Chorus.fm — Beastie Boys’ Mike D will be getting his own show on Apple Music’s Beats 1. He spoke with Rolling Stone about the new show, “The Echo Chamber”: It’s heartbreaking sometimes, but I’m still fascinated with and stay rooted in current music. ... more info

411 Mania — Premiering Friday... more info

NME — First show will premiere this Friday more info

Consequence of Sound — The Echo Chamber, a "freeform" program, with premiere this Friday. more info

Stereogum — Today in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, former Beastie Boy Mike D announced that — in addition to working on the Beastie Boys memoir with co-founder Adam Horowitz and designing expensive accessories — he will begin hostin... more info

Rolling Stone — When Mike D phones up Rolling Stone on a Tuesday afternoon he gives a one-word answer as to what he's been up to: writing. "I'm taking a break to call you," he says. The MC is deep in the process of crafting a long-promised Beastie Boys memoir with c... more info

Rolling Stone — Dev Hynes described his third LP under his Blood Orange moniker as something "like my version of [The Beastie Boys'] Paul's Boutique." It's that and plenty more: Opening with a butter-smooth R&B chorale that segues into a poetry-slam jazz collage usi... more info

Rolling Stone — Between 1980 and 1994, Laura Levine photographed more than 500 bands and musicians for outlets ranging from Rolling Stone to influential punk magazine New York Rocker, where she worked as photo editor. Though she shot many live shows, LevineÂ�... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Finnish band STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS, which shot to fame in 2014 thanks to its bluegrass covers of metal classics, will release its second album, "Brothers In Farms", on September 9 via Spinefarm. The first single, STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS' hillbillified cover ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "I've had backpacks my whole life and I'm a grown man now. I should have something better." Continue reading… more info