Clearly energized by playing for a hometown crowd--the references to random suburbs and local auto dealerships were abundant--the concert was also the last in a nearly year-long string of promotion for this year's lauded "Guero."

Launching with "Black Tambourine," the show was laced with that album's stomping, groove-laden tunes: the suddenly ubiquitous "Girl," the Latin rap pastiche "Qué Onda Guero" and the electro-slinky "Missing" among them. Early in the show, Beck played several cuts from "Odelay," the 1996 album that made him the quirky alt-rocker to reckon with, including "Devils Haircut," "Jack-ass," and a rousing "New Pollution," with help from Petra Haden of show openers The Decemberists, a unique solo artist in her own right, coming off her recent one-woman performances of an a capella version of The Who's 1967 "The Who Sell Out" LP.

Despite all the great backing he had from his band--and from the dancer/musician clad in a tennis outfit a-la "Royal Tenenbaums" who bounced around the stage--it was still Beck's show. Jumping between instruments and effortlessly bringing the momentum up and down, he was only once taken over by the addictiveness of his own music; when the crowd's reaction to the opening strains of his first hit "Loser" completely overtook whatever he'd been attempting to say, he just laughed and surged into the song.

The show abruptly changed tempo when Beck picked up an acoustic guitar (and his band settled in at an onstage table to eat and play cards). Starting with "Broken Drum" from "Guero," he subtly moved through short versions of his gorgeous cover of the '80s ballad "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime," followed by "Little One" and "Lost Cause" from 2002's mellow "Sea Change." Then, ramping up with a slow and hilarious sex-you-up "Debra" ("I just got to get with you/And your sister"), and moving into "The Golden Age," the band began tapping silverware, glasses and plates, rising to a point during "Clap Hands" where they had a full-on, place-setting percussion jam happening. By the time they'd gotten to a finale mix of "Where It's At" and "Get Real Paid," what started as little acoustic interlude turned into a hard-core stadium rocker.

After a short encore of "E-Pro," the first single off of "Guero," the crowd seemed stunned and entranced, still na-na-ing together as they made their way to the doors.