ContactMusic — Punk icons Bad Brains are dedicating their new album to late Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch.The rapper produced the band's last album, Build a Nation,... more info

Guardian Music — Troxy, LondonThe strain of rarefied bleep frenzy that is categorised as intelligent dance music (IDM) tends to be a relatively leftfield, cult concern. That queues stretch out the door, round the venue and down the street here, even as midnight nears... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, a rare appearance in Los Angeles. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — still from 'Fight For Your Right Revisited' To help benefit Hurricane Sandy Relief, Brooklyn Bowl and Oscilloscope Laboratories are teaming up to present a benefit tonight (11/5) at Brooklyn Bowl with screenings of Beastie Boys short film Fight For Y... more info

411 Mania — From R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" and Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" to Timbuk 3's "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)," the Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 misconstrued songs ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Adam Horovitz, known the world over as Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys, will perform at Largo at the Coronet on Dec. 2. The musician will appear as part of what the venue describes as "a great night of music and comedy on Largo's intimate stage," along w... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — 'Caught in the Middle of a 3-Way Mix,' a re-edit of Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' by Moneyshot, Cheeba and Food, heralds maturation in sample culture.One of the key moments during "Caught in the Middle of a 3-Way Mix," a recent 60-minute creative r... more info

Starpulse — Three skateboard decks designed and signed by late Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch just weeks before his death are to be auctioned off in November to raise cash for charity. Yauch, aka MCA, wrote ou... more info

XLR8R — Owning an E-mu SP-1200 sampler/drum machine was Canadian turntablist Kid Koala's teenage dream. Released in 1987, just a year before Koala (a.k.a. Eric San) started DJing, the SP-1200 pretty much defined the sound of hip-hop's golden age. E... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Looking for a killer weekend listening session, free of charge? Quick, race to the bottom of this post now and start listening to a masterful new reworking of the Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique," crafted from the original source material into an hour... more info