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Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Tuff Sunshine Shares ‘Legwork’ 

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beck, Brooklyn, Eels, Johnny Leitera, Legwork, Olivia Tremor Control, Tuff Sunshine, Vanity Matrix

New album, Vanity Matrix, out now 

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Pop Psychedelics Rock 

WATCH: Michael Robert Murphy Shares ‘Prometheus Fountain’

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 Ron Hart 1 Comment Beck, Massive Attack, Michael Robert Murphy, The Beta Band, The Coral, The Wicked Whispers

Solo debut from British psych-pop maven, Chaos Magick, out June 20

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

Hong Kong Stingray Doubles Down

March 7, 2025March 8, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beck, Chet Delcampo, Hong Kong Stingray, Los Angeles, Sparklehorse, The Beta Band, The Deepest Shades of Red, Tom Waits

Diving into Chet Delcampo’s 2LP set, The Deepest Shades of Red

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Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Bobby Halvorson Returns with ‘Jump Start’

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Beck, Bobby Halvorson, I'm Already Gone, Jump Start, Sparklehorse, Tim Heidecker, Van Dyke Parks

New album, I’m Already Gone, out Dec. 1

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Blues Folk Indie Rock 

Beck and the Blues

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, Calvin Johnson, K Records, Love As Laughter, Mellow Gold, One Foot in the Grave, Sam Jayne

30 years ago, the slacker icon took a sideways turn with One Foot in the Grave

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock Rock 

Revisiting the Analog Odyssey of Beck’s Mellow Gold

March 3, 2024March 10, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, Beercan, Bong Load Records, Carl Stephenson, DGC Records, Loser, Rap-A-Lot Records, The Dust Brothers

A meditation on the accidental fame of 1994’s slacker supreme

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Indie Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Listen To Zack Rosen

March 1, 2023March 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Beck, Chimera Music, Connor Grant, John Frusciante, Jon Brion, Sean Ono Lennon, Syzygy, Zack Rosen

Posthumous full-length, Syzygy, captures genius of NYC artist taken before his time

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Indie Rock 

WATCH: Western Shout Shares “The Bird & The Cage”

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment Beck, Bird & Cage, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brain Johnstown Massacre, Damien Rice, Lauryn Hill, Philip Watts, Rye Coalition, Space Hog, The Bird and the Cage, The Western Shout

The title track to the debut album arrives on Christmas Eve

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Indie Rock Pop Rock Seattle 

Rediscovering Beat Happening On Vinyl

December 12, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Beat Happening, Beck, Calvin Johnson, Jamboree, K Records, Nirvana, Olympia, Pavement, Seattle, SEBADOH, Washington

Domino Records reissues the Olympia, WA pop greats’ seminal catalog on wax

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Let the Golden Age Begin: Beck’s Sea Change at 20

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, DGC Records, Dust Brothers, Lost Cause, Mellow Gold, Midnite Vultures, Mutations, Nigel Godrich, Odelay, Paper Tiger, Sea Change, The Golden Age

How a broken-hearted Mr. Hansen expressed himself pastorally

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: All Eyes On Emma Ayz

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Angel Olsen, Animus, Beck, Emma Ayz, Judy, Karla Bonoff, Los Angeles, Michael Bolton, Perfume Genius, Phoebe Bridgers

The first single from the young L.A. songwriter/musician is a sweet tribute to a friend’s mom

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Art Pop Glam New Wave Rock 

Sparks Fly High In Boston

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alex Kapranos, Andy Bell, Beck, Boston, Duran Duran, Erasure, FFS, Flea, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

The Brothers Mael continue their late career victory lap at the Shubert Theatre

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Music Journalism 

Rock Hall 2022: A Discerning Fan’s Guide To Voting

February 9, 2022February 8, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment A Tribe Called Quest, Beck, Carly Simon, Devo, Dionne Warwick, Duran Duran, Fela Kuti, Lionel Richie, MC5, New York Dolls, Pat Benatar, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rev’s got some hottakes on this year’s nominating class whether you like it or not!

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Folk Remembrance 

If Roy Orbison Sang For the Lonely, For Whom Did Leonard Cohen Sing? 

November 7, 2021August 29, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry, Beck, Bryce Dessner, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, Death Cab for Cutie, I'm Your Man, Ian McCulloch, Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen, Leslie Feist, Nick Cave, The Future, The National, Zae Rae

Celebrating the Bard of Canadian folk music five years after his passing

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 24: October 2021

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 9 to 5 (Morning Train), Beck, Bill Million, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Sheena Easton, The Feelies

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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