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I ran across this old SNL clip with Beasties Boys playing with Elvis Costello ...

Bits & Pieces ...

Heeeeellllllooooo Brooklyn! Beastie Boys are going to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The creations of Dutch craftsman Yuri Landman. This guy has some crazyass guitar creations. On his website, the 34-year-old Landman describes himself as a "luthier specialized in experimental electric string-instruments". He builds some of the craziest, coolest guitars (and guitar-like things) we've ever seen. So far, he's built a guitar called the Moonlander for Lee Ranaldo and one called the Moodswinger for Aaron Hemphill. Continue here.



Cat Power will release her next "Covers Record" in January of 2008.

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New Releases ...

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Bad Brains - Build a Nation
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
Frank Black - 93-03
Echo & The Bunnymen - Dancing Horses DVD
Social Distortion - Greatest Hits

"The Mix Up" Streaming

"The Mix Up" album stream is here to save the day!

Brooklyn Vegan scored the exclusive first stream of next week's release from the B Boys...

Check it here. It would only run in IE for me.

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Hello Brooklyn

"Beastie Boys have confirmed a string of US dates, including their first-ever show in Brooklyn, New York.

The band will play seven shows this summer in support of 'The Mix-Up' album, which comes out later this month,

The band will kick off their tour in Philadelphia and will play Boston before hitting New York for shows at the Central Park Summerstage and Brooklyn's McCarren Pool.

Meanwhile, the band are mapping several intimate dates to showcase material from their instrumental album. These shows will be announced shortly."

Hopefully we will hear some TX dates soon.

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Yes More ...

I know you're thinking, "Damn this motherfucker is posting a lot of Beastie Boys". But hey I'm a fan, and they've got a new record on the way. Below are some shots from a flickr account the Boys have set up. B Boys also launched a spankn' new website.







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More B Boys

The Beastie Boys have now put the first 2 parts of a new video on their site. I'm assuming it's what is part of a complete song/video for the upcoming album. So go check it out for yourself here.

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More Deets on the B Boys Album

Straight from the Beastie's site ...

"ok. here's our blurb about our new album -- it spits hot fire! -- hot shit! it's official... it's named THE MIX-UP and is out june 26. g'wan."

Track listing:

1. B For My Name
2. 14th St. Break
3. Suco De Tangerina
4. The Gala Event
5. Electric Worm
6. Freaky Hijiki
7. Off The Grid
8. The Rat Cage
9. The Melee
10. Dramastically Different
11. The Cousin Of Death
12. The Kangaroo Rat

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B Boys' "The Mix Up"

Beastie Boys have revealed exclusively to NME.COM that their new album will be called 'The Mix Up' and will be released in June.

Bandmember Mike D said the follow-up to 2004's 'To The 5 Boroughs' will be "radically different" to its' predecessor. The rockier record will instead hark to the style of the band's classic albums 'Check Your Head' and 'Paul's Boutique'.

Mike D said: "We play instruments on the whole album, as opposed to sampling. There's more rock on there. If you know us you can trace the influences and they're no completely surprising. Someone who listens to us casually might think 'What the hell are these guys doing?'

"It might make you flip your wig right off, or your hairpiece, if you're a casual listener."

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Cooler Than A Cucumber ...

in a bowl of hot sauce. MCA recently spoke about the Beastie Boys forthcoming album. They are currently on a festival run right now (Europe & US). Dates are here.

UPDATE ...
B Boys have made a post of their own about the new album:

1. we have a new record coming out
2. it's gonna be sick
3. we're playing a bunch of shows this summer
4. they're gonna be sick
5. we're gonna play some instrumental only shows also... (you know..drums..bass..guitar..keyboard..percussion..)
6. better call your doctor..cause they're gonna be sick
7. it's gonna be a gala event
8. we're changing up the website...sick
9. got new gear coming soon...again...sick..
10. go see a tailor and get tapered up...


It's been three years since the Beastie Boys released To the 5 Boroughs, which is still only half the time between the release of Boroughs and its immediate predecessor, Hello Nasty. The trio is, however, already hard at work on their next album, as Adam Yauch (aka MCA) revealed to Pitchfork in a recent interview.

Yauch says the Beasties are "focusing on playing instruments [and] not really working with drum machines and samples" on the record, which they are in the process of mixing. The album is currently untitled, but they hope to release it this spring.

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