The Beastie Boys send out an email with a few announcements
Ladies and Gentleman,
We, the band collectively known as Beastie Boys, are contacting you, in regards to our 5 point plan:
1. The reissue of "Ill Communication" is imminent.
2. A reissue of "Hello Nasty" is released on the 25th of August.
3. A club show occurs in Chicago on the 6th of August.
4. The new Beastie Boys feature length LP entitled "HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART 1" is unleashed on the 15th of September. (See below for track listing*)
5. The music industry is saved.
*Tracklisting
1. Tadlock's Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Bundt Cake
12. Funky Donkey
13. Lee Majors Come Again
14. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15. Pop Your Balloon
16. Crazy Ass Shit
17. Here's A Little Something For Ya
7/6/2007 - Beastie B-side smippets
The Japanese version of The Mix Up contains two b-sides: Mix Up, The and Fibonacci Sequence. Tune in to Beastieradio to listen to the snippets.
6/28/2007 - Beastie Boys recording a new album after the current tour
Adrock told in an interview with Rock Werchter that they are planning to record a new record when they finish their current tour. He had no details on what kind of a record they are planning to record.
RW: What's next on the path for the Beastie Boys?
Adrock: Playing shows, were getting back after this tour were gonna record another record, just keep doing what we do
RW: And allready have a concept fot the new record? or just see what happens in the studio?
Adrock: For the next record? Im sure, when we put out another record we will play shows and get excited about it
RW: What kind of record can we expect? a rap record? or....
Adrock I don't know, The only plan is that we start recording, so whatever.
RW: Thats a good plan!
Check out the video below.
5/15/2007 - New Beastie Boys video "Off The Grid"
And another new video "Off The Grid" enjoy!
5/14/2007 - New Beastie Boys video "The Rat Cage"
Here it is, the new video "The Rat Cage" in full, enjoy!
5/9/2007 - Beastie Boys Step It Up with 'The Mix-Up'
Our beloved NYC faves, the Beastie Boys, are bringing fans a whole new experience with 'The Mix-Up,' a full-length instrumental record to be released on June 26.
Thanks to our friends at Nasty (as in 'Hello Nasty'), I got to talk to Mike D about the new album and the group's upcoming tour. He tells me that they plan to release a second version of 'The Mix-Up' later down the line, which will include vocal collaborations with other artists and remixes with a wish list of producers.
PopEater: Can you tell us who you might be doing collaborations with?
Mike D: We just made our list so we have to see who says yes and who likes us and who hates us.
PE: Who's on the list? Give me your top three.
MD: It's tricky because we have producers and performers on there, but we have M.I.A. We're big fans of hers. She's on the A-list. Mark Ronson is hopefully doing something with somebody, but I'm not at liberty to say because that's up to him. We played some shows in Australia with Snoop Dogg and we had a very nice time with him so we're hoping to do some stuff with him some time.
NC: I heard you're playing two shows per town on your upcoming tour.
MD: The idea was that in certain cities, certain select gala cities, we're going to do a slightly bigger show that's more like our usual show. We'd be playing a lot of hip-hop and also some [instrumental] songs and mixing it all up. And then, if we have time, in the same city, [we'd] play a smaller place like a little theater and play a show that's mostly like the flip of that that's mostly instrumental.
In a word: awesome. How you feel about the Beastie Boys playing an instrumental set? Tell us what artists you'd like to see featured on the next incarnation of 'The Mix Up.' Who knows? The B-Boys just might be reading your suggestions.
5/9/2007 - New look for beastieboys.com
Today www.beastieboys.com got a new look. There is a short sound and videoclip from the song ”The Rat Cage” wich appears on the new album ”The Mix Up”. There will probably be a new clip every week until the album release on june 26.
5/1/2007 - Tracklisting and albumcover "The Mix Up"
1. B for My Name 3:31
2. 14th St. Break 3:34
3. Suco de Tangerina 3:17
4. The Gala Event 3:47
5. Electric Worm 3:15
6. Freaky Hijiki 3:05
7. Off the Grid 4:36
8. The Rat Cage 3:37
9. The Melee 3:10
10. Dramastically Different 3:57
11. The Cousin of Death 3:06
12. The Kangaroo Rat 3:28
5/1/2007 - Beastie Boys "The Mix Up" due July 10
We have been waiting and waiting to find out something about the new Beastie Boys album. Well, wait no more because we have the entire scoop!
Today the Beastie Boys new album, which is titled The Mix Up, was provided to Capitol Records associates for promotional review, along with some additional information about the release. The album will be released in North America on July 10, not June 26 as we reported earlier. The album is, in fact, completely instrumental. By "completely instrumental," we mean NO VOCALS.
Get ready to hate us because we have been invited to a private listening party of the new album in Los Angeles tonight. We will provide additional information about the release after the party. We wanted to share the love so we invited select members of the Beastie Boys Message Board in Los Angeles to attend this party with us. So look to hear what those people have to say about the album on the message board.
4/26/2007 - Beastie Boys name new album
Mike D gets ready for new record and Live Earth gig
Beastie Boys have revealed exclusively to NME.COM that their new album will be called 'The Mix Up' and will be released in June.
Bandmember Mike D said the follow-up to 2004's 'To The 5 Boroughs' will be "radically different" to its' predecessor. The rockier record will instead hark to the style of the band's classic albums 'Check Your Head' and 'Paul's Boutique'.
Mike D said: "We play instruments on the whole album, as opposed to sampling. There's more rock on there. If you know us you can trace the influences and they're no completely surprising. Someone who listens to us casually might think 'What the hell are these guys doing?'
"It might make you flip your wig right off, or your hairpiece, if you're a casual listener."
The star also talked about the band's forthcoming appearance at the London leg of the Live Earth shows, which aim to promote action to confront global climate change.
Beastie Boys will perform at Wembley Stadium alongside the likes of Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snow Patrol.
Speaking about the cause, Mike D said: "It's come to the point where drastic measures have to be taken now. To really create a mass consciousness of what needs to be done, mass action, it's gonna take mass awareness. And these huge concerts around the globe are probably one of the best means of doing so."
Asked if he would be playing any new material at the event, the star replied: "By that point we'll already be playing new songs. But I dunno - you don't wanna do 'Jazz Odyssey' in front of a crowd of 60,000."
