Artist: Beck

"The Vinyl Countdown" Folk-pop sextet The Crayon Set are probably more preoccupied this week with preparing to release a record than to think about going vinyl shopping as they ready themselves to launch début long-player The Crayon Set in Whelan's on Sunday night. Or so you would think. Step forward fellow g-man George Guilfoyle, nominated by his cohorts as the most record-savvy crayon of the box. Here's what George thinks about the whole deal. [...]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Mosquito is officially on the shelves, and our first impressions of the record haven't changed much: we rather like it. The cover art, though... well, that's an entirely different matter. We're sure there's some reasoning behind adorning the sleeve with a lurid pink giant mosquito sinking its proboscis into the ass of a baby (a baby with green lipstick on, we hasten to add), but until we know what it is, the album is going straight to the top of our list of great [...]

Royal Canoe tackle Beck's sheet music. Experimental pop band Royal Canoe will release their debut LP Today We're Believers on June 25th through Roll Call Records. But promotion of that album hasn't barred...

• Royal Canoe - Eyes That Say I Love You
• Royal Canoe - Heaven's Ladder
• Royal Canoe - Just Noise

Banda californiana que não poderia soar mais praiana. Essa é a frase perfeita para apresentar o Cayucas, quinteto de Santa Monica que traz nostalgia para os nossos ouvidos fazendo um surf pop que soa como um Beach Boys meets The Drums . Com letras que falam exatamente sobre verão, sol e praia, o Cayucas cai nos clichês das bandas com batidas tropicais, mas em meio a vocais contagiantes e melodias de tom divertido, tenta te fazer embarcar numa viagem de volta para os anos dourados. O primeiro single da banda, "High [...]

If Beck-era "Sea Change" was actually written by Kevin Devine while he was high as hell and listening to a lot of Fiona Apple, he may've been Danny Malone. The Austin singer-songwriter just dropped the video for new single "Spiderlegs," a '90s-inspired piece showing Danny in his element -a barn where he actually resides and hosts a lot of shows- with just about everything a man would ever need: women, drinks, drugs, and a guitar. The low-lit scenes of Danny and his arm candy cutting lines and sipping from the bottle, kissed with jerky stop-motion and blurred out shots [...]

The Indiecision Five at 5 is our attempt at sharing our musical tastes with you, and showcasing music from around the world. Each weekday at 5pm sharp, one NH7 writer or staffer will bring you five songs he/she is listening to on the day. Anuj Gupta plays doctor today. Check it. 1. Charles Bradley - 'Strictly Reserved For You' This man is my favourite Soul artist of recent times. Charles spent his early years as a James Brown look-alike on the streets of New York. Most of us discovered him [...]

Imagine Dragons Pay close attention to this episode. You can hear my voice start strong, proving that my health is almost back to normal, and then get gradually weaker as the evening that I recorded most of it progresses and you start to hear how I sound when I've been up for too long! At this point, it's going to be weird when a new song DOESN'T debut on an episode. We're on the third episode in a row to have a new song on the chart :) [...]

When's the last time you put some music on, sat down, and just listened? Disqualify yourself if you: read a magazine/book, turned on the television, played a video game, checked your email, texted somebody. I bet it's been a while, eh? What's that? You've never done it? Hey, don't feel bad. I bet you're in the vast majority of listeners. [...]

Brooklyn-based CHAPPO gets trippy with a few choice covers, including Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody To Love"

• CHAPPO - Nothin' To Sell You - Covers EP

View the full roster here. Catch Beth Orton on her US tour. Purchase Beth Orton items via Insound. MP3: Beth Orton - Magpie

Over the last month, the famed Newport Folk Festival has been announcing its 2013 lineup one artist at a time. Among this year's highlights: Beck (!), Feist, The Avett Brothers, Jim James, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Andrew Bird, The Mountain Goats, The Lumineers, Father John Misty, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy, Justin Townes Earle, Beth Orton, Amanda Palmer, Phosphorescent, Jason Isbell, Deer Tick's John McCauley, and Hey Marseilles. The festival takes place July 26th - 28th in Newport, Rhode Island. Good luck getting in though; tickets are already sold [...]

The longest festival lineup announcement in history has continued over the past week as Newport Folk Festival organizers are starting to reveal the headliners for this year's fest. Beck will finally make his Newport Folk debut at the 2013 edition of the long-running festival, which is set to take place at Fort Adams State Park on July 26th - 28th in Newport, Rhode Island. The Avett Brothers and Feist join Beck towards the top of the stacked lineup which also includes Elizabeth Mitchell and [...]

Atlas Genius I don't know if you'll believe it based on the quality of my voice at some points in this podcast, but I am actually feeling better! It's just that annoying thing where the remnants of colds stick around for weeks. So annoying. Hopefully you won't be annoyed by this week's countdown, though! (I don't know why you would be....I mean, it's a pretty silly thing to be annoyed at. I was just making a smooth transition.) April's "Debut-Every-Week" trend continues! Enjoy it! [...]

The Indiecision Five at 5 is our attempt at sharing our musical tastes with you, and showcasing music from around the world. Each weekday at 5pm sharp, one NH7 writer or staffer will bring you five songs he/she is listening to on the day. Today, Shalaka Pai goes from dance-happy to destructively joyous in five songs.  1. Skrat - 'Tin Can Man' 'Tin Can Man' off Skrat's February release, Bring Out The Big Guns  ( review ), is the one track off the album that, for me, has sticking potential, [...]

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Tamam ama şimdi nasıl rahat yaşayabilirim ben onun bütün söylediklerini hatırlamadan aman canım işte her şeyi her şeyi.. gelsem bilmiyorum bulabilir miyim seni yine orada mısın ara sıra.. Sanırım benim içimdeki kaybolma arzusu yine tavan yaptı. Uzak şehirlerin, davetkar sokaklarında kaybolmak. Belki de bir nevi kişisel anlamda geçmişle hesaplaşma zamanı. Siz buna kaçmak diyebilirsiniz. Zaten insanlar için dualar ve beddualar icat etmekten çoktan vazgeçtim. Dünyanın çıplaklığına aldırmadan, sonunda bende alıştım yaşamaya... [...]

• Beck And Bat For Lashes - Let's Get Lost » 56ts.mp3
• Taken by Trees - Lost and Found

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Beck - "The Golden Age" First move of the day. The sun barely up, coffee still warm in the thermos. It's a little girl who says she's a ballerina and she has a pocket dog. People never see about ten things in any given move. This time it was emptying her drawers. She just had some mental block about it, and then when we showed up she shook her head and slapped her forehead. "Yeah...yeah, why didn't I empty them? I'm such an idiot." So we moved the fridge while she packed like a maniac. [...]

• Beck - The Golden Age

“There's just so much time set aside for baffled reaction. I believe we've reached the limit.” - Don DeLillo, The Day Room As a child, I was taught that no phrase was worse than “I hate you.” Usually, when it would slip out in a moment of unguarded passion, the target was my older sister, undoubtedly committing some unspeakable act of injustice against me, her undersized and slightly effeminate brother. Anyone with an older sibling understands; regardless of your parents’ rules, sometimes, you [...]

I remember seeing the tweet about Nashville's Milktooth making a stop at Grimey's and buying Beck's Song Reader after it released in December.  I immediately chided them with the all mighty "Do It!" tweet, and I was just hoping that one of those tracks would be included in their really great Stay Home America series. We've [...]