Stereogum — Here’s another clip from Our Show With Elliot Aronow, the downtown-arts web series nailing the alternageist by framing fringe-culture heroes in off-beat poses: There was Das Racist covering their wit-rap forefathers Beastie Boys with Hishaam Bharoo... more info

Guardian Music — What do you get if you mix AE Housman with Elgar, a little bit of music hall and a dash of Whitney Houston?I'm a big fan of this paper's Readers Recommend column, about the best election songs, or songs about the moon, or fighting. But it frustrates ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The Beastie Boys are back and according to an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, their fans can expect a new album entitled Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 in September. Feature appearances will... more info

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411 Mania — Mike D talks about the status of the band's next album... more info

NME — Trio still aiming for a September release for album delayed following Adam Yauch's cancer scare more info

The Playlist — Yesterday, we reported that Weezer had a new song on the forthcoming soundtrack to "Shrek Forever After" and will the full tracklist now revealed, it looks like their contribution will be a cover of The Monkees "I'm A Believer."Joining the mall pop g... more info

411 Mania — Metallica, Oasis, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, The Strokes, NIN, GN'R, Nirvana, Prince, P.E. - who made the Top 25? more info

All About Jazz — It's hard to feel sorry for Norah Jones: At 31, she's already sold more records than most artists will over a lifetime, and despite her soccer-mom appeal, she's retained a kind of cool-musician cachet, collaborating in recent years with Bright Eyes, ... more info

ContactMusic — BEASTIE BOYS star ADAM YAUCH is calling on twice-daily meditation sessions to help him kick cancer.The Sabotage hitmaker has been battling the disease for the past year... more info