It's Beck's birthday, and this future Austin City Limits festival headliner is celebrating with the release of his latest, Modern Guilt. Produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) and featuring none other than Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Guilt oozes pop noir. Squeaking in at just 30 minutes, the album is a slight addition to Beck's library, but it's a finely-tuned stablemate: Danger Mouse ties up the loose ends that tend to be Beck's stumbling blocks, tightening up the collage approach that the artist has become famous for. The geek chic is still there, but there seems to be a new found focus on the transition. Transition might be key here, as Beck has finally moved on from Geffen and on to XL. Time will tell if there is any real change happening here, as we see glimpses of something big happening that 30 minutes might not really be able to shed light on. For now, expect a slightly darker take on a familiar recipe.

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Air: Air (reissue)
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Alison Moyet: The Turn
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Danger Radio: Used And Abused
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Dethklok: The Dethalbum [vinyl]
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The Fall: I Never Felt Better in My Life 1979-82
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Great Big Sea: Fortune's Favour
Hamell on Trial: Rant and Roll
Jean Grae: Jeanius
John Hiatt: Same Old Man [vinyl]
Joseph Arthur: Foreign Girls
Karl Hector: Sahara Swing
Kerli: Love Is Dead
Leila: Blood, Looms & Blooms
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Magnetic Fields: Distortion [vinyl]
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MC5: Kick Out the Jams (remastered)
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Paper Route: Are We All Forgotten
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Patti Smith & Kevin Shields: The Coral Sea
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