Random music news for Monday, July 22, 2019
July 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Woke up in Stony Plain, Alberta, on my speaking tour. Two more gigs in Edmonton tomorrow and Wednesday. You in
Browsing the "Beastie Boys" Tag
Random music news for Monday, June 3, 2019
June 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for
Amazon has a new documentary on the Beastie Boys’ Ill Communication album. Here’s the trailer.
May 31st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s been 25 years since the release of Ill Communication, the record that solidified the Beastie Boys as one of
Random music news for Monday, March 18, 2019
March 18th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
And how are we after St. Patrick’s Day? I wonder what absenteeism is like today. Ponder that as we go
Random music news for Friday, December 21, 2018
December 21st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Here’s what’s making music news on the solstice: December 21, 2018. Jacob Hoggard of Hedley finally has a date set
Beastie Boys’ Sabotage: Another classic song, thanks to frustration
November 5th, 2018 | by Amber Healy
Now that the Beastie Boys’ new book is coming out, so are all the stories behind their songs and videos.
The Beastie Boys’ new book: How they wrote it.
October 29th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The Sunday New York Times featured a cover story in the Arts & Entertainment section on the new Beastie Boys
Random music news for Tuesday, October 23, 2018
October 23rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Is it October 23, 2018, already? Time to start thinking about when to switch to snow tires, I guess. And
The Beastie Boys have a 20-foot male member in storage
October 22nd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Previews for the upcoming Beastie Boys memoir, Beastie Boys Book (due October 30) have begun, which means Mike D and
Random music news for Saturday, October 20, 2018
October 20th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October
Random music news for Tuesday, September 25, 2018
September 25th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Back in the home office for a few days, long enough for the dogs to recognize me again. Here’s what’s
Uh, Eminem? Shouldn’t you have talked to the Beastie Boys first?
September 18th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The cover of Eminem’s new album, Kamikaze, is creating a lot of déjà vu. Let’s take a look. Here’s the breakdown:
The House That Yauch Built: An interactive tribute to the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch
August 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
In addition to being a member of one of the most successful groups of the 90s, Adam Yauch ran Osciolloscopre
The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: Great Lost Albums
July 7th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Making an album is straightforward, right? You write some song, go into a studio and a few months later, something
Just in time for the premiere of the new Han Solo movie comes this Star Wars-Beastie Boys mashup
May 25th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
There isn’t a movie trailer in the known universe that can’t be made better by using the “Sabotage” from the
The Beasties Boys have a book coming called Beastie Boys Book
May 18th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
It’s not the most imaginative title, but Beastie Boys Book promises to tell the whole story of the group from
The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 821: The Truth About Concert Tickets
May 4th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Buying concert tickets used to be easy. When you heard of a show you wanted to see, you went down
Because it is May 4, here is the obligatory May the Fourth Be With You post.
May 4th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[It’s Star Wars Day, so the Law of the Internet requires that something related be posted. Punishment may extend to
The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 816: The 90s, Part 5(b): The Hip-Hop Influence
March 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical
The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 815: The 90s, Part 5(a): The Hip-Hop Influence
March 9th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
There are just some things that shouldn’t mix. Oil and water. Nitro and glycerine. Tequila and–well, it’s probably not a
Slipknot and Korn tear into a rendition of Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”
February 25th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Has there ever been a better mix of rock, metal punk, rap and hip-hop than “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boy?
The Internet has improved on the next Star Wars trailer by adding some Beastie Boys
February 23rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Star Wars geeks are anxiously awaiting the Hans Solo spin-off, the trailer for which appeared earlier this month. It looks
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