The boys of DCFC are gearing up for a busy festival season -- Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pemberton -- where they'll be playing songs from the forthcoming Narrow Stairs, which hasn't leaked yet.…   Read Story »

Months after Kala made M.I.A. one of 2007's most Sri Lankan crossover stars, Maya's still bringing the bangas to the people with an orgiastic stage show and hypercolor fabric patterns. Indeed our…   Read Story »

While we were in NYC resting our legs for the upcoming Texan good times, thousands of music lovers went south for Langerado on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. Looks like it was a hot, sweaty fun…   Read Story »

Maya's controversial Kala track already got the Beastie stamp of approval back when the boys turned up on the video for a quick cameo, but Adrock's showing the BK transplant more love on his…   Read Story »

Night owls looking for freshly written jokes received a semi-infusion of comedic relief last night when the late night funny men finally returned for duty (Letterman, Conan, Kimmel, Leno -- Carson…   Read Story »

It's been a dramatic, breakout year in the life of our favorite Sir Lankan agit-pop siren, and you could look at "Paper Planes" as a microcosm for all that madness. Before the 'breakout' -- #9 Album,…   Read Story »

Yup, it's hard to believe it, but last night's show at McCarren Pool was the Beasties' first ever in Brooklyn. Guess they slept well! (rimshot) How'd the proud New Yorkers manage to evade a borough…   Read Story »

You've likely already heard: The Mix Up comprises a dozen "post-rock," dub, or "post-whatever" instrumental tracks. As every b-boy knows, the Beastie Boys take their chops seriously, inserting…   Read Story »

Been playing around with the creepy cool Google Maps Street View feature? Much fun to putz around on, and while we were definitely not looking up the ex's front door to see if it was still that rosy…   Read Story »

Think we all respectfully disagreed with Mike D's claim that The Mix-Up would be a "post-punk instrumental album" when we heard "The Rat Cage," but "Off The Grid" may change your mind a bit after two…   Read Story »