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Artist - Blitzen Trapper Album - Wild Mountain Nation Label - Lidkercow Most bands that ape the Beach Boys do the woozy harmony vocals thing - step forward Panda Bear.

Beck is the modern master of the groove, and Guero is merely the latest example of this.

Mystics Anonymous is the brainchild project of Jeff Steblea, a fantastic songwriter and good friend of mine, as well.

Advanced Archive Search >> Tuesday, Jun. 30 2009 @ 2:10PM NPR blogged that authors Sarah O'Brien and Lacey Soslow of the book Geeky Dreamboats got a few guys right in their celebration of the word's sexiest straight-A studs, but were off the charts by naming Kayne West and Jake Gyllenhaal as geeks.

Davy Knowles open for Buddy Guy at Summerfest June 30. Published June 28, 2009 at 11:13 a.m. Tags: davy knowles , summerfest , back door slam , coming up for air , buddy guy With fingers ebbing energy from his inner being into his guitar as if it were an internal organ, Davy Knowles shredding one guitar lick after the other, leans up to the ...

Beck Hansen boasts a lengthy catalog of personal experimentation. These days, though, he's more focused on revisiting the work of others, and at rapid-fire speed.

Before the quirky loserdom of Beck Hansen's 1994 major-label debut, Mellow Gold, the songwriter had already released three independent records in the noisy folk/rock mix of Golden Feelings, A Western Harvest Field by Moonlight and Stereopathetic Soulmanure.

Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don't hit it big in the good old US of A. I think the simple answer is that there are no Mexican Mouseketeers.

Good news, Beck fans - and others looking for interesting ways to leverage your artistry and friends into internet revenue.

Yesterday, Beck Hansen announced via his official site that he was going to begin working on a series of full-album covers, recorded in a day with little-to-no pre-planning, with the results being posted on his site.

The prolific pop maverick is inviting musicians to join him in covering classic LPs in just one day, to be made freely available through his website Covers star ... Beck paying tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind.

Beck is the modern master of the groove, and Guero is merely the latest example of this.

Fell mastermind Josh Wambeke spends much of this new album in deadly earnest, Beck-circa- Sea Change depressive space-folk mode, which would probably be welcome if he didn't seem so content to coast on opiated guitar strums and bland reverb-heavy vocals.

To the long list of casualties of political polarization, are we about to add late night talk shows? Please, please no.

Rock Spectacle Barenaked Ladies The Printz Bumblebeez 81 Part white rap, part alternative, part pop, and part rock, the Bumblebeez grabbed a hold of me with "Pony Ride," and didn't let go.

What are you watching? Reading Eagle Name: Gregory Reed Local residence: Leesport His program list: "24" "Fringe" "Lie to Me" "Rescue Me" "Breaking Bad" "Saturday Night Live" "Glenn Beck" "Cops" To have up to 10 shows you regularly watch published, visit the Arts and Entertainment page of readingeagle.com and click on the "What we're watching?" ...

Tonight at Bender's Tavern, the men of Fell are unleashing the band's second disc, A Farewell to Echoes , on the world.

Directed by Robert Greenwald Written by Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel Starring Olivia Newton John Gene Kelly Michael Beck Review by Sean Kernan I have this wonderful fever dream of a Xanadu remake.

Amidst the avalanche of cooler-than-you hipster electro-pop records these days comes the very welcome re-issue of Beck's One Foot in the Grave .

The Yardbirds are mostly known to the casual rock fan as the starting point for three of the greatest British rock guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page.