The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — This week Miley Cyrus did the ballsy thing and took her teen pop shtick and layered it all over Nirvana's classic "Smells Like Teen Spirit."  This prompted Rolling Stone to do a list of the worst/interesting covers of the 90s anthem.  Tori Amos s... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The wait is over, again: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Beastie Boys’ long anticipated eighth album, will be released May 2. The album features guests Nas & Santigold. Lead single ‘Make Some Noise’ is out now. The Deluxe Digital album includes t... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — When I first heard the Beastie Boys' "Check Your Head," I was shocked.  This was the Beastie Boys?  I was a big Paul's Boutique fan but this sounded nothing like PB or License.  It took a few listens, but by the end of the weekend, I was hooked. Â... more info

Topix — Jennifer Lopez continues her massive comeback with an album of radio-ready hits while the Beastie Boys deliver one of their career bests and Bay Area prog-rockers Dredg team up with Dan the Automator. more info

VH1 Blog — Today’s new releases are dominated by highly-anticipated and mostly well-received studio recordings from two career artists returning from extended absences: Stevie Nicks and the Beastie Boys. Stevie Nicks has not released a solo studio album since... more info

Time — Their latest album is a return to form that's also innovative and ridiculously fun more info

Nialler9 — The best of the last week’s album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category. Alessi’s Ark  - Time Travel Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends Aux Raus - All Creeping Things Stopped Creeping Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Commit... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — This week will be all about the BBoys...even with Obama's big news.  It's time for our favorite jewish new york rappers to bring a little bit of life back to the party.  There's so many lists I want to do for this band.  Narrowing it down was prac... more info

Topix — The Beastie Boys return with "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two," their first album since 2007. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The group released its first rap single, "Cooky Puss," nearly three decades ago -- more like three centuries in terms of hip-hop shelf life. The group released its first rap single, "Cooky Puss," nearly three decades ago -- more like three centuries ... more info