As you well know, Beck's got all sorts of fun things going on at the new beck.com, including interviews with Tom Waits, acoustic versions of Modern Guilt songs, and perhaps most excellently his Record Club, which pulls together colleagues and... CONTINUE READING "GAMMA RAY" ACOUSTIC, "ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES" ADDED TO BECK.COM»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Beck | Kings Of Convenience | The Velvet Underground
As previously reported, Beck and his bros (among them Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and bro-in-law Giovanni Ribisi) are plowing through covers of The Velvet Underground & Nico. Track 5 "Run Run Run" can now be heard here.... CONTINUE READING BECK RECORD CLUB CONTINUES»
Posted on July 17, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Beck | The Velvet Underground | Wild Beasts
After launching his DJ mix series, Beck's back on The Velvet Underground & Nico tip. As you likely recall, one of the new sections on his overhauled website involves he and his friends going into the studio and covering entire... CONTINUE READING BECK & CO. COVER "FEMME FATALE"»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Beck | The Velvet Underground
Beck's Record Club project promises a series of installments in which the man and a bunch of buddies ducking into the studio sans rehearsal and knocking out a cover version of an entire album. The Hansen family band got it... CONTINUE READING BECK & FRIENDS COVER "I'M WAITING FOR THE MAN"»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in (15 comments)
Tags: Beck | Giovanni Ribisi | Joey Waronker | Nigel Godrich | The Velvet Underground
Beck's giving his website an overhaul. One of the new sections, Record Club, launched today with a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning." The idea behind the Record Club's for Beck and friends to go into the studio sans... CONTINUE READING BECK COVERS VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO»
Posted on June 19, 2009 in (30 comments)
Tags: Beck | Giovanni Ribisi | Joey Waronker | Nigel Godrich | The Velvet Underground
The National did a full-on cover of "What Goes On" at New York Magazine's 40th Anniversary Party this past Friday night. Maybe they were inspired by the various forms of "Caroline Says, Pt. II" and other Berlin: Live at St.... CONTINUE READING THE NATIONAL COVER THE VELVET UNDERGROUND»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: The National | The Velvet Underground
We posted the audio version of "Caroline Says, Pt. II." It's from Lou Reed's December '06 performance of Berlin at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. As mentioned, Matador's releasing said concert as a 14-track soundtrack under the descriptive title Berlin:... CONTINUE READING NEW LOU REED (FEAT. ANTONY HEGARTY) VIDEO - "CAROLINE SAYS, PT. II"»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Coachella | Lou Reed | Superchunk | The Velvet Underground
In the December issue of Blender, the magazine's editors have compiled what they see as the "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever," opening with this little graph:Mumbled lyrics, couldn't-care-less strumming, white dudes in sweaters--what's not to love about indie rock?... CONTINUE READING BLENDER'S 100 GREATEST INDIE-ROCK ALBUMS EVER»
Posted on November 14, 2007 in , (269 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Pavement | Pixies | R.E.M. | Sonic Youth | The Replacements | The Velvet Underground
Moscow's Xvostya offers a beer 'n' vodka-soaked polka cover of NIN's "Survivalism," Trent's pricy wall-of-synthesizers replaced by accordion, bottle, silverware, comb, guitar, handclaps, and (pretty literally) the kitchen sink. Maybe it's the dawn of MacGyver rock… Conversely, turning a "racket"... CONTINUE READING BORSCHT ROCK? RUSSIAN FUTURISM AND A GERMANIC PAST»
Posted on August 6, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Lou Reed | Nine Inch Nails | The Velvet Underground | Xvostya
Fans of alternate tunings and/or Lou Reed & John Cale's magical relationship should be hip to the Ostrich, but WFMU's Beware Of Blog sketches out the tale of the avian-named tuning for a lesson in VU 101:One of the secret... CONTINUE READING VELVET UNDERGROUND'S SECRET WEAPON: THE OSTRICH»
Posted on July 18, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: John Cale | Lou Reed | The Velvet Underground
Well kids, if you have a spare trust fund laying around and have a "thing" for Velvet Underground records, there's only 11 hours left before the year's most absurd acetate auction closes. For sale is a ultra-fucking-rare copy of "the... CONTINUE READING GOT $155,000?»
Posted on December 8, 2006 (41 comments)
Tags: The Velvet Underground
