Beck The Information
I’ve been on a huge Beck kick lately. Every album he releases is candy to my ears! I’ve listened to his new album The Information every day this week. My favorite song off the album, Strange Apparition is a nod to the Rolling Stones’ classic Torn And Frayed. The album uses less sampling than alot of Beck stuff, and reminds me more of a rock album than a hip-hop type album. Its got alot of latin styled beats and alot of funk. I recommend getting the physical CD as opposed to an iTunes purchase because it comes with stickers that allow you to design your own personal cover. I was reading an article where Beck was saying that he’s working on a way to allow people to remix the album themselves, which would be really cool. Its all about the mashup these days. Beck filmed a bunch of home brewed music videos for the album which got uploaded to YouTube (see links below). The videos are quite hilarious and feature Beck dancing around in a Bear suit with his kid (I think) in the background. At any rate, check out the Information, its a killer Beck album.
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