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Beck's Record Club Covers 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'

Jul 3, 6:27am

I really like where Beck 's new project, Record Club , is headed. The premise: Beck will lead a group of musicians to cover an entire album of their choosing in one day. The tracks are recorded and then released once a week on his website for fans to enjoy. Wired reports: "An album will be chosen to be reinterpreted and used as a framework. Nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time... Musical cohorts will include folks like Devendra [...]

Artists: Beck, Devendra Banhart, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, The Velvet Underground & Nico

Tags: News, video, new music, beck, mgmt, Jamie Lidell, devendra banhart, Nigel Godrich, 2009 Releases, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Beck's Record Club: The Velvet Underground and Nico MUSIC VIDEO: Beck - Femme Fatale (and more songs from The Velvet Underground and Nico)Beck’s Record Club – Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground Cover)Record Club - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground & Nico)Beck Overhauls Website, Starts Cover Band, Covers The Velvet Underground

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