Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys have licensed a song for the first time as part of a Biden campaign ad that centres around the survival of live music venues in the time of COVID-19, criticising the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic. The band’s iconic Ill Communication cut ‘Sabotage’ plays in the ad, in which the owner of […]
In June of 2009, the Beastie Boys performed what would become their final ever show as a trio, with a headline slot at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival just a month before the band revealed Adam “MCA” Yauch’s cancer diagnosis. Last week, the epic set was broadcast in full as part of Bonnaroo’s Virtual ROO-ALITY […]
The 2020 Emmy nominations have been revealed, and there’s some recognisable names from the world of music included on this year’s list. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross have picked up two nominations, with their original score for Watchmen receiving a nod in both the Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (‘The Way […]
Back in January we learned that April would see the release of a new documentary about hip-hop icons the Beastie Boys entitled Beastie Boys Story, directed by none other than the legendary Spike Jonze, who the trio collaborated with on a handful of music videos back in the day, including ‘Sabotage’. Headed to Apple TV+, the […]
Earlier this month, we reported that there was a Beastie Boys documentary on the way directed by film legend Spike Jonze. Now we have the film’s first teaser. The film, titled Beastie Boys Story, was co-written with Mike D and Ad-Rock, and will debut on Apple TV+ this April after screening in IMAX at the start […]
Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze have a long history of collaborating together. For instance, Jonze directed a handful of Beastie music videos back in the day, including the unforgettable ‘Sabotage’ clip. So, it’s no surprise to hear they’re teaming up once more to honour the band and founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away […]
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Ill Communication, Beastie Boys’s have unveiled a new doco titled Still Ill. The mini documentary is a short film released by Amazon Music and has feature interviews with Beastie Boys: Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (King Ad-Rock), which includes their Q&A with Amazon from […]
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