Beck, who has helmed his tenth studio effort, admitted to Rolling Stone that the album was the ”most intensive work I’ve ever done on anything.” The announcement of the album came as a surprise last month amidst hopes Beck was pushing for new material to see the end of his recording contract ... read more
The majority of Sonic Youth fans find the unusual pairing a bit ironic, but mostly rather tragic. This, despite the fact that those who helped choose the songs are very much among the anti-corporation dogma, including Beck, Eddie Vedder and Radiohead. The same cannot be said for Portia di Rossi. ... read more
I love Beck, but I’m not going to lie: sometimes I can’t figure out what the hell he’s talking about. Apparently, some of his staff members can’t either, because the reissue of his groundbreaking 1996 album Odelay has been marred by lyrical misprintings. The employees in question copied and pasted his sometimes incoherent ramblings from a website, thus proving the internet doesn’t always know it all ... read more
Most of you probably know what you’re in for with this column, but I’ll give a brief overview for any new readers. Basically, I’m going to frisk and strip search all the biggest music-related stories from the past week. By the article’s money shot, I’ll have reached fifty obscure associations, all noted in parenthesis. Are you ready? Than like Amelia Earthart’s (2) radio, I’m out! ... read more
Leave it to Beck Hansen to one-up one of the best records born out of the 1990s. He’ll re-release Odelay this month throwing in 19 additional tracks and an updated album cover. Originally slated to coincide with its 10-year anniversary, the 1996 Grammy-winning disc has been pushed back to January 29 with the first of the double-disc package containing the album in original form with the second spinning a host of rarities.
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