The singer’s new album debuted at the top of the Billboard album chart with the most impressive sales since Drake’s “Views” a year and a half ago. Read entire story.
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Beck: Colors review – a hymn to hedonistic pop
(Virgin)It’s typical of the restless Beck that his follow-up to the pensive Morning Phase is a loose-limbed hymn to hedonistic pop. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, but given Beck’s ability to redraw rock’s boundaries, Colors is depressingly short of real surprises, its … Read entire story.
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Playlist: The Playlist: Mavis Staples Warns of Deadly Force, and 9 More New Songs
Hear the songs that caught our critics’ attention this week, from a studio reverie by Beck to a globe-hopping track by Major Lazer. Read entire story.
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Beck: Colors review – newly enthused heights and depths
CapitolBy no means is this an average album. In fact, there is nothing moderate about it at all: Colors is extreme, featuring some of the best and worst songs that Beck has ever written. After the wave of melancholy that engulfed 2014’s Grammy award-winning Morning Phase – created … Read entire story.
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Your Week in Culture: Clive Owen, St. Vincent, ‘Marshall’ Before the Supreme Court
Also the week of Oct. 8: The choreographer Rebecca Davis brings stop-motion to life in New York, and Chicago showcases Brazilian modern art. Read entire story.
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