Beck is playing a benefit show at The Echo on March 11, benefitting Educating Children International. Â I assume it is also to warm-up for the upcoming Japanese tour. Tickets at ticketweb.com if you’re in the Los Angeles area.
Beck covers Sonic Youth’s EVOL in its entirety
February 28th, 2009 by almostaghostLast November, Beck and his band covered on stage, “Star Power.” This is a Sonic Youth song from their album EVOL. A few months later, it was announced that Beck was releasing a cover of “Green Light,” which is also from EVOL. That release was a single, the b-side being a Sonic Youth cover of “Pay No Mind” no less!
What does all this EVOLness mean? We learned today, thanks to our friends in Japan, that Beck has covered the whole album. He said this in an interview/article with a Japanese magazine. I’m told it will be part of some Sonic Youth box set. I know SY has been releasing Deluxe versions of their albums, so maybe EVOL Deluxe? Or maybe some greater box set project?
Regardless, this is super interesting and really a fun thing for Beck to have done!
Deluxe Albums
February 3rd, 2009 by almostaghostOn the tail of Odeluxe which was pretty cool, though didn’t quite meet the promise (original version of “Debra”? Hello? Where’d that go?), I’d heard rumor of a few other deluxes too. And it appears two are on their way:
http://www.vibe-net.com/news/?news=0037003
First we got MoGuLuxe, which doesn’t appear to have any new music, just new packaging and some videos? Probably some b-sides too I guess. But even more exciting is, One Foot Deluxe, fully expanded to over 30 tracks!
No tracklist yet, but it seems very possible to me that this will include the legendary recordings for the Second K Album Which Never Happened… songs like “Piss On The Door” and “Mattress“. I know that Beck.com had listened and put the lyrics to 4-5 of those songs up a few years ago, so Beck must have them somewhere. Other than those, I’d imagine the It’s All In Your Mind single is a must, and maybe a few of his other loose tracks too.
*fingers crossed*
Beck / Sonic Youth Split 7″ (Covering Each Other)
February 2nd, 2009 by breathmintIn celebration of the 2nd annual record store day, Matador is offering three new records in limited edition runs of 2500, and lucky for us one of them is a split 7″ with Beck and Sonic Youth, respectively performing covers of one another.
OLE-865-7   Sonic Youth – “Pay No Mind†(Beck cover) b/w  Beck – “Green Lightâ€Â (Sonic Youth cover) 7″
Thanks for the tip delta!
– breathmint
UPDATE: added link to DiscoQ
UPDATE: New Details?
Beck Covers Dylan “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”
January 13th, 2009 by almostaghost
So recent press releases about a new charity project have hit the webz. We, of course, already knew about it, since last September. But to sum it up, this project had a bunch of superstar legends each personally ask a favorite artist of a younger generation to cover one of their songs. Bob Dylan asked Beck to do “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat. ”
I’m dying to know, did Dylan just call Beck up personally and Beck said “hell yes, sir!” Regardless, Beck and his current main music man Brian Lebarton went into the studio and cooked up a nice bluesy version of the Dylan song, mixing a little electronica into the song too. Beck than promptly began playing the song live through the fall.
Heroes, the name of the CD project, goes to support children around the world adversely affected by war, so be sure to buy it on February 16.
LA People: Deep Sea Diver show
January 7th, 2009 by almostaghostTo those of you in the So Cal area: Beck’s guitarist, Jessica Dobson has her own band, called Deep Sea Diver. They are playing a show on Thursday night at the Silverlake Lounge at 10pm. She asked us to spread the word, so hopefully it will be a full and fun show.
[Edit: Jessica’s email said 10pm, but her MySpace bulletin said 9:30pm. So come early anyway, you don’t want to miss her!]
The Silverlake Lounge, to make this even more Beck-related, is around the corner from where Beck recorded that argument that begins and inspires “Truckdrivin Neighbors.” Beck played the Lounge himself in a post-show show with Wounded Cougar in summer of 2006.
Favorite Albums of 2008
December 31st, 2008 by breathmintHello,
We thought it would be fun to share with you all, our recently compiled lists of favorite albums from 2008. We’d also love to know what albums you guys loved best, so feel free to post your own lists too!
-mint
breathmint – Top 25
01) Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
02) Laura Marling – Alas, I Cannot Swim
03) Beck – Modern Guilt
04) Get Well Soon – Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
05) Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
06) Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
07) Tilly & The Wall – O
08) Somone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Pershing
09) of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
10) Dresden Dolls – No, Virginia
11) Best Friends Forever – Best Friends Forever
12) Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
13) Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant / Ragged Wood
14) A Perfect Little Angel – Florida
15) Silje Nes – Ames Room
16) Deerhunter – Microcastle
17) CSS – Donkey
18) Rachel Goodrich – Tinker Toys
19) Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
20) Ida – Lovers Prayers
21) Megapuss – Surfing
22) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real Emotional Trash
23) Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
24) Ruby Suns – Sea Lion
25) The Watson Twins – Fire Songs
almostaghost – Top 25
01. TV On The Radio: Dear Science
02. Portishead: Third
03. Beck: Modern Guilt
04. Laura Marling: Alas, I Cannot Swim
05. Death Cab For Cutie: Narrow Stairs
06. Cat Power: Jukebox
07. Q-Tip: The Renaissance
08. Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree
09. Spiritualized: Songs In A&E
10. Lykke Li: Youth Novels
11. Beach House: Devotion
12. The Raconteurs: Consolers Of The Lonely
13. My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
14. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Eleventh Hour
15. Brian Eno & David Byrne: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
16. R.E.M.: Accelerate
17. Langhorne Slim: Langhorne Slim
18. Aimee Mann: @#%&*! Smilers
19. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
20. The Black Keys: Attack & Release
21. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
22. Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
23. Martha Wainwright: I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too
24. The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride
25. Eugene McGuinness: Eugene McGuinness
Modern Guilt Chocolates!
December 17th, 2008 by almostaghostJust in case you haven’t seen this yet, there was a video for “Modern Guilt”:
I assume many may have already known this video, but wanted to share it as a lead in to these great looking Modern Guilt-inspired holiday chocolates. They were made by the lovely Yukari, and I wanted to share them with everyone! :)
The Information Deluxe Edition Vinyl Delayed
December 10th, 2008 by breathmintI just wanted to pass along some info on the yet to be released deluxe The Information vinyl package from A+R. Apparently there has been a delay due to remastering. Copy of email below.
– breathmint
Dear Customer,Â
Thank you for your purchase of the Deluxe Edition Vinyl Package of Beck’s The Information. We are writing to inform you that there is a slight delay in the shipment of your order due to the remastering of this album for vinyl, which has been done exclusively for this release. As of now, we expect the new shipping date of your order to be January 15, 2009, although it is possible that your order may ship before the end of December. We sincerely apologize for this delay, and hope you will understand that it is a result of our intention to provide you with the highest quality product.Â
If you would like to cancel your order and receive a full refund of the purchase price, please reply to this email and we will cancel your order. If you would still like your order, there is no need to respond and we will send your order as quickly as possible, along with a tracking number to monitor the shipment progress.
Thank you for your understanding and support.Â
Best,Â
A+R