Good to see two Beastie Boy related updates in one day. The original version of “Canal” appears on Ratking’s debut album So It Goes, out now.

“It’s the story of some young men and women from a small town who grow up dreaming of playing softball. The other kids laugh at them because they are so scrawny but then one night a famous ballplayer from long ago comes to them in their dreams and says hey kid you can do it [cont.]

Here are the facts regarding Maximum Hedrum as we know them: Sam Spiegel (Squeak E. Clean, NASA) and Derrick Green’s (Sepultura) partnership started nearly a half-decade ago with a chance encounter at a dodgy dive bar that both members call “among São Paulo’s finest.” Shortly after their first drink together, Spiegel relocated to Los Angeles [cont.]