ContactMusic — Brooklyn Heights residents in New York are campaigning to honour late Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch by renaming a local skate park The locals want to pay tribute to the rapper who lost his cancer battle earlier this month 04May12 by turning his local ... more info

Guardian Music — Joel Tenenbaum was ordered to pay $675,000 for 30 songs he downloaded a decade ago after being sued by four labelsThe supreme court has refused to hear the appeal of a former Boston University student who was ordered by a lower court to pay $675,000 ... more info

Guardian Music — I too was once drawn the shadows of a gothic aesthetic. Let's celebrate a movement that's largely evaded cultural takeoverThe first gig I went to was Shakin' Stevens. Set that aside for the time being. The second gig I went to was the Fields of the N... more info

Chorus.fm — *Linkin Park* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/linkinpark) covered *The Beastie Boys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thebeastieboys)' "Sabotage" in the middle of "Bleed It Out" at their benefit concert this past Friday at the House of Blues in LA. You c... more info

Perez Hilton — It wasn't quite on the par of Coldplay's tribute, but it was still nice! Check out Cee Lo Green's pretty standard rendition of Fight For Your Right (above) to honor Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys. As standard as it was, we still think MCA would appro... more info

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Nialler9 — The best thing you’ll see all day. A tribute to the Beastie Boys’ MCA by Jamie Winters and his wife, his kids and his nephew in the form of a ‘Sabotage’ video. Thanks to Declan for the tip. more info

The Newsroom — Beastie Boys founding member Adam Yauch aka MCA died after a long battle with cancer. His longtime frined LL Coll J wants to carry on his legacy more info

Guardian Music — Go-go didn't fly on record for a simple reason: it was made to be heard in a packed, sweaty club. Preferably in Washington DCLast week's news that Trouble Funk were to sue the Beastie Boys over unlicensed samples might have had a fair few Beasties fa... more info

Popdose — We pay tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch by featuring 1989's "Hey Ladies" in this week's Jheri Curl Fridays column more info