--- - |- Beck's latest release, "Modern Guilt", is also his first collaboration with Gnarls Barkley member and Gorillaz producer DJ Dangermouse. The album features a remarkable synergy as both Dangermouse and Beck have created a retro-future psychedelic 60's sound. Under the production of Dangermouse, Beck's ethereal backing vocals, chugging bottomless bass, and impeccable ear for melody take ...
Beck - "Harry Partch"; The history of the musical feud dates back centuries probably, but in the last few decades it has really been the bearer of some terrific music at the hands of the hated on. This week Beck responded to all this Matt Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) vs. Radiohead vs. Himself controversy with a song dedicated to late composer Harry Partch. Now that's not the same Harry P...
Record Club: Skip Spence “Little Hands” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.I seriously think Beck lives in my mind and/or my record collection and says to himself, “who would Colin like me to work with? Oh I know, Feist, Wilco and Jamie Lidell.” And why is this motley crew of musicians banding together? It’s because Beck has finished with his Leonard Cohen album and has moved on to the next...Ski
I never looked up because I heard some noisy geese making their southern trek before the cold months of winter. Come to think about, I never experienced winter.I have walked through the woods. At first with Robert then by myself. I feel silly imagining it on my own, but I think Robert would say, "That's fine. even if the colors are wrong, you got the idea at least."My buddy swam in a lake once....
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...
This was probably started when that stupid Matthew Friedberger/Radiohead beef, in which only The Fiery Furnaces musician responded. And this track may come from an offhand remakr at the end of his press release that said: "Matt would have much preferred to insult Beck but...Click the link to read more
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...
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...
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...
How much do i love Beck? He is the only man on the planet who can get away with covering Gram Parsons and Nick Drake OR rocking you with two turntables and a microphone...how can you not love him?
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...
ok i want everyone to know in e-worldi spent 5 years in prison for drugsfirst got on the internet in 2003i NEVER knew this would be a life stylemy parents were so kind as to let me move into their basement upon my release from prisonand i have never lefti do not want a roomate and life is comfyall your illusions of PIMP world are dead nowthis is why i shy away from any "meets" and such i am jus...
though it wanted too. The unseen sun and haze in the sky conspired to wash my place on the globe with a grey pall that left the ground shadowless.Today wasn't like yesterday. Today won't be like tomorrow.Jokes weren't as funny, they were merely amusing statements.Food had lost some of it's flavor, nothing more than sustenance.Music lost it's power, today it was just a diversion.I know the reaso...
Tonight's bohemian lullaby is brought to you by Beck and the brilliant movie 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'That movie means so much to me. Every time I watch it I am reminded that everyone I have ever had a relationship with, either as a friend or a significant other, has left an impression on me. And no matter how badly some of these relationships ended, I would NEVER 'erase' the memo...