Beastie Boys - "The Mix Up" era (late June)

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Beastie Boys Recording New Album

While Beastie Boys fans have learned to expect a lengthy wait between albums, it appears the B-Boys are making up for lost time and already working on the follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs. In an interview with Canadian JAM! Music, the Beasties revealed they are writing new material and will likely self-produce their next album.

Adam Horowitz (aka Ad-Rock) declared their next album would be their "best ever," adding, "Wait 'til you hear the new s**t that we’re working on. The s**t is hot." Mike D. chimed in that the trio is merely in the "messing around" stage right now.

The Beasties' live concert film, Awesome! I F---in' Shot That!, was recently released on DVD.

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The Beastie Boys: Expect To Be Disappointed With New Album
Band joke about it...

by Scott Colothan on 26/01/2007

The Beastie Boys have joked that fans can expect to be disappointed with their new material.

The rappers have been holed up in the studio recently, laying down new tracks for the long-player which they will be road testing over a string of tour dates.

Speaking ahead of their appearance at the Good Vibrations festival in Australia next month, Mike Diamond was in typically boisterous mood.

The 41-year-old joked to theage.com: "It is actually really different ... fans can expect to be disappointed, they can expect to be angry at us.

"It's always hard to know (how the album will turn out). We still have a little of a way to go. I don't want to describe it too much because whatever I say might change.

"We are in the middle of recording it ... we are pretty excited about coming to Australia."

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joker said:

The 41-year-old joked to theage.com: "It is actually really different ... fans can expect to be disappointed, they can expect to be angry at us.

That is so not what they should be telling the press. Let the fans judge for themselves. If the group says they know the fans aren't going to like it or will be angry, the fans will probably react that way.

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Beastie Boys Eyeing Summer For New Album

March 05, 2007, 10:20 AM ET
Jeff Vrabel, Bluffton, S.C.

An uncharacteristically short three years after their last disc, 2004's "To the 5 Boroughs," the Beastie Boys are putting the finishing touches on a new record. "Hopefully that'll be out this summer, too," group member Adam Yauch tells Billboard.

Though he remained characteristically tight-lipped about details, Yauch says the Beasties plan to air out some of the new material in a series of dates this summer, including a headlining slot at the Sasquatch Festival, to be held May 26-27 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash.

From there, the Beastie Boys head to Europe for a series of festival dates. The band also plays a headlining set in Paris on June 26.

As first reported here Friday, Yauch has also produced a new record by the original lineup of Bad Brains, "Build a Nation," due in late May or early June via Megaforce.

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Billboard.com:

Here are the Beastie Boys' tour dates:

May 27: George, Washington (Sasquatch Festival)
June 10: Lisbon (Alive! Festival)
June 17: Istanbul (Efes Pilsen One Love Festival)
June 22: Scheessel, Germany (Hurricane Festival)
June 24: Neuhasen, Germany (Southside Festival)
June 26: Paris (Le Zenith)
June 28: Werchter, Belgium (Rock Werchter Festival)
June 30: Gdynia, Poland (Heineken Festival)

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Beastie Boys Get Instrumental

Beastie Boys Rap trio the Beastie Boys are set to show off their musical talents this summer with a string of instrumental festival appearances.

The Sabotage hitmakers will open their instrumental tour at the Sasquatch Festival in Washington in May, before jetting off to Europe for festival shows in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Poland, France and Britain.

In a posting on the group's website, the trio write, "We're gonna play some instrumental only shows also... you know drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion. Better call your doctor 'cause they're gonna be sick. It's gonna be a gala event."

- From StarPulse

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Beastie Boys name new album
Mike D gets ready for new record and Live Earth gig

Beastie Boys have revealed exclusively to NME.COM that their new album will be called 'The Mix Up' and will be released in June.

Bandmember Mike D said the follow-up to 2004's 'To The 5 Boroughs' will be "radically different" to its' predecessor. The rockier record will instead hark to the style of the band's classic albums 'Check Your Head' and 'Paul's Boutique'.

Mike D said: "We play instruments on the whole album, as opposed to sampling. There's more rock on there. If you know us you can trace the influences and they're no completely surprising. Someone who listens to us casually might think 'What the hell are these guys doing?'

"It might make you flip your wig right off, or your hairpiece, if you're a casual listener."

The star also talked about the band's forthcoming appearance at the London leg of the Live Earth shows, which aim to promote action to confront global climate change.

Beastie Boys will perform at Wembley Stadium alongside the likes of Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snow Patrol.

Speaking about the cause, Mike D said: "It's come to the point where drastic measures have to be taken now. To really create a mass consciousness of what needs to be done, mass action, it's gonna take mass awareness. And these huge concerts around the globe are probably one of the best means of doing so."

Asked if he would be playing any new material at the event, the star replied: "By that point we'll already be playing new songs. But I dunno - you don't wanna do 'Jazz Odyssey' in front of a crowd of 60,000."

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Beastie Boys reveal new album tracklisting
'The Mix Up' will feature 14 tracks

Beastie Boys have revealed the tracklisting for their new album'The Mix Up'.

As previously reported exclusively by NME.COM, bandmember Mike D said that the follow up to 2004's 'To The 5 Boroughs' would be "radically different" to its predecessor and the sound will hark back to the style of 1992's 'Check Your Head' and 1989's 'Paul's Boutique'.

No release date has yet been announced, but Mike D also told NME.COM he expected it to be out sometime in June.

The band are set to perform at the London leg of the Live Earth shows which takes place at Wembley Stadium on July 7.

The tracklisting for 'The Mix Up' is:

'Be For My Name'
'14th St.Break'
'Suco De Tangerina'
'The Gala Event'
'Electric Worm'
'Freaky Hijiki'
'Off The Grid'
'The Rat Cage'
'The Melee'
'Dramastically Different'
'The Cousin Of Death'
'The Kangaroo Rat'

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Release date is June 26.

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Nice! Looking forward to it.

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New Beastie Boys - "The Rat Cage"

They weren't kidding about the all-instrumental part. But as far as Mike D saying it'll be straight "post-punk instrumental" and sound nothing like their last sans vocals effort ... well, with Money Mark on keys, you're bound to get The In Sounds From Way Out!'s groovy flavor. Anyway, Reader Becky sent us this taste of The Mix-Up, saying "Personally, I love it." Have a listen...

"The Rat Cage" - Beastie Boys

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2 videos: "Off the Grid" and "The Rat Cage"

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Thread title change!

Oh, the album leaked. I don't know what to expect since it's an instrumental album, but they still haven't disappointed me (though Check Your Head was a bit underwhelming IMO) so I have a good feeling about the record.

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Beastie Boys Announce U.S. Tour

What's that noise? Chain-smoking hypocrite dads and jealous moms with sensitive ears should know: it's the Beastie Boys

The fight for partying rights being a lifelong one, Mike D, Adrock, and MCA will grab their trusty microphones and take to the stage once again across a series of U.S. dates in late summer.

Unlike the recent instrumental set at Sasquatch!-- meant to showcase jams from the Beasties' forthcoming The Mix-Up (due June 26 on Capitol)-- this tour will find our three MCs and (presumably) one DJ throwing down old-skool-stylee (not unlike that other set at Sasquatch!).

Assuming our swift-tongued friends can't, won't, and don't stop anytime soon, a set of more intimate instrumental dates should emerge in the near future. Assuming I actually hear a Beastie Boys song released this century by then, I'll totally make a lame reference to it next time.

Getting down with no delay:

08-01 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier
08-06 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
08-08 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage
08-09 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool
08-16 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
08-23 Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl
08-25 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

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Billboard:

ARTIST: BEASTIE BOYS

ALBUM: THE MIX-UP

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Since 1992's "Check Your Head," the Beastie Boys have made a habit of sneaking little instrumental nuggets into their hip-hop records, and given the Boys' genetic inability to stay in one place for too long, it was probably only a matter of time before they indulged those proclivities on a full album of new material. Composed of low-end-heavy jams that reference the Meters, tropicalia, '70s funk and porn music (sometimes all at once) and zero words, "The Mix-Up" is thematically sound and feels like a comprehensive piece instead of a self-indulgent scheme. There are moments of thick, bona fide groove (the down-and-dirty "Off the Grid" chief among them). But stylistic aspirations aside, with the Beastie name on the cover, it's hard to listen without (sub)consciously seeking out the places where rhymes could go.

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Out today in the USA!!

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Metascore based on 12 reviews is:



Will they manage to sell 10k the first week out?

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Billboard.biz:

Beastie Boys' instrumental album "The Mix-Up" starts at No. 15 with 44,000. The trio's last instrumental set, "The In Sound From The Way Out!," debuted and peaked at No. 45 with 22,000 in 1996. The Boys are on tour through the summer. On Saturday (7) they play the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London, followed by the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 9 and 10. They are mingling their own solo stops with festival shows and currently have dates slated through September 9.

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Their Live Earth performance, they rocked it from the first second to the last, sample after sample ("The 900 Number"!):

Sure Shot
So Whatcha Want
Intergalactic
Sabotage

Audio
Video

On FIYAH...

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7/21 chart

2 CAP 15 36 BEASTIE BOYS MIX-UP 18,831 -57% 43,876 62,781

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7/28 chart

59 BEASTIE BOYS MIX-UP 12,099 18,831 74,880

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My view: 'The Mix-Up' by Beastie Boys

By Jeremy Castillo
Special to The Advertiser

CD: "The Mix-Up" by Beastie Boys; Capitol Records

Release: June 26

Style: Instrumental

My view: After mixed reviews of their last CD "To the 5 Boroughs," the Beastie Boys could have tried to reinvent the wheel with their follow-up, attempted something so incredibly out there that the new sound would be deemed unrecognizable.

Thankfully, the New York City natives took another road and simplified their next studio attempt so much as to not include words. The result is "The Mix-Up," the Beasties' first instrumental album of their career. It is 12 tracks of stripped-down, funky beats lacking the clever and crafty wordplay fans expect from the likes of MCA, Mike D and King Adrock.

There are a few songs that break away from rap and barrel right into jazz land. The two best by far are track six, "Freaky Hijiki" and track 10, "Dramastically Different." The Beasties bring the jazz hard and unapologetically here. If you didn't know better, you could easily mistake these songs as work by Medeski, Martin & Wood, especially considering the funk-laced backbeat and instruments and left-of-center song titles.

Opening track "B For My Name" is an accessible tune consisting completely of drums and an electronic beat-making machine. The genius of this song is it sounds like anyone with the same tools and a recording studio could make it, but never lets the listener forget how trained the veteran creators are.

Remaining songs on the CD explore the catalog of influences the Beasties have harnessed over the years. "Suco De Tangerina" is a solid, heady track with a zest of Latin throughout. Punk is conspicuously absent here.

The best thing about "The Mix-Up" is there's no great expectations, no pomp and circumstance, no delusions of grandeur to be found anywhere on this album. It's quite possible these tracks would never have seen the light of day if it weren't for the equal amount of praise and criticism for "Boroughs," which seemed to knock the chip off the Beasties' shoulders.

During its 14 tracks and 42-minute running time, "The Mix-Up" never strays from its simplicity. This grounded approach feels similar to the one taken on "To the 5 Boroughs," a straight hip-hop album with earnest lyrics and no frills or crazy antics that are found on "Ill Communication" or "Paul's Boutique."

Gone are the days when they had to prove themselves each time they released a CD. It seems they are more than willing to let the Akons and T. Pains of the rap game have the spotlight, despite having exponentially better lyrics and beats. Money and fame don't seem to be the raison d'etre for the Beasties anymore; they just want to make music. And that's something they've always done well.

Jeremy Castillo, who received an associate of arts degree from Windward Community College, is a student at the University of Idaho.

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8/25 chart

136 BEASTIE BOYS - MIX-UP 5,442 -15% 104,849