news / updates
January 31, 2005
The E-Pro video is online now [thanks
stewoo.net beck forum]. I can't seem to download it but maybe you'll have better luck (all these pages link to the same download URL):
If that doesn't work, try downloading at
yousendit.com [thanks PsychoKinetic /
Stewoo board]. Definitely one of the weirdest videos I've ever seen. In a good way.
Shynola directed this video (related article at
mvwire.com).
If you're still missing out on the new Beck songs you can download a few at
armcircles.
Also via the stewoo board,
LA Times review and photos from the tsunami benefit show [thanks TimMFNReed].
Info about the new "Hell Yes" single from
beck.com:
The "Hell Yes" remix EP will be available for purchase on iTunes tomorrow. The EP features two remixes by 8-bit and two by Paza.
The EP will also be available in stores as well on 12" vinyl.
And the tracklisting of the
vinyl [thanks Matthew]:
Side A mixed by 8-bit
1. Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes)
2. Gamebiy.Homeboy (Que Onda Guero)
Side B Mixed by Paza (The X-Dump)
1. Bad Cartridge (E-Pro)
2. Bit Rate Variations in B-Flat (Girl)
Also, beck.com has put up some
photos from The Echo.
January 30, 2005
Ambitious Outsiders has this
photo gallery of Beck at the Echo. [via
Productshop]
It looks like
Beck.com is getting a facelift!
January 29, 2005
From
beck.com:
Beck warmed up his new band Friday night at The Echo in Los Angeles, playing an early, 10 song set consisting of material off Guero, new songs, and Get Real Paid off Midnite Vultures.
LA.com has some more info about the show.
January 28, 2005
The
new issue of
Filter features Beck and will be out on February 11th.
Röyksopp remixed a Beck song for one of his new singles. The remix is mentioned at
beatservice.no/royksopp and
Billboard's Röyksopp interview. [Thanks to Calum]
January 27, 2005
Beck.com now has an
rss feed! [
What is rss?]
January 26, 2005
The "Hell Yes" video, directed by
Mumbleboy, uses the 8-bit remix of the track (called "Ghettochip Malfunction"). [from
ign.com] The LP single for "Hell Yes" is on sale at
artistdirect.com.
January 24, 2005
Watch the new colorful flashy
Mumbleboy-esque video for "Hell Yes":
Win Media |
Real
The song is different from the leak, if you got to listen to it. I personally like the leaked one better but this one's cool too. [via
stereogum]
January 23, 2005
Writer for the O. C. Josh Schwartz reviews Beck's new album in his music column at
The New York Times.
What I've heard of the new album - due in March on Geffen - is unmastered, untitled, unsequenced and totally amazing. After the melancholy of "Sea Change," Beck seems older and wiser, but also more ready for fun...
January 20, 2005
The untitled and unfinished leaked Beck album now has a name and a tracklisting according to
VH1. Titled
Guero (Mexican slang for a blond-haired, fair-skinned Caucasian), the album will be released on (or before) March 29th. Tracklisting:
- E-Pro
- Que Onda Guero
- Girl
- Missing
- Black Tambourine
- Earthquake Weather
- Hell Yes
- Broken Drum
- Scarecrow
- Go It Alone
- Farewell Ride
- Rental Car
- Emergency Exit
Read the
full article for song descriptions. [via
onelouder]
That was fast:
Pitckfork reviews "Guero".
January 18, 2005
Beck.com re: leaked tracks:
Speaking of, as some of you may have seen, the new Beck album, tentatively due out March 28th, has unceremoniously been leaked onto the masses. This is NOT the final album. It is an early unmixed, unmastered version that is neither the final sequence or all the tracks that will appear, so please be aware this is not what Beck intended to happen or bestow onto his fans.
Also, some info about the
Music for Relief show:
Thanks to all who attended the Music for Relief Benefit. With your help, we were able to raise over 200k for the tsunami relief fund. Beck played 4 songs solo, including Lonesome Tears on the harmonium, and Lost Cause, with special guest Will Ferrell handling dancing duties.
Grab some new beck songs at
One Louder [taken down] and
aeki tuesday.
Ah, here's an mp3 for you:
Download Beck - E-pro
[via
Productshop NYC]
January 17, 2005
The new Beck album has apparently been leaked.
The Nappy Cat had the mp3s up but unsurprisingly, they're no longer there (at least for me they're not). [via
aeki tuesday]
Also, from nme.com:
Beck plays surprise LA show:
BECK made a surprise appearance at LOS ANGELES’s SPACELAND last week (January 13).
The singer turned up out of the blue at the tiny venue to play an impromptu gig to 250 people.
He premiered new material from his forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album, including ‘Guero’, ‘Hell Yes’, and ‘Epro’.
During the show Beck also altered the words to ‘Sly And The Family Stone's ‘Thank You (4 Letting Me B Mice Elf Again)’, to ‘Thank You For Letting Me Play Spaceland Again’.
[via
goldenfiddle]
January 14, 2005
Shynola has some info about a new Beck video:
FINALLY - after almost killing ourselves with exhaustion and sleeping under our desks for 3 weeks we have completed the video for a new Beck track. It should be out soon. It's our first music video for a whole year.
Alright, that wasn't a lot of info, but they've finished it. Woohoo! [thanks to Steve]
January 11, 2005
Beck is playing at
Music for Relief: Tenacious D & Friends on January 17th at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. The concert is raising money for the victims of the tsunami in south Asia or you can donate money thought
Music For Relief. Buy tickets at
ticketmaster. [via
More Cowbell].
January 4, 2005
Beck's album has been delayed again? :( Here's
news from
NME:
BECK has delayed the release of his new forthcoming studio album to March.
The follow-up to 2002’s ’Sea Change’ will come out in the UK on either March 21 or March 28. The exact date is still to be confirmed.
As previously reported on NME.COM, the singer has been working with producers The Dust Brothers and Tony Hoffer.
The LP has been recorded in LA and Jack White has been in the studio with the star, although the track is yet to be completed or named. Working titles for songs on the album include ‘Guero’, ‘E-Pro’, ‘Scarecrow’ and ‘Chain Reaction’.
[thanks to Kathryn]
