 
Hip-Hop Pioneer Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys Dead at 47
The music world lost one of its innovators recently as Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, of the Beastie Boys died on an early Friday morning on the 4th of May. After years of battling the disease publically, Adam unfortunately lost his fight with cancer. As co-founding member of the three-time Grammy winning hip-hop group, Adam played an instrumental part in the groundbreaking trio’s success. Read more...
+(Plus) Fest Coming to a City Near You
May is coming and that means summer is here. What better way to celebrate the season than with a free concert starring some of today’s hottest bands. On May 4, more than 40 acts will appear simultaneously at venues in 10 cities across the country, including Austin, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chapel Hill, N.C., Phoenix; Columbia, S.C., New York and Miami. Headliners include MSTRKRFT, Kendrick Lamar, Big Gigantic, Danny Brown, Rob Garza (of Thievery Corporation), Beats Antique, Big Freedia, Paper Diamond and more. All performances will be held at secret locations to be announced on May 3. Read more...
Kmang Kmang Shows its Many Sides in Performance and on Debut
And now for something completely different: a guy with a nylon string guitar, his gang of musicians on string bass, violin, and drums, and a goal that’s at the opposite end of most young bands’ ambitions these days. When you think of your buddy’s band, it’s likely of the rock, punk, or garage variety. But Barmey Ung’s Kmang Kmang prefers to “Challeng[e] listeners gently,” as Ung stated in a recent interview, striding genres from jazz-tinged folk to classical-influenced rock. Read more...
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