Pop Matters — When K-the-I???'s bombastic delivery and Thavius Beck's apocalyptic production sync up, this album is unstoppable. Unfortunately, that occurs too infrequently. more info

My Old Kentucky — 2008 was an exciting year in many ways. Of course the socio-political climate gave many of us something be excited about, but I was pretty charged up looking back on 2008 and all the quality music it produced. In today's disposable, no attention sp... more info

Cliptip — Beck teams with Danger Mouse to co-produce, and Kris Moyes to direct. Busts abound with this minimal, art-craft video, blending Moyes's edgy electro aesthetic, with Beck's folk-hop eccentricity. Watch the music video (qt). more info

Detroit Free Press — 1. Beck, "Modern Guilt": I'm not sure any Beck album has failed to make my year-end list in more than a decade. Sorry for the whole broken-record thing, but the 38-year-old musical adventurer remains firmly atop his game on this eighth studio re... more info

Rolling Stone — You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s how our army of interns ranked the year’s best: Albums of the Year Fleet Foxes - Fleet ... more info

JamBase — By: Sarah Hagerman Greensky Bluegrass by Eric Kinnally "I think almost all the guys in the band got into bluegrass the way I did, through the Grateful Dead and The Pizza Tapes," Anders Beck of Greensky Bluegrass relates. "All of a sudden th... more info

Stereogum — For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from artists like Lykke Li, of Mon... more info

Nialler9 — Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9’s 50 best tunes of the year.. 50. Deastro - Light powered 49. Kanye West - Heartless 48. Geiom - Reminissin’ (Skream remix) 47. The Vinny Club - Duke (Throw the Damn Towel) 46. Beck - Gamma Ray 45. Th... more info

Nialler9 — Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9’s 50 best tunes of the year.. 50. Deastro - Light powered 49. Kanye West - Heartless 48. Geiom - Reminissin’ (Skream remix) 47. The Vinny Club - Duke (Throw the Damn Towel) 46. Beck - Gamma Ray 45. Th... more info

Paste Magazine — There are musicians' musicians, and then there's J.J. Cale. The iconic Okie songwriter has been lauded and subsequently covered by artists as diverse as Spiritualized and Beck , not to mention Eric Clapton, whose famous renditions of "Cocaine"... more info