Beastie Boys

”This is hard because music attracts me first before the rhyme,” Questlove wrote in response to author/jouranlist Shea Serrano posing the question on Twitter. ”But some rappers caught me first…”

Hip hop photographer, legendary NYC cable access host and unofficial “Fourth Beastie Boy” Ricky Powell has died at age 59. Read tributes from Questlove, E-LP, A-Trak and more.

Proceeds from the collection, which previously belonged to Mike D’s mother, will go to Good Eats, a program that feeds hungry elementary school children on weekends.

Rising Chicago hardcore band Buggin (fka Buggin Out) will follow their New Morality Zine-released debut EP with a rippin’ new single this week. Hear the A-side now…

See your favorite senator from Vermont photoshopped into album covers, rock shows, punk club bathrooms, record stores, and more.

Billie Eilish, Mavis Staples, Fleet Foxes, Brittany Howard, Tyler Childers, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and other artists have also customized Yeti coolers as part of an online auction that’s raising money for live music workers affected by the COVID pandemic…

Sinkane & Friends’ cover of The Waitresses’ holiday classic benefits The Food Bank of New York City.

Dave and Greg will be covering a different Jewish artist for each of the eight nights. First up is ”Sabotage.”

The ad made headlines for being the first that Beastie Boys licensed one of their songs, in this case ”Sabotage,” for.

The commercial also uses Pixies’ ”Where is My Mind.”