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Guardian Music — Our countdown of the year's best albums continues with Hot Chip's In Our Heads. On their stellar fifth album, the great British pop group combined fun, warmth and sincerityWhat a lovely group Hot Chip have become. Quietly, unassertively – this is t... more info

411 Mania — The plaintiff even calls the samples "concealed"... more info

Starpulse — The existing members of the Beastie Boys have urged a judge to drop an unauthorized sampling lawsuit filed against them, insisting fans won't be able to identify the source of the music. Record l... more info

Guardian Music — If you can't even hear the Trouble Funk samples, how can they have breached copyright, rappers argueThe Beastie Boys have called for the dismissal of a lawsuit charging that they illegally sampled material on their first two albums. The rappers deny ... more info

ContactMusic — The existing members of the Beastie Boys have urged a judge to dismiss an unauthorised sampling lawsuit filed against them, insisting fans won't be... more info

NME - Radar — I had a new idea for the track we were talking about,” says Joey Bada$$’s manager as he shuts us in an office next to the insanely fancy studio where Pro Era, Joey’s crew, are hanging out eating sticky chicken wings in between photoshoots. Joey... more info

ContactMusic — Beastie Boys rapper Mike D spent his Thanksgiving holiday (22Nov12) volunteering in New York to help feed victims of superstorm Sandy.The star, real... more info

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