Beck
Years Active: 29
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
Number of Albums: 12
Career High Point:
Sea Change
Grammy Nominations/Wins: 12/3
Musical Weapon of Choice:
1449 Silvertone Danelectro
Notable Collaborators:
Childish Gambino, Pharrell Williams, Thurston Moore, Stephen Malkmus
Songs He Has to Play:
“Loser,” “Lost Cause,” “Where It’s At”
Best Lines:
“There’s a destination a little up the road/
From the habitations and the towns we know/
A place we saw the lights turn low/
The jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow”
(“Where It’s At”)
Last Show in Austin: April, 2014
Associative Dance: nonsensical
Signature Accessory:
Indiana Jones hat
Early Occupations:
Video store clerk in Silver Lake “doing things like alphabetizing the pornography section.”
Why One Over the Other?:
After a long recovery from a spinal injury, expect a genre-bending set.
OutKast
Years Active:
15 (nonconsecutively)
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Number of Albums: six
Career High Point:
Album of the Year Grammy for 2003’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Grammy Nominations/Wins: 16/6
Musical Weapon of Choice:
Roland’s legendary drum machine, the TR-808
Notable Collaborators:
Killer Mike, Goodie Mob, UGK, Raekwon, Erykah Badu
Songs They Have to Play:
“Ms. Jackson,” “Hey Ya!,” “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)”
Best Lines:
The entirety of “SpottieOttieDopaliscious”
Last Show in Austin: April 1, 2001 (!)
Associative Dance: “Bankhead Bounce”
Signature Accessories:
Jordans and a rope chain with a Dungeon Family charm (Big Boi); pink wig (André 3000)
Early Occupations:
Sold crack, boosted cars
Why One Over the Other?:
With no album on the horizon, this will likely be the last go-round for the duo.
This article appears in October 3 • 2014.
