Beck
Beck’s Record Club Tries Its Hand at Skip Spence’s “Oar”
Skip Spence’s 1969 album “Oar” is the latest subject of Beck’s Record Club, “an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day.”
Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait
Listen to their duet on Pitchfork.
Beck Works with MGMT, Others on Leonard Cohen Covers
For his most recent foray into covering classic albums for his Record Club project, Beck has enlisted the help of MGMT, Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale, Devandra Banhart, and Little Joy’s Binki Shapiro.
Beck Interviews Will Ferrell
Yeah, you know it’s going to be entertaining. For the second installment( Tom Waits was the first) of his Irrelevant Topics interview series, Beck has called upon Will Ferrell whom he met while performing on SNL in 1997. They talk about pelvic thrusts, unitards, Cirque Du Soleil, and more. Check it out here.
Even More Fun From Beck and the Internet
A week ago, the singer otherwise known as Beck Hansen released his master plan to overhaul his website and make it a music blog lover’s dream. A few Velvet Underground covers and a classy layout later, he remains unsatisfied.
Beck Gets Bored, Plans to Cover Lots of Music
Visitors to the website of singer-songwriter Beck over the next few days will notice a brief note from the musician himself on the homepage. Beck defines one of the planned additions to his site, called the Record Club, as “an informal meeting of various people (Beck and friends) to record an album in a day.” [...]
The Blog.WBRU Monthly Music Quiz
We’ve created a 10-question multiple choice quiz to test your musical trivia skills.
WBRU’s January Playlist
Albeit a few days late, here’s the WBRU blog ringing in the first month of the new year with some old favorites and new hits, this time without elaboration. How many more times can we expound on the majesty of MGMT, Kings of Leon and Coldplay? That said, whether you want to keep hearing the hits of 2008 or [...]
