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Filed under: News Jason Merritt/Getty Images The tributes and memories dedicated in honor of Adam "MCA" Yauch keep pouring in a deluge comparable to the man's considerable talent. The Beastie Boys ' Mike D posted a picture of the Madison Square Garden jumbotron from Sunday's Knicks game displaying an image of MCA. "I know, we should have tweeted and instagrammed every sad, happy and inspired thought, smile or tear by now," [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell Getty Images MADRID (AP) - A Stradivarius cello housed at the Spanish Royal Palace was broken in an accident , an official said Monday. The instrument could be worth more than $20 million. A National Heritage official declined to specify what went wrong. She refused to comment on an El Mundo newspaper report that the instrument fell off a table during a photo session. [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive Ilya S. Savenok,Getty Irony can be a polarizing concept in rock 'n' roll. On one side, you have hipsters in their vintage Journey t-shirts, distantly indulging in classic rock. On the other, you have the earnest diehards who will accept nothing short of the most genuine, by-the-book appreciation of the genre. Somewhere in the middle, straddling the two solitudes in tight leather pants you have rock 'n' roll avengers Foxy [...]

Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! Getty | Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Former Libertines frontman Pete Doherty will be auctioning off some of his art pieces in London later this week which were smeared with his own blood. But the biggest draw might be an item smeared with somebody else's blood -- the late Amy Winehouse 's. According to the Independent , the auction takes place this [...]

Filed under: Video , RPM , New Music , New Releases Ysa Pérez "This is life, it's beautiful," begins the video for Congorock 's "Ivory." "There's nothing better than something like this." It then centers on a young, dreadlocked man polishing off a 40, smoking something, downing some pills, riding a bike, wooing a lady -- y'know, kids' stuff. All this transpires while Congorock's hypnotic electro-house track builds in the background. "With [...]

Filed under: News AFP A former housekeeper for U2 bassist Adam Clayton is facing 184 counts of theft but had her trial delayed late last week in a Dublin courtroom. According to the Irish Independent , Carol Hawkins is accused of taking cash from Clayton's personal bank account from 2005 to 2008. The total sum is estimated at 4.8 million Euros. Hawkins was originally charged in January 2011 and appeared in [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Phil Andelman Since Friday (May 4), when beloved Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch died in New York City following a courageous three-year cancer fight, fans and admirers ranging from the Dalai Lama to the Mets have been lining up to pay their respects. All the while, his bandmates kept mum, but last night, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz broke his silence and [...]

Filed under: News Bryan Bedder, Getty Images As fans, admirers and artists of all stripes continue to pay tribute to Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch , who died yesterday (May 4) after a three-year battle with cancer, the most heartfelt words may have come from his mother, Frances Yauch. "He was a very courageous person," she told the New York Times , revealing that her son died at 9AM [...]

Filed under: News , New Music Barry Brecheisen, WireImage After more than a decade away, No Doubt are getting ready to skank and pogo back into the public eye. The California ska-punk band has been working for some time on a new album , and now said collection has a release date : Sept. 25. In the announcement video below, posted today on the quintet's website, singer Gwen [...]

Filed under: News Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images The Beastie Boys were that rare group that just about everyone could like, and last night, as artists from around the world and across the musical spectrum tweeted their respects to Adam "MCA" Yauch , who died hours earlier after a long cancer battle, Coldplay paid tribute to the fallen rapper with a special cover. Performing at the Hollywood [...]

Filed under: Video of the Day Artist: The Jezabels Video: "Rosebud" Highlight: "When we finished writing and recording this song, we knew we'd created an '80s-style song," guitarist Sam Lockwood tells Spinner. "So when we decided that it would be a single, we knew we had to mirror that style visually. Accordingly, our director Ben Reed employed an '80s-era technology -- VHS -- to give the video that '80s sheen we all love so much. 'Rosebud' is a lush song, and Ben immediately [...]

Filed under: News Kevin Winter, Getty This is hard to believe, but there was actually a time when people didn't take Radiohead seriously. Shocking, right? But back when their first album was named after a Jerky Boys reference ( Pablo Honey , look it up ) and their first hit was about being a weirdo ("Creep"), it was pretty easy to box Radiohead in as slacker Brit Beck / Pavement [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Evan Agostini, AP With today's tragic passing of the Beastie Boys ' Adam Yauch (aka MCA ), tributes to the late rapper have been popping up all over the web. Here are our favorites, in no particular order. The Beastie Boys' official statement. [ BeastieBoys.com ] Yauch, at the 1998 VMAs, preaches non-violence and racism towards Muslims and [...]

Filed under: News Mat Sznajkos, Getty Today is May the 4th, which in the world of geek-o-tron wordplay equals "may the Force," which for those of you living under a pop culture rock the last few decades, equals Star Wars . Despite being partial to Boba Fett and Darth Maul , we here at Spinner want the Force to be with each and every one of you today, so we've provided you [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , RPM , Q + A Ninja Tune Kid Koala , the Canadian DJ and cartoonist otherwise known as Eric San, no longer quite fits his nom de turntable. Though he started out young -- self-distributing his demo mixtape way back in 1996 on audio cassette -- the Ninja Tunes turntablist is now in his late-30s and has a kid of his own. [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. , Holy Hell Scott Gries, Getty Considering the worldwide reach of the Beastie Boys , it's no surprise people are shocked and saddened by the death of Adam Yauch , known to rhymin' an' stealin' hip-hop fans as MCA , at age 47 due to complications from cancer. Musical friends, acquaintances and people who've been moved by the Beasties over the years have been reacting on [...]

Filed under: News Ethan Miller, Getty Canadian rock group Rush took a trip to Ottawa's Parliament Hill yesterday, leaving some of the country's more powerful, influential politicians fawning like teenaged girls over their idols. According to CBC , the visit by Geddy Lee , Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart -- which included attending a question period in Parliament -- was part of a reception for the 2012 Governor [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Fred Duval, FilmMagic Famed hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys are mourning the loss of their brother-in-rhyme Adam "MCA" Yauch, who died May 4 after a battle with cancer, according to TMZ . The Brooklyn, N.Y., native was 47. On July 20, 2009, Yauch announced he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his parotid gland. As a result of the disease, the Beastie Boys had postponed all tour dates and [...]

Filed under: News , Video , New Music , New Releases Columbia Australian indie group the Temper Trap are returning later this month with their self-titled sophomore effort. Newly minted as a quintet, the band expanded sound can be heard in the anthemic single "Need Your Love." "This record there are some more heartbreak themes," bassist Jonathan Aherne tells Spinner. "The music and lyrics have the ability to refresh people. My [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell Ilya S. Savenok, FilmMagic The New York Post has published some fairly offensive stuff before, but nothing as overtly racist as columnist Phil Mushnick's diatribe about Jay-Z's "urban" rebranding of the Brooklyn Nets . To wit: "As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots -- what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team [...]