1) Foo Fighters –Wasting Light Record of the year. If there is a better second half of the year release I’ll console myself with that hypothetically brain-punchingly excellent album. Bands get sharper over time; few have hit the running peak of passion and musicianship the Foos are on right now. 2) Hayes Carll – KMAG YOYO Never heard of him.Saw two Carllsongs on my way out of another show. Bought the album out of left field. Alt-country, straight-up country, straight-up […]
Posts tagged "Beastie Boys"
The Beastie Boys Wish You a Happy Father’s Day!
Have you bought Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 , yet? If not, then why haven’t you? After all, it’s The Beastie Boys’ first album in over half a decade, and it’s dope! Just in time for Father’s Day tomorrow, The Beasties have released a…well, what would you call this? A mini-video? A commercial? One of those things to help promote Hot Sauce. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that the little girl is not really eating melted vinyl, but more […]
Chart Stalker 5/11/11: Adele Fends Off All Comers…Again
So, Adele’s 21 is turning into quite the juggernaut. In a week when tons of superstar albums came out (8 albums debuted in the Top Ten), the British R&B singer retains her stranglehold on the top of the Billboard charts, with another 155,000 albums sold. In addition, the set’s first single, “Rolling in the Deep”, finally makes it to the top of Billboard’s Top Digital Songs chart and probably would’ve already been #1 on the overall Hot 100 singles chart […]
Chart Stalker: 1992 Flashback Edition
There’s not much going on as far as this week’s Billboard charts. People apparently ran away from record stores in droves following Easter weekend, and last week’s sales totals are pretty low. Thank goodness for Adele, who scans another 124,000 copies of 21 to land at #1 yet again. Without that number, the chart would look very dismal indeed. The Foo Fighters stand at #2 with a dismal 34,000 copies sold, and the three debuts in the Top Twenty (Explosions […]
New Release Report 5/3/11: Beastietude
The week’s biggest news is certainly the release of Hot Sauce Committee, Part II , the Beastie Boys’ first non-instrumental album in six years. The longest-running hit making rap act in history, this album has gotten universally solid reviews, proving that Mike D., Ad-Rock and MCA have not lost their mojo even in their mid-forties. However, it’s far from the only thing going on in a crowded new release week. The Beasties will likely be vying for the #1 spot on the album charts with […]
Beastie Boys Give You the Best Hip-Hop Album of 2011
I have never considered myself a huge Beastie Boys fan. Sure, I own all of their albums but I was never a big fan of those snooty b-boy insomniacs from Brooklyn. They were clever. The original snarksters, perhaps? I even had tickets to see them once. That I paid for. That I blew off at the last minute ’cause I just wasn’t in the mood to see a show that particular night. Like I said, I’m a super fan (interjection […]
A Double Dose of Beastie Boys
I’ve got to hand it to the Beastie Boys for keeping things interesting for so long. Diversity pays off, and Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D. have proven to be among the versatile musicians to emerge from hip-hop’s golden age. They can still hold it down as a delightfully old school rap unit, they can rock it out, and they can jam out soul/funk style as well. It’s also interesting how they can maintain their audience despite taking ridiculously long pauses […]
Chart Stalker: It’s Britney (Again), Bitch!
This week’s Billboard album chart features 5 new albums in the Top Ten, led by Britney Spears. Her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale, opens at the top spot with 276,000 copies sold. On the good side, that represents the second highest first week number of the year so far (narrowly edging out last week’s Chris Brown total). Also on the good side, it’s Britney’s sixth number one album (out of seven releases). On the bad side, it’s the lowest first […]
Pass the “Hot Sauce”: The Beasties Are Comin’ Back
Good news if you’re a Beastie Boys fan (like yours truly). The hip-hop legends (who might be Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees next year) have finally set a March 2011 release date for their “Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1” album, which was originally supposed to come out in 2009 but was indefinitely postponed following Adam Yauch’s cancer diagnosis. Only, it’s now retitled “Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2”. And it contains the songs that were originally scheduled to be […]
Will the Hall of Fame Have Room for Bon Jovi and the Beasties?
The finalists for nomination into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2011 have been announced, and a wildly eclectic group finds themselves in contention. Several artists up for nomination this year have been knocking on the HOF’s door for eons, while some artists find themselves vying for the prestigious honor for the first time. One thing that you can’t really argue-just about every artist on this list is a certified legend. 15 artists are vying for the […]