Posts Tagged Beck
Some Quick Updates From the Break
During the brief hiatus this blog has just experienced, music has seen some significant moves. Spoon’s got a new song out, Beck is channeling his inner-Lou-Reed, and of course…MJ. Check out the details below:
Spoon
No album details here, but web sites and blogs have got their dirty paws on a new track from the band. The song is an immediate stand-out, like “The Underdog” was when first leaked from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The more plays this one gets, however, the more you can begin to recognize the grooviness of the sounds they combine here: subtle ’70s guitar riffs played against shoe-gazing guitars that create a uniquely dissident sound, plunking and driving keys that have given Spoon nice weight in the past, and Brit Daniel’s half-rebelious, half-hopeless voice singing about having “nuffin to lose.”
MP3: Spoon-Got Nuffin
Beck
Beck, the man who has more genres than Joseph has colors in his coat, has taken up a new project called The Record Club. In this exercise, Beck and his bandmates get together and record a cover of an entire album in one day’s time. Then, they slowly post the videos onto the internet, one song at a time. Their first effort has produced some beautiful results, as they have been working releasing their work covering 1967’s revolutionary work, The Velvet Underground and Nico, the Andy Warhol-produced debut album from The Velvet Underground. Thus far, Beck has unveiled three tracks: the opening track “Sunday Morning,” the Harlem/drug dealer-inspired “I’m Waiting for the Man,” and the song Warhol asked Lou Reed to write about Factory Girl Edie Sedwick “Femme Fatale.” All three are worth repeated listens, and I am very excited to see how this is released in some sort of purchaseable/downloadable format once the entire project is released.
MP3: Beck-Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground cover)
MP3: Beck-I’m Waiting for My Main (Velvet Underground cover)
MJ
Too much has been said already. Just enjoy the video, and if that isn’t cathartic enough, head over to NME to vote for your favorite MJ songs.
MP3: Jackson 5-I Want You Back
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1 comment July 6, 2009
M@M: Beck-Loser
Beck’s made a resurgence on my iTunes lately. His album from last year, the Danger-Mouse produced Modern Guilt, was an especially impressive album from a somewhat dry year of music. Enjoy one of his classic songs here, from an album with the same initials as the aforementioned: Mellow Gold.
MP3: Beck-Loser (acoustic live version at London’s Union Chapel) [download the entire show from I Am Fuel, You Are Friends]
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1 comment March 9, 2009
New Beck Album: Initial Thoughts
Drowned in Sound got a sneak at Beck’s latest: Modern Guilt. They got to listen to the (short) 33-minute Danger Mouse-produced album and recorded their thoughts on each track. Some of the highlights:
MP3: Chemtrails (from Modern Guilt)
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Add comment June 19, 2008
New Beck MP3: Chemtrails
Just as I’m about out the door, I find this song available for download, and so I must post it. Give the world what they want! Just make sure to go…
BUY BECK! BUY BECK!! BUY BECK!!!
MP3: Chemtrails
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Add comment May 20, 2008
Danger, Danger, High Voltage!
Danger Mouse is as busy as a…mouse….these days. With the video for Sir Gnarls receiving some (epileptic) news as of late, he is also producing albums for two of my fav favs:
The Black Keys and… (more…)
Add comment March 7, 2008
