It looks like Beck's newly-formed Record Club wasn't enough to keep him busy. His official site is now boasting an interview section called Irrelevant Topics which aims to feature "conversations between musicians, artists, writers, etc. on various subjects, without promotional pretext or editorial direction." First up, Beck gets irrelevantly conversating with Mr. Tom Waits about L.A., "Best Of...
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As Beck's "Gamma Ray" off his latest Modern Gult graces MOG homepage a pixelated version emerges of the track:
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According to Pitchfork, the second round of Beck's Record Club series has begun, this time with a gathering of his musician friends recording a cover of Leonard Cohen's 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen. The recruited group is made up of Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Binki Shapiro from Little Joy, and Brian Lebarton and Bram Inscore from his touring band.You can listen to the first track, "Suzann...
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Beck, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Hold Steady, Franz Ferdinand are only some of the blockbuster names that appear on perhaps the most innovative War Child compilation yet. The nonprofit, which helps war-affected children, reached out to a bevvy of legendary musicians. We're talking Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and others in music's A list. Keeping the t...
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Sure, everyone likes a little drama at Festivals. You don't go to a festival with ~50,000 plus people without expecting something frisky. And we also expect a bit of beginner hang-ups coming from the production companies running the mammoth festival newcomer Outside Lands. But we were really dumfounded and depressed when we looked at the map to see that BECK, the infamous and raucous live musi...
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So the Internet has been a buzz with word that Beck is releasing a new album he worked on with producer Danger Mouse, aka the fro-top of Gnarls Barkley. Yeah, it's great news and all, but with all this NIN, Radiohead and Coldplay free tunes business as of late...simply the fact that Beck's whipping out this album this summer doesn't get my little heart pounding like the word...FREE.So news that...
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I can't decide if he's channeling a 70's rocker (can't put my finger on who though) or if he's been hanging out with Tommy Sunshine too much. Either way, I like the song "Gamma Ray" a lot, especially because it sounds a lot like the tunes on Mellow Gold which is my fave Beck album. Here's the new video, let me know what you think: Of course, the song really is Beck through and through. He s...
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Beck's major label debut Mellow Gold introduced his eccentric sound to the masses in 1994, but it was his sophomore release, Odelay that would lead the alt.rock genre in a new direction. Originally released in 1996, the Grammy-winning Geffen honors Odelay 12 years later with a deluxe re-issue on January 29, 2008. The new 2 CD Deluxe Edition will feature two previously unreleased songs taken f...
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To plug his new album Modern Guilt, Beck has released a mini-trailer "conceived, created and even edited with 100% creative input from Beck every step of the way" via Amazon.com.The "exclusive advance snippets" of the Danger Mouse co-produced album (which sounds RAD!) can be seen/heard here.The short tidbits sound like Beck is definitely sticking to the electronic mellowness of Guero. And if yo...
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Beck’s record club project has not lost any steam. Beck and his friends are continuing to cover The Velvet Undergound & Nico, and they are now up to the classic “Heroin”. There is no doubt that this would be a difficult task. This is not the easiest songs to cover.I hate to be negative, but [...]
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As you may know, Beck has been working on a new album with Danger Mouse at the controls. It's rumored to be out this summer and have Cat Power on one track. The album still lacks a title, but you can get your first taste of it today on Beck's myspace page where he's streaming the track "Chemtrails". The song made its debut on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio show over the weekend and Beck is streaming ...
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12 velvet underground covers later, and Beck has completed his 1st record club project! He successfully covered one of the most treasured record’s of all time in style! The final song “European Son” is recorded, and it is just as good as the rest.This is another impressive cover that you need to hear.At the end [...]
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As Michael Goldberg just reported, Beck's upcoming new album will be titled Modern Guilt. However, we just got news of the tracklisting and album cover as well! The album, produced by Danger Mouse (half of Gnarls Barkley) and is due for release on July 8th in N.America via DGC and July 7th in Europe/UK via XL Recordings. Here is the cover and tracklist: 1. Orphans2. Gamma Ray3. Che...
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Check out the latest Velvet Underground from Beck’s Record Club Project. He covers “There She Goes Again” from their classic Velvet Underground & Nico album. It is a cover that is both playful and raw, staying true to the original song.Beck and co. accomplish their goal once again: to honor these classic songs.[mp3] : Beck [...]
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