Jay-Z performing at the All Points West Festival. (c) Melanism.com
After MCA’s terrible cancer diagnosis and the consequent Beastie Boys canceled tour dates, a lot of APW Fest goers were left disappointed … or were they? Soon after the Beastie Boys had to cancel their appearance at Jersey City music & arts festival, officials announced their [...]
Some pretty sad news hit the web yesterday as Beastie Boys‘ Adam “MCA” Yauch announced via the band’s website that’s he has just recently been diagnosed with a tumor in a parotid gland. Lately, during live shows, MCA was evidently struggling a bit, compared to the rest of the trio and this serves as a [...]
I wasn’t left very much impressed by Beastie Boys‘ last album, the all instrumental The Mix-up. Sure, it had some really nice beats, on which you could easily groove to, but at the same time it kinda felt a bit repetitive. My more or less disappointment was caused, however, by the sentiment of loathingĀ for [...]
A few months ago we presented you with this year’s Rock & Roll HOF first time eligibleĀ to be inducted artists. Now the five grand artist that have been honored with the flattering inductions have been announced, and leading the pack is no other then the pop queen [tag]Madonna[/tag], thanks to her debut single, “Everybody,” [...]
Yesterday, the nominees that have the honor of being inducted in next year’s Rock & Roll HOF were announced. Our of the 9 nominees, only 5 will make the cut; quoted with the best chances are [tag]Beastie Boys[/tag] and [tag]Madonna[/tag]. For a band to be nominated they had to release their first single before [...]
[tag]Live Earth[/tag] London, the biggest concerts in terms of names in my opinion, started a mid-day at the fabulous Wembley Stadium.The Festival’s openers were a group of all stars drummers, composed by the likes of Taylor Hawkins from the [tag]Foo Fighters[/tag], Chad Smith from [tag]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/tag] and Roger Taylor from [tag]Queen[/tag] [...]
Not as many new releases as last week, but some decent one non the less. [tag]Editors[/tag] are really a favorite of mine, so i’m really happy they’ve released a new record “An End Has A Start” (i’ll be doing a review as soon as i get the record, so be sure to check back). [...]
Monday, August 3, 2009
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