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Times New Viking will plant a sloppy kiss on the Velvet Underground catalog at a Valentine's Day show in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio.The February 14 performance is at the closing party for the Wexner Center for the Arts' Andy Warhol exhibition, "Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms," and it will feature Times New Viking playing a set of Velvet Underground covers.All the Valentine's Day sweetness without the chalky taste of candy hearts!(Full disclosure: A few weeks ago, Pitchfork managing editor Mark Richardson spoke on a panel at the Wexner Center about the Velvet Underground, in conjunction with the Warhol exhibit.)Thanks to reader Jared Hamilton for the tip.Times New Viking are currently wrapping up a tour with Deerhunter.read more
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Beck continues making good use of his down time between album cycles with the second phase of his Record Club, the project which sees Hansen invite a tag-archive-friendly set of friends to cover an a classic album in its entirety, in a day, with no rehearsal. He recently finished posting clips from the Velvet Underground & Nico session, feat...
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submitted by Nick Jul 17th 2009 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)
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.
submitted by Nick Jul 6th 2009 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)
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 albums, then posting a song a week from the session. He's launching it with VU. Folks were more enthusiastic about "...
submitted by Nick Jun 19th 2009 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)
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 rehearsal, re-record entire albums, and then post one song a week from that session in, it seems, grainy live and ...


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