Beck (Musician)

The Merits Of Reading Music

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. There is a modern tendency among musicians to shun the practice of reading music. I understand why, si ... More >>

Beck Defies Sheet Music: The Six Most Insane Excerpts from the Odelay Sheet Music

A few days ago on NPR's All Things Considered program, Beck spoke about his much discussed sheet music only album Song Reader and offered an interesting thought nugget on his previous work: "When I put out one of my early records ... they sent me a sheet music version of the album. It ended up feeli ... More >>

Tributes and Tribulations

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship Last week, RFT Music's Jamie Lees wrote an op-ed piece entitled The Problem With An Under Cover Weekend. I ... More >>

The Six Best Rock Songs With Turntables

Remember when the turntable was considered a legitimate instrument in a rock band? Neither do I. But there are rare instances where DJ scratches are not a dealbreaker in a non hip-hop context. Here are the six best rock songs featuring turntables. Let us know your favorites and we'll REEEEEEEEEEEEMI ... More >>

Beck's Sheet Music Album: Five Especially Awkward Music Delivery Mechanisms

I'm willing to be surprised, on this, but if word got out that there was a Beck sheet music album coming out, I'm fairly sure the average RFT Music reader could fill in the rest of the news story him-or-herself. So: There's a Beck sheet music album coming out. It's called Song Reader, which is nicel ... More >>

Six Famous Musicians Influenced by The Frogs

Sad news out of Wisconsin: Dennis Flemion, one half of the Milwaukee-based sibling duo the Frogs, disappeared over the weekend during a weekend family boating trip, and is currently presumed drowned. Of the growing population of rock & roll heaven, surely Flemion is one of the few members already eq ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From April 30 to May 6

This week is another of those extra-packed ones, so this list is a bit longer than usual -- hooray for St. Louis music! If anything remains of your vehicles after Saturday's ridiculous hailstorm (mine only lost a window or two, no biggie) make sure hit the town or else you'll be missing some excelle ... More >>

Win a Copy of Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground

Update: Matt Harnish wins, because we can't resist a local hook. As a side note, I sincerely hope that Adam R. is the person I think it is. Well played, everybody. As much has been said about the Velvet Underground, there will always be more worth talking about. Rob Jovanovic, who wrote the only b ... More >>

Biggest St. Louis Music News Stories of 2011: Part One

Bloodshot Records​The Bottle Rockets' Acoustic Album Finally Sees the Light of Day Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With the Bottle Rockets was a long time in coming -- four years in fact. Recorded over two nights in 2007 at the now defunct Lucas School House, the live album was one of this ... More >>

Deerhoof At The Luminary: Review And Q&A With Drummer Greg Saunier

Photo by Corey Woodruff​On September 26th, Deerhoof made tracks through St. Louis for the first time in its nearly twenty years of existence. The Luminary Center for the Arts held the loud but intimate sounds of the seminal experimental pop group, catering to a nearly sold out crowd on a chill ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events this Weekend: June 3-5

commons.wikimedia.orgMatt Holliday and a bottle of wine pair nicely in a weekend event. ​It's been a busy week. Why not kick back and unwind with some food and live music at events such as Harvest Sessions at the Tower Grove Farmers' Market or the Second Annual Green Tie Affair at The Green Ce ... More >>

Tobacco

8 p.m. Friday, May 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Ten Non-Traditional Holiday Songs To Keep You Sane

We're all force-fed holiday cheer from Halloween through New Year's, and even if you really, really love Christmas music, hearing the same old standards and modern classics over and over again can begin to fill you with exactly the opposite of holiday cheer. To avoid the monotony of those soft-rocki ... More >>

Hill Country Revue

9 p.m. Saturday, November 20. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Jamie Lidell

9 p.m. Thursday, September 9. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Edgar Wright's Pilgrim creates a lovable, fast-paced pop-culture explosion

Pop Is Personal: The photography of Joseph Cultice

Liars Coming to the Firebird in July, Furthering the '80s Revival with Beck

Anyone who showed up early at Radiohead's set a few years ago experienced the face-melting Australian nomadic rock band Liars. Although the cavernous Verizon Wireless Amphitheater swallowed the group's post-punk throttling, fans will have a chance to experience annihilation up close on July 22: The ... More >>

Holiday Jam Countdown '09: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "Xmas Time (It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It)"

(Like last year, A to Z will post a holiday-related MP3 every day of December, leading up to Christmas. If you have any requests, suggestions or files to share, email me.) Very quietly, Boston ska-core legends the Mighty Mighty Bosstones released a new album, Pin Points and Gin Joints, today. Samp ... More >>

In the Studio: Caleb Travers

(Welcome to In the Studio, a new section on A to Z that spotlights -- what else? -- local artists in the studio. If you are also recording/recently recorded -- or are a studio engineer/producer and working with people -- email me, with the phrase "In the Studio" in the subject heading.) courtesy of ... More >>

What the Beck: Guero can operate a leafblower?

Antennas Up

9 p.m. Saturday, May 2. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois Avenue.

Champions of Breakfast

8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Darker My Love

9 p.m. Thursday, September 25. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard

2008 Music Award Nominees: Best Traditional Americana/Folk Acts

The Whigs

7 p.m. Thursday, February 14. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard

Pétur Ben

9 p.m. Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust Street.

Doors Swing Both Ways

Mexicans like music that doesn't involve tubas?

More Than a Beck Album

The Mexican gets to the root (word) of güero.

The Cinematics

7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

LCD Soundsystem

Sound of Silver (DFA/Capitol)

Beck

Guero (Interscope)

A Denial

Ten years ago, Kurt Cobain put a bullet through his brain -- and killed rock & roll as well

Air

Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)

Glorious Glut

Could '02' mean "Oh, too many records?"

Various Artists

Timeless (Lost Highway)

Super Furry Animals

Rings Around the World (Sony)

Sheer Gaul!

Moulin Rouge thrusts forth a deliciously garish Paris

Momus

Folktronic (Le Grand Magistery)

Tim Easton

The Truth About Us (New West)

Dirty Three

Wednesday, April 19; Side Door

Mike Seeger

Sunday, March 19; Monday Club

Beck

Saturday, Jan. 29; American Theater

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

Blinker the Star

Saturday, Sept. 11; Side Door

OS MUTANTES

Everything Is Possible! (Luaka Bop)

Perfect Circles

The RFT music editor advises you on his favorite music of 1998

Heroic Couplings

Beck to the Future

Listening Post