The Beastie Boys

Kristy Aguirre, What Are You Listening To?

Kristy Aguirre Aguirre is the booker/promoter for Tickle Your Bone Comedy at Brigett's Last Laugh, Tuesday's at 8 p.m. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I'm without a vehicle at the moment, but when I did ... More >>

SensOne on Idolizing the Bombshelter DJs and How He Earned His Nickname "Power Surge"

It's a fact of life that everyone has a pratfall or accident now and again. Just ask Greg "SensOne" Voeller, who pulled a gaffe not once, but twice, during his DJ sets. Besides embarrassing the crap outta the local selector, it caused a few of his cohorts to give him a second nickname: PowerSurge. ... More >>

The 10 Greatest White Rappers

See also: EL-P's Dystopian Hip-Hop is No Sci-Fi Fantasy See also: Asher Roth Is Bro Rap Incarnate, but Don't Hold It Against Him See also: Action Bronson @ Club Red See also: Ten Awesome Mixtapes To Download Right Now (NSFW) What are the first names to come to mind when we say "white rapper?" Vani ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our June 7 Issue

This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What does DJ Jason Ayers hate about "brostep?" What does pop star Santigold have to say about MCA of The Beastie B ... More >>

Santigold Discusses Bjork, MySpace, and The Death of MCA

There's no such thing as the sophomore slump for Santi White, who has once again charmed audiences with the genre-defying Master of My Make-Believe. The album includes collaborations with members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Switch, Diplo, and David Sitek, as well as the infectiously catchy song "Dispara ... More >>

The Wiley One and Planet X Salute MCA of The Beastie Boys With "Intergalactic" Cover

It still feels hard to believe. Friday's news about the passing of MCA (Adam Yauch) of The Beastie Boys shocked nearly everyone, forcing us to confront mortality and look back on the group's lasting legacy. "At first, I didn't want to believe it, then came shock and, lastly, my heart sank down into ... More >>

Beastie Boys Aren't Supposed to Die; R.I.P. Adam Yauch

Beastie Boys aren't supposed to die, and they certainly aren't supposed to succumb to cancer when they're only 47. But that's what happened today: MCA has passed away. The Beastie Boys seemed eternally youthful -- from their punky beginnings to their prank-rap stardom, to their string of genuine a ... More >>

Jay "Akshen" Valdez Talks Para One, Jam Master Jay, Fools Gold, and More

If you pay a visit to AZ/88 tonight, its urbane décor and trendy drinks won't be the coolest thing going on inside the haute Scottsdale hangout. DJ Akshen will be working hard on the wheels of steel providing a fitting tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys during his weekly gig Fluid F ... More >>

National Record Store Day's "Back To Black" Friday: 10 Releases Worth Leaving The House For

Black Friday. One of those days when people like me hole up for one more day of food-coma bliss, fearing the heightened level of commercialism that turns consumers into zombified shopping maniacs, out for blood over $30 plasma televisions. But the upside to Black Friday is when the words Record S ... More >>

Beastie Boys' Off-Broadway, and Four Other Weird Rock Musicals

Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

Rebecca Black Releases Crappy But Not As Bad Second Single and Video, 'My Moment'

​Rebecca Black is back, according to Rolling Stone.Thankfully her new song and video, "My Moment," isn't as bed as her mess of a first single, "Friday."The new song is essentially about the last song. She's sticking it to the man and addressing her haters by rubbing it in her face that she's going ... More >>

Soulive @ The Compound Grill

Z-Trip Remixes Beastie Boys Entire Catalog for Megamix

​The Beastie Boys have been pumping out some of the best promotional blitz I've ever seen for their new record, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, out yesterday in stores and online. In addition to the incredible Fight for Your Right Revisited short film, staring Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, ... More >>

Beastie Boys Release 'Fight For Your Right Revisited' in Full

​The Beastie Boys' bombass release of their short film Fight For Your Right Revisited is finally here, according to Consequence of Sound. Is it just as good as you imagined it would be? No, because it's even better.There is a lot of rapping, a ton of celebrity cameos, and most of all, there is a l ... More >>

Two Minutes of Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Leaks

Lady Gaga's new single "Judas" from her upcoming album Born This Way has leaked a two-minute preview​, according to Idolator."Judas" will be released on Tuesday, April 19 as Gaga's followup single to the track that shares a name with the album. The song clip sounds like a low-quality preview. ... More >>

Beastie Boys to Release Star-Studded Short Film 'Fight For Your Right Revisited'

​In addition to releasing their highly anticipated upcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, on May 3, the Beastie Boys will be releasing a short film in a few weeks, according to Pitchfork.Fight For Your Right Revisited is the Beastie Boys' new star-studded 22-minute short film directed by th ... More >>

Asylum Street Spankers

New Sufjan Stevens Due, Trent Reznor Chased Off Twitter, Chris Brown Apology Video

Rolling Stone: Trent Reznor Ends Twitter Legacy By Deleting Account Idolator: Monica Would Like The Boy To Tell Her If He's Hers Or Not NME: Sufjan Stevens announces new soundtrack release NME: Activists oppose turning Michael Jackson's home into tourist spot Pitchfork: Weezer: New Album, Pinkerton ... More >>

Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

Other People's Blogs: DMX's Doped Up Dogs, Video of Mini T's "Japanese Woman," Beastie Boys Audiobook

Idolator: Yung Joc's Twitter Tells The Tale Of Why It's Bad To Give Animals CocaineElectric Mustache: Video: New Miniature Tigers SongRolling Stone: The Story of Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique": Free 33 1/3 AudiobookSo Much Silence: The Twilight Sad: Reflection of the TelevisionPitchfork: Sigur Rós ... More >>

Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

Ear Candy

Q-Tip headlines a massive mix of dopeness

The Biggest Dick in Phoenix: Richard Cheese at Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, June 7

Asylum Street Spankers

Gojira

Phunk Junkeez

Hydro Phonic
(Dmaft Records)

Beastie Boys

The Mix-Up
(Capitol Records)

It's Not, but It Oughtta Be

MC Lars

Hip-ha-ha

Got Mole?

Cut a rug with Page from history

What's Selling

Top 10 sellers at Swell

What's Selling

Top 10 sellers at Stinkweeds Records

Beastie Boys

To the 5 Boroughs
(Capitol)

THE NIGHT:Standard at Elixir

THE DJ:Translator

Northern State

Dying in Stereo (Interscope)

Scenes From Nowhere

A Coachella diary from that other desert to the left

Pool Party

ASU women host water polo invite

Various Artists

Anticon Giga-single (Anticon)

Beastie Boys DVD Anthology: The Criterion Collection

Beastie Boys (Criterion/Grand Royal/Capitol)

Annual Retentive

The 10 best rock 'n' roll records of '99

Beastie Boys

Anthology: The Sounds of Science
(Grand Royal/Capitol)

Night & Day

September 24 - 30, 1998

Mike Test

Mixmaster Mike takes his turntable wizardry on tour with the Beastie Boys

Recordings

Risky Business

Seventeen years after its advent, sampling remains mired in legal and aesthetic controversy

Cosmo Poppers

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

HARD-CORE ADDICTSPOISED ON THE BRINK OF BIG TIME, THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ STILL LIKE IT LOUD AND STUPID

TIME TO GET IIIBEASTIE BOYS DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS ANYMORE

BUSTIN' OUT OF BLACKFACE

WHITE MEN CAN'T RAP. OR CAN THEY?