The Beastie Boys

Sweatstock 2013 at Sweat Records and Churchill's Pub April 20

Sweat Records, Kenny Millions, and Holly Hunt Talk Sweatstock 2013 and Saving Record Stores

Skeptics predict the local music shop is going extinct like the penny arcade. But for the last six years, so-called "independently owned, stand-alone brick-and-mortar retailers" around the U.S. (and the world) have been banding together under the Record Store Day banner to, paraphrasing the immorta ... More >>

Swamp Stomp 2013 Announces Headliners: Fishbone, Plus Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds

Ever done the Swamp Stomp? And nah, dude, it ain't a muddy-ass dance. We're talkin' about the totally homegrown 2,000 person-strong music festival that "started as a killer backyard barbecue with a bunch of bands and booze and a few friends in 2007." It's always the most "badass, rockenest, craz ... More >>

Cypress Hill, With Action Bronson, at Grand Central November 13

Cypress Hill's B-Real and Sen Dog Talk Weed, Rap, Punk, Gang Life, and Being Cuban

If you're ever in Amsterdam, cop a slab of paper-flat hash, palm the sheet, and breathe hot air on it. Once the sheet becomes pliable, load it up with OG Kush, roll it like a blunt, and smoke up till society melts. That's what Cypress Hill's B-Real calls "the giggle stick." Obviously, he and his S ... More >>

Beat Culture

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Dead at 47

See Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and others' Twitter reactions to the death of Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade's memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (AKA MCA) is dead. Details about what ultimately took his life have not yet been released. UPDATE: The rapper a ... More >>

Russell Simmons, Rev Run, and Others' Twitter Reactions to Death of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

See Crossfade's obituary for Adam Yauch as well as Crossfade's memorial slideshow of Beastie Boys concert photos. The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is dead. But the Beastie Boys live forever. The rap crew's global cultural influence was cemented the moment they dropped the atomic boulder of musicality ... More >>

Aging rappers such as Rick Ross and Jay-Z are still on top

Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says hip-hop artists are never too old to stop rapping.Rick Ross recently celebrated his 36th birthday. Some folks might ... More >>

Weird Science

Red Hot Chili Peppers Among 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Photo by Clara Balzary via facebook.com/chilipeppers​The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, contemporary music's Cleveland equivalent to Major League Baseball's Cooperstown, has announced its class of 2012. As we here at Crossfade expected, Guns N' Roses made the cut. But the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bea ... More >>

This Month's Best Musical Movie Options in Miami

Shake your Bacon with Footloose.​Last month, a remake of one of America's most cherished musical films was released. Of course, we're talking about Footloose, the movie about one young man's struggle with authorities to express his overwhelming desire to dance! The remake is now screening all o ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street! Top Five Moments of Musical Protest From Hippies to Beasties

Since erupting in New York City's Zuccotti Park on September 17, the #occupywallstreet movement has been taking the nation by storm with it's populist rage and youthful vigor. One sure sign OWS is a youth movement is the increasing number of musicians and performers who have been dropping by unanno ... More >>

Five Hair Metal Heroes Who Should be Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Edvill, Flickr​The Beastie Boys, Eric B. & Rakim, Donovan, and the Cure were among 15 artists nominated this morning by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame committee for the class of 2012. Only five will make it, earning a sacred spot alongside some of the greats. Chances are, Guns N' Roses, will ... More >>

Abandon the Digital

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Naked! Plus Five Other Arty Moments Inspired by Pop Stars

Photograph: Daniel Edwards/Cory Allen Contemporary ArtJustin and Selena as One by Daniel Edwards. ​Artist Daniel Edwards is best known for casting a life-sized sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth on all fours, hunched over a bear skin rug. (As if Brit were that earthy!) But now Edwards has sh ... More >>

Tone Loc Pleads Not Guilty to Beating His Baby Mama and Illegally Owning an Assault Rifle

​Yesterday, hip-hop pioneer Tone Loc plead not guilty to dual charges of domestic violence and unlicensed possession of an assault rifle. The rapper and cartoon voice actor was arrested after a dispute with the mother of his children turned physical. Police found the Colt AR-15 Sporter when resp ... More >>

Steve Berke Releases His Mayoral Platform Via a Bruno Mars Parody Video

​Despite the fact that comedian and Miami Beach mayoral hopeful Steve Berke reminds us of all those cheesy South Beach bottle-poppers we try to avoid at all costs, we were down with most of his platform: legalization of medicinal weed, full rights for gay couples, and, importantly, the right to pa ... More >>

Beastie Boys: Cancer-Free, Ready to Release Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 in Spring 2011

​Beastie Boys fans have plenty to look forward to this year: MCA is cancer free and the Brooklyn trio's Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 is on track for a Spring 2011 release -- even though part one's indefinitely delayed.In 2009, the Beasties had to pull out of several headlining gigs (including one in ... More >>

London via MIA

Andrea Curto-Randazzo: Chef and TV Star To-Be, Part Two

Here's Part Two of our interview with soon-to-be celebrity chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo. You canread the first part of the interview here.She raises the bar... even if she's behind it.Now how did your appearance on Top Chef come about? You didn't have enough going on?I did it for publicity because tha ... More >>

Tonight! Whole Wheat Bread Punks Out Propaganda

Air hockey is totally a contact sport​Ever since Run-D.M.C. threw down rap verses on top of Joe Perry's guitar riffs on its 1986 remake of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," many bands have endeavored to mesh hip-hop lyricism with rock wallop. While that formula has proven fruitful in some instances -- ... More >>

Beastie Boys Show (And Entire Tour) Canceled

File this one under: Some of the worst news you'll hear today. The Beastie Boys concert, scheduled for October 8 at Bayfront Park Ampthitheater, has been canceled. Adam Yauch, aka "MCA" was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland, which requires immediate treatment. The Beastie Boys h ... More >>

Beastie Boys Coming to Bayfront Park Amphitheater On October 8

Talk about huge concert announcements. Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen announced a stop at the BankAtlantic Center, and today the Beastie Boys let slip one of their nine stops on this year's tour will be at Bayfront Park Amphitheater. Even better news: this is the last stop on the tour, so you know the ... More >>

¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? Bros Vs. Rockers

The events that happen in childhood shape us, haunt us and turn us into the men and women that will lead the world. It's sociological science fact. When I borrowed a taped copy of Appetite for Destruction from Enrique Fernandez at age nine, I had no idea that 2 Live Crew and NWA were on side 2. I li ... More >>

Music Without an Expiration Date

Brendan O’Hara & Komakozie - The Big Bounce bring something new to something old.

Last Night: Prefuse 73, Eliot Lipp and PG 13 at Heathrow Lounge

Prefuse 73 with Eliot Lipp and PG 13Sunday, December 7, 2008Heathrow Lounge, Miami BeachBetter Than: Any of the usual Sunday night mainstream hip-hop club nights. One of the many cool things about Art Basel is all the cool music acts that it brings down to our sandy shores. Case in point, last nigh ... More >>

Langerado 2009 Moving to Miami's Bicentennial Park

Langerado Kicks into Full Gear

Put on Your Yarmulke

Hypothetical Hanukkahs with some of our favorite stars.

Bad Brains Finally Reach Zion

Aja West and Friends

Total Recall 2012 (Mackrosoft)

Ninja High School

Young Adults Against Suicide (Tom Lab)

Goldie Lookin' Chain

Straight Outta Newport (Record Collection)

BEST PARTY OF THE YEAR

MTV Video Music Awards

Secret Santa

Let the New Times be your music guide during this holiday season

Latin or American?

La Ley rocked, Julieta charmed, and the Beastie Boys reminded us who really runs the VMAs LA

Beastie Boys, Talib Kweli

Grand Buffet

Black Dice

Creature Comforts (DFA)

Beastie Boys

To the Five Boroughs (Capitol)

Plastilina Mosh

Hola Chicuelos (EMI Latin)

Second Chants

New Year's Eve took its toll, now it's time to save your soul

Dish

In the Company of Men

Hip-Hop Goes Back to the Streets

True Rhymes

Swelter 25

Rotations

Livin' X-tra Large

The Beastie Boys get phat