Beck

"Life During Wartime": The song where freak-folk meets the word "iPhone." Yes, scruffy singer Devendra Banhart sings about the Apple device on the new track, a collaboration between himself and Beck for the Todd Solondz film of the same name. The two...

Fifteen pages into the first volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's six-part Scott Pilgrim series, the characters break into song -- or at least they rock out as much as one can in a black-and-white graphic novel. Electric bolts shoot from......

The third release from the French actress most recently acclaimed for her performance in “Antichrist,� Charlotte Gainsbourg's "IRM" is designed for hip, smart girls in crisis. Sultry rock with an existential edge, the intelligently composed songs...

Pop & Hiss live-blogged the 2010 Grammy Awards -- typos and all! 8:30 p.m. The Grammy Awards took a bet on youth in 2010, giving its top prize to country star Taylor Swift. The 20-year-old won four Grammys, including album......

One of the year's most anticipated geek films, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," may take its inspiration from a series of anime-inspired books by Bryan Lee O'Malley, but the graphic novels at their core are grounded in rock 'n' roll.......

Perpetually touring performer Beck has lowered the price on his Malibu beach house a smidgen to pique interest. Old price: $2,399,000. New price: $2,345,000. Hey, we did say a smidgen. It's his second home, and his schedule hasn't allowed much use of it....

The perpetually touring genre-bending performer Beck has lowered the price on his Malibu beach home a smidgen to pique interest. Old price: $2,399,000. New price: $2,345,000. It's his second home, and his schedule hasn't allowed much use of it. The...

The stage appears to be set for at least a modest ABBA resurgence with the arrival of the film version of the musical "Mamma Mia!" opening Friday. The soundtrack album has jumped into the Top 10 of the national sales chart even without a movie audience...

The most dramatic moment of this weekend's Coachella festival will surely be when the four members of Rage Against the Machine step on stage together for the first time in seven years, but even that reunion will be hard pressed to match the drama of the...

There are lots of marvelous extras to listen to in the new, deluxe edition of Beck's 1996 landmark album, "Odelay," including more than an hour's worth of music that wasn't in the original collection. But there are also some engaging things to read in...

Beck "Modern Guilt" (DGC Records) * * * There are many probable reasons Beck made "Modern Guilt," his concise yet deliberately cosmic collaboration with fellow shaggy pop auteur Danger Mouse. He's finishing up a long contract with his record label; he...

Winners will be in bold italics. RECORD OF THE YEAR "Chasing Pavements," Adele "Viva La Vida," Coldplay "Bleeding Love," Leona Lewis "Paper Planes,"  M.I.A "Please Read the Letter," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ALBUM OF THE YEAR "Viva La...