5. Beck‘Loser’

This was a fresh take on acoustic pop with some strange twist of self deprecation and ironic nerdy swagger, someone wanting to be seen in a certain ’scene’ so he just decides to create it and insert himself into the middle of it all.
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

This was a fresh take on acoustic pop with some strange twist of self deprecation and ironic nerdy swagger, someone wanting to be seen in a certain ’scene’ so he just decides to create it and insert himself into the middle of it all.
The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg
From 90s grunge and hip hop to contemporary ambient electronica, DJ Tom Ravenscroft tells Ben Graham about the 13 albums that give him the most listening pleasure, and developing his own musical interest away from the influence of his dad, the late John Peel. Tom Ravenscroft image courtesy of the BBC.