Our new favorite psychedelic-country-rock band These United States have captured the early '90s, DIY-spirit reminiscent of Beastie Boys clips for their new video. Here's The Important Thing... Click here to view the embedded video. These United States - The Important Thing These United States wrap up their current fall tour with Miles Benjamin Anthony tonight with a show at New York City's Mercury Lounge.

The Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival is coming back to Tennessee for 2010. The four-day bash will run from June 10-13 in Manchester, TN. Tickets for the festival go on sale November 27. Beastie Boys , Animal Collective , and Yeah Yeah Yeahs were among the bands that played this year's bash. For more information go to Bonnaroo.com .

My introduction to hip hop wasn't Jay-Z or DMX. I suppose you could argue that it was the Beastie Boys (after all, what white suburban kid wasn't introduced to rap by Licensed to Ill ?) but I'd go a couple years later to another influence. Because it wasn't until I heard Blackalicious that I really began to love hip hop. Blackalicious is a duo made up of emcee Gift of Gab and [...]
If you are a fan of Guitar Hero you'll be thrilled to find Activision has taken the Music and Rhythm gaming experience to the next level with the all new experience, DJ Hero . We've got one (1) Xbox 360 Standard Copy to give away and we'd more than love to make that happy person YOU! To enter, watch the videos below and leave a comment HERE ON OUR GIVEAWAY PAGE about the songs, the videos or commercials, before Midnight on Sunday, [...]
by marissa bea Another nifty collection of More Music , where we highlight some newly released material plus a few other songs that we may have bypassed upon first listen. We've got a wide array today bouncing from Beastie Boys mash ups to some stellar female vocalists, but let's kick it off with the song of the week. Bella Union shared the first single off the upcoming Beach House album titled Teen Dream . The track is titled "Norway" and serves as an eerie [...]

This week, we feature an artist who's a staunch supporter of your local adopt-a-cat program. In fact, he recently set up a cat themed fund raising show for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home ( which was also one of my favorite Animal Planet shows next to Vets in Practice ). Rescue Cat , as he is fondly called, brings to us kitty friendly, electropop music, with snazzy synths that'll be sure to warm your hearts up to make room for welcoming a rescue cat - if not in your home, then maybe somewhere in your mp3 [...]

Un petit malin s'est amusé à prendre certaines tracks du disque culte des BBoys et à en faire des mashups. Le résultat est assez intéressant. Assez pour que les BeastieBoys en parle sur leur site web dans la section News et recommande aux fans d'aller le télécharger. L'album est téléchargeable gratuitement (du moins pour l'instant) sur DoubleCheck your Head . DoubleCheck your Head Website Max Tannone Myspace Beastie Boys Website
Salvador Santana collaborates with Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Del, and GZA Keyboard City out February 2, 2010 via Quannum/Various Music Carlos Santana's son readies solo debut album Music is a burst of choices. Not only what note to play when and with what instrument, but whether to play a note at all. Salvador Santana , the 26-year-old keyboardist, vocalist, composer, and songwriter with strong Bay Area roots, knows [...]

Two video contests have been announced today. The first is from Lady Gaga , the end result of which sort of sounds like The Beastie Boys' Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! : Win a chance to meet Lady Gaga, attend her rehearsal and "Monster Ball" concert in Boston all while capturing it on camera. MySpace Music announced today an exclusive contest with international pop superstar Lady Gaga to win the chance to film the first U.S concert of her tour on December 1st in Boston, MA; the video will be edited and [...]
I first heard Smile at the ripe age of 14, back when KDF was still 'the' rock station in Nashville. They had a nightly show, 'Top 9 at 9', er something like that, and for a few days in 1994, I think at the top of that list, was a track by Smile, 'Staring At The Sun'. Something about it grabbed me. It was new, dark, spacey (outer, not Kevin), huge. Different. Lemme back up a bit. At this point in time, I was just beginning to look beyond what my scattered teenage brain considered the mainstream. It [...]
Steven "Pav" Pavlovic is founder and director of international record label Modular, which represents many of the names in the music industry right now: The Presets, Cut Copy, Ladyhawke and Van She, to name a few. What does your company do? Anything and everything with any kind of questionable link to good music. What is your background in music/business? I started out managing bands, then booking local venues around Sydney and then moved into promoting tours for both local and international bands, some of which [...]

Here is Jacob Safari's remix of the band From 's Beastie Boys cover. Remember that indie pop cover of "Fight For Your Right" that was in French? Yeah - that was From. Everything lead singer Roni Brunn does is unique and captivating, and this is no different. Jacob Safari found a secret passage off "I Feel Love," sidestepping disco and retro in favor of sparkly grit – that's the first surprise. The rest are fun to explore and much harder to place in this addictive remix. From [...]

My new favorite indie pop band from L.A. From has finally been remixed by Jacob Safari who has also remixed the likes of Major Lazer. And guess what track he remixed? The amazing Beastie Boys cover that they sang in French, "Fight For Your Right" Jacob made this track more addicting than it already was. With the electrifying instrumental to the echos of Roni's voice, how could you not listen to this over and over again? This track not only brings back the [...]
VH1 TV Shows Music Videos Celebrity Photos News & Gossip Genius. Norah Jones' newest effort, The Fall , which drops tomorrow (Blue Note), is already chock full o' tracks (and nuts?) more suitable to the mature and musically-inclined Norah fan. Now, Blue Note records and Jones team up to take down (new Thao bandname?) the indie-blogosphere in one fell swoop. These goddamn name droppers. "Chasing Pirates" the clear standout and now ready-made video track (above) from this album, has had the floor opened on it -- [...]
DjTee2 Remix Ain't No Half Steppin (Produced by Marley Marl) Big Daddy Kane J. Armz & Cutmaster D.C.-How To Be An MC 80's Edition Vol. 1 2007 Instrumental Beastie Boys rhyme acapella Kookaburra Bird The Paper Magic Group, Inc. This is a Dj Tee2 Master 2009 DjTee2 Mixes Eminem Just Don't Give A Fuck [Acapella] The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II TKII DjTee2 Remix Gotta Believe It Saigon My Life (Acapella) KRS One DjTee2 Remix Don't You Want A Man - Beastie Boys lifestyles acapella Kookaburra Bird The [...]
Ninja Tune will be releasing the album '100%' by The Slew on November 24th. What started as a soundtrack to a film never made has turned into a turntable rock experience. Four and a half years ago, Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) started working on a rock record. The pair, who met on the Beastie Boys tour in 1998, had been approached to soundtrack a documentary feature film. The film was eventually abandoned, but with Mario C on board for mixing, San and Frombach were already [...]

For those with fingers far removed from the pulse, here's a gentle reminder that the excellent Hood Internet have released their fourth mixtape. Essential downloading? Yessir. Feel free to check out the MP3s I'm hosting below, but really, do yourself a favour and head over to their website and download the mix yourself. These guys have the art of dance-music-party-mash-up down pat. Get the whole thing, for free, here and impress your friends with your amateur DJing. Right-Click + Save Link As: Passion Pit [...]
Next week will be a big week, but we don't want to ruin the surprise. Instead, we'll just recommend that you get ready! and further your anticipation by offering another stellar edition of our Friday Mixtape. As always, included is the week's mix of the best new singles, remixes, and covers, along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you just might want to check out. Enjoy... and see you next week! NEW Singles: "Vampire Lake" by The Builders & the Butchers "Baltimore Blues [...]

How awesome was The Hood Internet at Scoot Inn last Friday? Seriously, they had everyone dancing! If you still can't get enough of their mashups, they've just released the fourth installment of their famous mixtapes (download Vol. One , Vol. Two , and Vol. Three as well). Clocking in at just over an hour of instant party jams, it's available as a continuous mix and as separate tracks. [ Download HERE ] The Mixtape Volume Four Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. David Banner vs [...]