It’s the 30th Anniversary of Beastie Boys’ album Licensed To Ill and there’s a few things out there worth paying attention to:
The band released a deluxe version of the album.
Boba Fatt did a short mix for Huey on BBC6 Music based on the album.
Pitchfork have a short video about the album’s creation.
David Mancuso, the founder of the famous New York club The Loft passed away yesterday: The Guardian / Rolling Stone
10 Classic tracks from David Mancuso’s The Loft.
A David Mancuso Spotify playlist.
https://youtu.be/uNKwr1Ne9G8
Ranking Steely Dan’s albums in order.
Frank Ocean spoke to the New York Times in a rare interview.
A recording of Blindboy Boatclub at Banter is highly-recommended.
Watch Questlove, Rick Rubin, Pharrell, and more in Apple Music’s ‘808’ documentary trailer.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
