Ninja Tune producer and head designer DJ Food, who we featured this spring for his album The Search Engine, has just unveiled a project very close to our hearts: a tribute album to the 1989 classic Paul’s Boutique, the Beastie Boys best album and one of the Top 10 Albums Of All Time (yup, no […]
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Sep
DJ Food, Cheeba & Moneyshot's 3 years in the making mixtape
11
May
16 of the best live performances in tribute the late Adam Yauch
Art & culture site BOOOOOOOM! assembled this mixtape of live Beastie Boys performances in tribute to the late great MCA. Unlike a lot of tribute mixtapes surfacing, this is all live performances which makes it well worth popping in your soundsystem — as anyone who’s seen the Beasties perform, they were ne plus ultra. As […]
4
May
Acclaimed musician, humanitarian, activist, Beastie Boy & intrepid fighter for your right to party
We’d be remiss if we didn’t take a moment out to give thanks to Adam Yauch for all he’s given us over the years. There are few bands who I defend as strongly as the Beastie Boys — a group who has not one or two but three albums in the Madman’s Best 100 Albums […]
23
Mar
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Mike D curates Mercedes Benz' "Transmission LA: AV Club"
When you’re offered five minutes with one of your heroes, you jump on it with vigor like Kool Aid-geeked grade schoolers on a trampoline. Or at least, you should. Such is the case with one Mike Diamond, aka Mike D, the high-pitched smooth talker in the archetypal Beastie Boys. In this humble man’s opinion, if […]
25
Apr
The filthy, dirty, nasty version for your ears only
After the clean version of their new Hot Sauce Committee Part Two LP leaked last week, the Boys Beastie decided to offer the unedited “filthy dirty nasty version” on their site. So if you can’t wait til May 3rd when the album hits store shelves (and iTunes digital folders), then hit up Hot Sauce Committee […]
21
Apr
Prepare for full interweb meltdown
A couple weeks back we posted the Beastie Boys “Fight For Your Right — Revisited” Trailer, and now finally the first full video from their latest album has dropped in its full 6 minutes of glory. Prepare for interweb meltdown. The trio’s latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt.2, drops May 3rd… Beastie Boys – Make […]
11
Apr
Beasties of the Future battle Beasties of the Past
In case you missed it, the Beastie Boys released a trailer for an upcoming short film Fight For Your Right — Revisited this weekend. Made in conjunction with the release of their eighth album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, the 30-minute film revolves around the Beastie Boys from the the future meeting the Beastie Boys […]
3
Jun
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/uCn0SrfOp3E” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has directed a new doc about the hallowed basketball courts in Harlem’s Rucker Park, set for release Friday June 27. Here’s the description: “On September 1, 2006, the top 24 high school basketball players in the nation stepped out on this court, […]
