Beck was my result for Buzzfeed’s “Which ’90s Alt-Rock Dude Are You?” quiz, so I feel uniquely qualified to evaluate his new album. Who else

As 2013 wound to a close, I was left wondering: Have I seen everything there is to see? Most pop-culture events left me feeling blasé—even Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance. I may have been several Moonman-tinis into the evening, but I didn’t see what the big deal was. A shocking VMA performance? Try Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” in 1984. Former Disney starlets asserting sexier images? There’s …

In the late '90s, on the cusp of the new millennium, everyone was excited about the space-age future, which was reflected in the trends of the time