Archive for the 'beck' Category

Vampire Weekend on SNL This Saturday

Woah nelly! Was anyone watching Wilco trying out their new songs playing songs off their latest album, Sky Blue Sky, (which some people have described “Hate It Here” in particular as sounding like “house band music”) last night on SNL?
Relive the horror of the first song (vid via Stereogum):

Also, download MP3s of the performance [...]

Ryan Adams, Beck, and Razorlight Cover Book Jackets

Long-time reader Beat Royalty sent over these rad links to custom book covers that musicians have done of some of the world’s most famous pieces of literature. It’s all part of a campaign to promote the “My Penguin” book series in which you can design your very own book cover to the book of your [...]

Tune In Tonight: Liveblogging the MTVU’s Woodies

Tonight I’m going to be liveblogging directly from Roseland Ballroom, location of MTVU’s Woodies Awards. The fun starts around 8pm. Here’s a preview of what I’ll be talking about:
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES:
Beck*
TV on the Radio*
Gym Class Heroes*
Imogen Heap*
Lupe Fiasco
Ghostface Killah
Lady Sovereign
30 Seconds to Mars
Angels & Airwaves
Feist
Plain White T’s
Cage
Atmosphere
Murs
The Academy Is
Gogol Bordello
The Subways
Nightmare of You
*Performing

Go Ahead, Eat Your Heroes

Fanart is not unusual to come across…but sometimes you come across fanart that is so unusual (and varrying degrees of wonderful) that you just have to share it with the world. Check out this Beckart cookie by a girl named Lizzie I found on the Oh So Quiet Show. Amazing.