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Flow Against Know: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty Turns 25

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Cibo Matto, Grand Royal, Hello Nasty, MCA, Mike D, Mixmaster Mike

Saluting the last great LP from Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D

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Cloudburst: The Pointer Sisters’ Debut at 50

May 31, 2023June 2, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Anita Pointer, Barack Obama, Beastie Boys, Blue Thumb Records, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer, Pinball Count Song, Ruth Pointer, Sesame Street, The Pointer Sisters, Yes We Can Can

How their eponymous first LP brought swing moves to soul in 1973

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Music Journalism Remembrance

Goodbye to MTV News: The Conscience and the Ouija Board of the Network

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Doug Herzog, Gregory Isaacs, MTV, MTV News, Nirvana, Paramount, R.E.M., Run DMC, Sun Ra, The Flamin' Groovies, The Soft Boys, The Week in Rock, TikTok, Tim Sommer

Paying homage to the best job I ever had

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Remembrance Rock Soul

Luscious Jackson’s Vivian Trimble Gone at 59

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Beastie Boys, Dusty Trails, Gabby Glaser, Grand Royal, Jill Cuniff, Kate Schellenbach, Kostars, Luscious Jackson, RIP, Vivian Trimble

Remembering the keyboardist for one of NYC’s coolest acts

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Music Journalism Rock

25 Great Songs About Rock & Roll Life

January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments AC/DC, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Horse Girl, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Minutemen, The Old 97's, The Ramones, The Tubes, The Who, Willie Nelson

Ranking some of our favorite tunes that brought you behind the curtain

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Funk Hip Hop Punk

Be True To Yourself And You Will Never Fall: Check Your Head at 30

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Ryan Bray 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Beasties, Biz Markie, Check Your Head, Kojak, Mark Nishita, MCA, Mike D, Money Mark, Ted Nugent

On their third record, the Beastie Boys lifted themselves back up and set the tone for the 90s

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African Dub/Reggae Remembrance

The Upsetter Goes To Heaven

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment Adrian Sherwood, Andrew WK, Beastie Boys, Black Ark, Black Ark Studio, Bob Marley, Lee Perry, Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, RIPSubatomic Sound System, The Clash, The Orb

In the wake of his unexpected passing at age 85, we celebrate the life of Jamaican music legend Lee “Scratch” Perry and his bottomless well of recordings

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

Biz Markie Has Left The Building

July 18, 2021March 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Benny and the Jets, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Cold Chillin', Cool V, Elton John, Just A Friend, Masta Ace, Nick Cannon, RIP, Roxanne Shante, Vapors, Yo Gabba Gabba

When it came to bringing humor and warmth to a most serious rap game, Marcel Theo Hall had what we all needed

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Talking Heads Remain Amazing

October 19, 2020June 1, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Beastie Boys, Chris Frantz, Crosseyed and Painless, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Once In A Lifetime, Remain In Light, Remain In Love, Talking Heads, The Great Curve, The Young Aborigines, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on 40 years of the band’s greatest album

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Happy Birthday, Elvis Costello

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Happy Birthday, Jim Sullivan, Orpheum Theatre, Saturday Night Live

Jim Sullivan recounts his years in conversation with the man born Declan MacManus 66 years ago today

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The Diary of a Teenage Noise Addict

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, Australia, Beastie Boys, Ben Lee, Brad Wood, Grand Royal, Grandpaw Would, Noise Addict

25 years later, Grandpaw Would reflects Ben Lee’s endurance as an alt-pop mainstay

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Funk Hip Hop Punk

Beastie Boys Stories Gets No Sleep Till Brooklyn

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Martine Paris 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brooklyn, Grand Royal, MCA, Mike D

Legendary punks share epic tales of rock star life

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Hip Hop Punk Soul

2018 RNRG Book of the Year

December 27, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Book, MCA, Mike D

A long time Beastie Boys pal celebrates the tome that tells it all

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