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William Beckett Premieres “Lock In” For New John Scalzi Novel

Having been signed to Equal Vision Records and having released his last record, Genuine And Counterfeit, well over a year ago now, former The Academy Is… frontman William Beckett has just released a new song, which is reportedly the theme song to John Scalzi’s new NY Times Best-Selling novel, entitled Lock In. The new song, […]

Beck’s ‘Song Reader’ Finally Gets an Album… and Every Cool Musician Is On It

Back in 2012, Beck put out Song Reader. It was his first set of new solo songs since 2008′s Modern Guilt, a whopping 20 tracks long, and… only sheet music? He created an album that he wanted fans to create themselves, giving everyone the lyrics and sheet music (tempo and notes included) to find out what the […]

STREAM: William Beckett – “Walls”

William Beckett has a new track streaming now via The Huffington Post. Titled “Walls,” the song will be appearing on a two-song digital single from Beckett, set to be released July 1 via Equal Vision Records. Head after the jump to stream the new single and check out some more info on the track from Beckett […]

Watch Beck Take On Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”

Last week Beck gave Jimmy Kimmel’s audience a little something extra when the cameras stopped rolling, a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” It’s not the best Jackson cover ever unearthed but Beck seemed to have fun with it, even threw a “Hee-Hee!” into the mix, and the fans seemed to like it. So that’s […]

Beck Announces North American Tour

With the release of his latest album Morning Phase, Beck is packing up and heading out on a North American tour in about a month’s time. The self-appointed loser of the ‘90s has been pretty busy the last couple months. He had the new album, worked with Pharrell and even performed on SNL. So adding […]

REVIEW: Beck – ‘Morning Phase’

Artist: Beck Album: Morning Phase Genre: Alternative rock, folk rock Label: Capitol Beck is known for asking important questions in music, presenting listeners with poignant thoughts that beg for an active listening. His early albums laced hip hop with a rock edge, until his middle period verged into noisey, experimental work; an alternative rock in […]

Stream All of Beck’s ‘Morning Phase’ Now

Good morning! The sun is shining, the air is fresh, and Beck is singing to you softly through your speakers. That’s right. After six years, Beck is finally releasing new, recorded music on February 25, but NPR has the album up for streaming in full today. Morning Phase is Beck’s newest music since 2008’s Modern Guilt and his […]

Beck working with Pharrell

Beck’s newest release, Morning Phase, is due out in a couple of weeks (Feb. 25), but in an interview a few months ago, the musician revealed that he was actually working on two records. Few details have been released about this project, but according to an interview with Billboard, Pharrell is involved in some aspect. […]

Beck, Kendrick Lamar, And More To Play Pitchfork Music Festival

The first wave of artists has been announced for this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, and, as usual, it’s an eclectic and exciting mix of names. At the top of the bill are Beck, whose new album, Morning Phase, hits stores later this month, rapper Kendrick Lamar, and the recently reunited Neutral Milk Hotel. Seventeen more […]

STREAM: Beck – “Waking Light”

Beck will be releasing his first studio album in six years on February 25. The album, titled Morning Phase, features thirteen all new tracks, including the single “Blue Moon.” Now the musician has revealed another new song off the album, which is “Waking Light.” You can listen to it by taking a look below the […]

Hear Beck’s New Song “Blue Moon”

There’s a little over a month left until Beck drops his highly anticipated new album Morning Phase. To give us a taste of it, he’s gone and shared a new song off of it called “Blue Moon” which you can hear after the jump. Morning Phase is Beck’s first album in six years, following up 2008’s excellent Modern Guilt, and […]

Beck Covers John Lennon

In advance of his upcoming album Morning Phase (due out in February), Beck has graced us with a cover of John Lennon’s “Love.” The cover of the ’70s era track will have a place on Starbucks’ Sweetheart 2014 compilation album, which will be on shelves February 4 (just in time for Valentine’s Day). Beck’s wholesome croon brings […]