http://treblezine.com/reviews/2700-Beck_Modern_Guilt.htmlBeckModern GuiltInterscope2008A week ago, I was driving down 210 heading towards my nighttime gig listening to the radio and contemplating whether or not I should pick up the new Beck album. I've been a Beck Hansen fan since the beginning, I've already reviewed two of his albums for Treble but I wasn't really feeling the anticipation for ...
If I were to ask my 17 year old self if I thought I would be seeing Beck again at 29 I don't know how I would answer that. This is embarrassing to say now, but the last time I saw Beck was at one of those Twisted Christmas shows when I didn't know any better. I remember, vividly, the lanky chap scurrying and fitting about on stage in a leisure suit. If I recall correctly he was supporting Od...
Last week Beck did "Gamma Ray" for Letterman . This week, he brings us a filmic black and white video for Modern Guilt 's bouncy title track. The rest of his band doesn't show up; in fact, the only thread between this and the time we saw Hansen is the man himself/his hat. The narrative: Beck walks the streets of L.A. with a sort of Mod/Beatnik coffee shop dwelling/Austin Powers -inspired stalk...
Everyone's favorite Scientologist, Beck , returns with a paranoid, early-nineties-style video clip for the boozy Blues-Rock skank "Modern Guilt." "Modern Guilt" is the title track from Beck's Danger Mouse-produced eighth studio album which is in stores as I type this on the Interscope Records label.