Guardian Music — This week's selection features Beastie Boys, a Beach Fossils offshoot and a smattering of 2-stepEach week, we invite someone to share a playlist of songs they've been listening to recently. Martyn Young is a 26-year-old music writer for This Is Fake ... more info

Guardian Music — Rappers hit with lawsuit a day before the death of Adam YauchBeastie Boys are once again being sued over their alleged use of unlicensed samples. The rappers used parts of two songs by the US go-go band Trouble Funk without permission, according to p... more info

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Nialler9 — This was first aired in 1998 and my friend Ciaran recorded it for me on VHS and made a cover for it and everything. It’s up on Youtube but it parts are missing due to copyright claims. Here’s the full … Read More... → more info

Pop Crunch — Whoa, talk about bad timing…Just one day before the death of Beastie Boys co-founder Adam “MCA” Yauch, the groundbreaking hip-hop group was hit with a lawsuit over the use of [...] more info

ContactMusic — Officials at a music label who filed suit against the Beastie Boys a day before the death of Adam Yauch have reached out to the hip-hop group to offer their condolences Bosses at music label Tuf America launched a legal battle against the Intergalact... more info

411 Mania — News and thoughts on the MCA of the Beastie Boys passing away, Lupe Fiasco discussing his new album, 50 Cent talking about G-Unit getting dropped and more! more info

Gigwise — Band hit with lawsuit on the day before the death of founding member Adam Yauch more info

411 Mania — Filed the day before Adam Yauch died... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It's only been a few days since Adam "MCA" Yauch's sad, premature death from cancer, but the tributes are already rolling in fast and furious. This supercut of his opening lines from every Beastie Boys song is a particularly neat one. More » Post fr... more info