It’s been a few weeks, but that doesn’t make it hurt any less. I’m talking about the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys. We’ve had a couple of short statements from the other Beastie Boys members, Mike...
Five time Grammy winner Donna Summer has died from cancer, TMZ reports (take that source for what it’s worth). You might know the name and not the songs, but she cranked out some hits that resonated with people. Her list...
It is (unfortunately) well documented that we here at PeteHatesMusic love our beer. But this particular story we might shy away from – scientists are attempting to re-create a beer from 170 years ago (via Technabob). There was a shipwreck...
No surprises here: Billboard reports that the Beastie Boys’ album sales have increased 1235% from last week’s sales because of the death of MCA. All of the Beasties albums sold a total of 55,000, which is up from the 4,000...
We all have fake Facebook accounts to spy on our crushes and ex-girlfriends, right? No? No one else does?! If only my backspace key wasn’t broken and I could erase this embarrassing evidence from the Internet. Perhaps more embarrassing –...
In August 2009, I headed to New York (well, technically New Jersey) to see the 2nd annual All Points West Music festival, with headliners Coldplay, Tool, and the Beastie Boys. Unfortunately, it was around the time that Adam Yauch of...
Legendary rap band, and recent inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Beastie Boys have lost one of their members – Adam Yauch aka MCA has died at the age of 47 (via Rolling Stone). This is...
Anti-Censorship protesters, take note. A Montreal native has been banned from using the Internet or owning a computer, since he made threats (and posted it on YouTube?!) against Quebec Premier Jean Charest (via Daily Dot). The 25 year old, Maxime...
The xx stunned a lot of people with their Mercury Award winning debut album, xx. The near-flawless album won fans worldwide and heck, Intro is still used as my ringtone. The band have been locked inside the studio, posting snippets...
Legendary BBC DJ, John Peel, has a record collection for the ages, one deemed to be one of the most important collections on the planet. As previously announced, there were plans to put the collection online, for all to view....
Faithful readers, newcomers, and Internet spam bots – as posted on our Twitter and Facebook pages, we had the privilege of being featured on the Guardian’s Blog Jam twice-weekly feature. They select independent music blogs and ask us why we...
We here at PeteHatesMusic generally care about the well being of our readers, as well as the other 7 billion people on this planet. We have told you the perils of texting and walking, be it that you fall down...
Dick Clark, the man who many Americans ring in the New Year with, has died today at the age of 82 after suffering a heart attack. Dick Clark is known for many things, but in the music circles, he is...
A bunch of festival news has been happening the past day, so rather than a bunch of small little posts, we thought we’d cram it all into one post – this way you can ignore one post instead of three....
Why wasn’t I invited to this research panel? I only get invited to the ones where they give you needles and pills that make your hair fall out (except my back hair, which is now thicker). The University of Illinois...
