabox

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Music

    November 19, 2008

    Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, and more

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Beck and MGMT at Roy Wilkins, September 30, 2008

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    Beck

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Music

    August 6, 2008

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Blitzen's Bag of Tricks: Desiree Weber reviews Blitzen Trapper

    Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

  • Arts

    January 30, 2008

    Culture Jamming

    A super Star Wars parody tops this week's pop culture picks

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    White Williams

    A super Star Wars parody tops this week's pop culture picks

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    5ingles

    The Songs We Can't Escape

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    Something Like a Phenomenon

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs say no no no to their past

  • Music

    March 30, 2005

    Golden-Haired Satanist Makes Best-Yet Record

    Satanism charges later dismissed

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2005

    Beck-Ola

    Satanism charges later dismissed

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    How You Say Le Rock 'n' Roll?

    The crystalline beauty of Air's 'Talkie Walkie' doesn't get lost in translation

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    Sex, Lies, and Audiotape

    Har Mar Superstar and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O. go on record about french-kissing fans and cock-blocking Beck

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    One Foot in the Grave

    A melancholic Beck waxes fatalistic on 'Sea Change'

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Artists of the Year

    Framed, penned, screened, danced, sung, shot, delivered: City Pages lauds the artistic creations of 1999

  • Music

    December 8, 1999

    Beck Is the Loneliest Number

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    September 29, 1999

    Lab Culture

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    August 18, 1999
  • Music

    March 10, 1999

    Fantasma Remixes and Cornelius

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    February 17, 1999

    The Beta Band: The Three E.P.'s

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Beck: Mutations

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Use Your Illusion

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    Goodnight, Walt Mink

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • Music

    July 8, 1998

    Exile from Guyville

    The inscrutable music, the unknowable man

  • News

    April 22, 1998

    Daydream Believers

    Five skeptical spin doctors probe for local music's pulse -- a City Pages roundtable

  • Music

    October 1, 1997

    various artists: Wild Style: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Five skeptical spin doctors probe for local music's pulse -- a City Pages roundtable

  • Music

    June 18, 1997

    Blur

    Five skeptical spin doctors probe for local music's pulse -- a City Pages roundtable

  • Music

    June 11, 1997

    ODDS & ENDS

    Ridin' Out the Karma: Walt Mink's Candice Belanoff and John Kimbrough

  • News

    February 17, 1997

    Sukpatch

    Ridin' Out the Karma: Walt Mink's Candice Belanoff and John Kimbrough

  • Feature

    February 12, 1997
  • News

    January 15, 1997
  • Music

    December 18, 1996
  • Music

    November 20, 1996
  • Arts

    January 17, 1996

    What Becomes a Legend Most?

    The Return of Walt Mink

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