Earlier this week, the New York State Senate passed a resolution honoring Brooklyn-born Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who died on May 4, 2012 from cancer.

The resolution — officially known as J4637 — was written by State Senator Daniel Squadron, who represents the district of Brooklyn Heights, where Yauch was born. It celebrates Yauch’s many accomplishments and contributions:

“The Beastie Boys became well-known in the innovative music scene in Manhattan’s East Village and Lower East Side with a sound and a style all their own … [they] exemplified New York through a period in which grassroots creativity and a community of iconoclastic artists helped redefine and rejuvenate a city on the ropes, with iconic imagery from Brooklyn to Ludlow Street.

“Adam Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen Wengdu, and their daughter Losel,” the resolution concludes. “He will be missed by his family, his fans and all who knew him; his dedication to his music, his activism and his heritage leaves an indelible legacy of inspiration for all other artists.” (via MTV)

Conan stopped by the “Late Show With David Letterman,” and the two had a bit of fun at the expense of Jay Leno. It was an interesting bit of insight from Conan — who revealed that, within one day, he went from host of “The Tonight Show” to unemployed and having a business meeting at a restaurant due to having no office — as well as a large amount of venom from Letterman.

Videos of the conversation are below:

(via LA Times)

Americana, the new record of reworked American classics by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, is due out on June 5, 2012 via Reprise Records. They have just released a music video for their hard-rocking take on “Clementine,” which include a significant amount of archive footage.

(via Spinner)

El-P’s new solo album, Cancer 4 Cure, is now streaming at RollingStone.com. The album will be his first in five years, and includes collaborations with Danny Brown, Interpol’s Paul Banks, Nick Diamonds, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, and Killer Mike, among others.

The album will be released on May 22, 2012 via Fat Possum. View the track listing below, or click here to see El-P’s recent performance on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”

Cancer 4 Cure Track Listing
01. Request Denied
02. The Full Retard
03. Works Every Time
04. Drones Over BKLYN
05. Oh Hail No (feat. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire and Danny Brown)
06. Tougher Colder Killer (feat. Killer Mike and Despot)
07. True Story
08. The Jig Is Up
09. Sign Here
10. For My Upstairs Neighbor (Mums the Word)
11. Stay Down (feat. Nick Diamonds)
12. $4 Vic/FTL (Me and You)

On May 17th, Handsome Furs, an indie/post-punk duo consisting of husband and wife Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry, posted the following message on their website:

“With a heavy heart the time has come to let all of you know that Handsome Furs are no more. The most important thing that needs to be said right now is how extremely grateful we are to all the fans all over the world that showered us with love and support over the years. Thank you for everything! It’s been an incredible 6 years and we owe it all to you. xoxo HF”

According to P4k, there’s no word as to whether the split is in any way connected to the “urgent health issue” that led to the cancellation of the duo’s European tour this March.

The duo’s last album was 2011′s Sound Kapital. Boeckner is also a member of the band Wolf Parade, who have been on hiatus since November 2010.

Ageless UK punks The Adicts are heading out on a brief US tour. It kicks off tonight and will wrap up in Las Vegas at the 2012 Punk Rock Bowling festival. The tour flier, with dates, is posted below.

The Adicts recently announced that they signed to DC-Jam Records and will release their first album for the label this fall.

(via Brooklyn Vegan)

Children of Bodom have released a surprisingly fitting cover of “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” a song originally performed by Dropkick Murphys and based on the lyrics of Woody Guthrie.

The cover will appear on the band’s upcoming compilation album Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth) on Spinefarm Records. The Dropkick Murphys’ version of “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” appeared on their 2005 album The Warrior’s Code, and on the soundtrack for the 2006 Martin Scorsese film, The Departed.

In the past, Children of Bodom have covered the Ramones’ “Somebody Put Something in My Drink,” Andrew WK’s “She Is Beautiful,” Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” and “Oops!… I Did It Again” by Britney Spears

Listen to “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” performed by Children of Bodom below:

(via Dying Scene)

Today, SideOneDummy Records has unveiled the track listing for their annual double-disc Warped Tour compilation album. For the first time, there will be two different bands featured on the the cover of the compilation: the first features Warped veterans Rise Against, and the other version of the cover features All Time Low.

Disc #1

1. Rise Against – Midnight Hands
2. Yellowcard – With You Around
3. Title Fight – Shed
4. The Used-Now That You’re Dead
5. New Found Glory – Summer Fling, Don’t Mean a Thing
6. Man Overboard – Rare
7. Fireworks – Aarows
8. Transit – Skipping Stone
9. I Call Fives – Back Up Plan
10. Anti-Flag – Broken Bones
11. Four Year Strong – Not To Toot My Own Horn But, Beep Beep
12. We Are The Ocean – Overtime Is a Crime
13. Hostage Calm – The “M” Word
14. Polar Bear Club – Bottled Wind
15. Daytrader – Firebreather
16. Sharks – Able Moving Hearts
17. Make Do and Mend – Lucky
18. I Am The Avalanche – Holy %$#!
19. A Loss For Words – Wrightsville Beach
20. Chuck Ragan – Meet You In The Middle
21. Brian Marquis – They Used To Call It The Blues
22. Into It. Over It. – P R O P E R (free MP3 from Into It. Over It. below!)
23. Koji – Giants Sleeping
24. Blacklist Royals – Brothers and Sisters
25. Nothington – Far To Go

Disc #2

1. All Time Low – Coffee Shop Soundtrack
2. Of Mice & Men – Ohioisonfire
3. Blessthefall – 40 Days
4. Memphis May Fire – Prove Me Right
5. The Ghost Inside – Engine 45
6. Every Time I Die – Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space
7. Falling In Reverse – Good Girls Bad Guys
8. For Today – Fearless
9. Tonight Alive – Listening
10. We Are The In Crowd – Better Luck Next Time
11. Divided By Friday – Prove It
12. Sleeping With Sirens – Tally It Up, Settle The Score
13. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! – In Friends We Trust
14. Neo Geo – Sex Robot
15. Miss May I – Hey Mister
16. I Wrestled a Bear Once – Button It Up
17. Skip The Foreplay – DJ
18. Vanna – I, The Remover
19. Chelsea Grin – Everlasting Sleep
20. Motionless In White – Abigail
21. Ballyhoo! – Last Night
22. Murderland – Another Homicide
23. Cold Forty Three – Hundred Dollar Bail
24. Jukebox Romantics – Monster Hands
25. Lost In Society – Everybody’s Gone

Click here to download “Rapid Shitty, SD” by Into It. Over It.

My Bloody Valentine have scheduled their first tour dates in nearly three years — all three dates are in Japan, and are a ways off, as they will take place in February on 2013.

The band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1983 and performed through 1997. They reformed in 2007, and, according to Prefix, still have a “mysterious new album in the works.” CoS reports that the band plans to release a new album and EP in 2012, which would be the band’s first material since 1991′s Loveless.

My Bloody Valentine on Tour
2/6/13 Osaka, Japan @ The Hatch
2/7/13 Tokyo, Japan @ Studio Coast
2/8/13 Tokyo, Japan @ Studio Coast

As you may recall, Will Ferrell (as Ron Burgundy) announced the forthcoming sequel to Anchorman on “Conan” on March 28th. The trailer to the film was revealed prior to the screenings of Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator, and today the movie poster was revealed.

Check out the poster below, then watch these 10 real-life Ron Burgundy moments.

(Via Paste)

On May 25, 2012, the 2012 Punk Rock Bowling pre-party will be held at Yayo Taco, located across from UNLV at 4632 Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas. Performers will include  Hit the Switch, Sic Waiting, Nothing With Numbers, Burning Agrestic, and Holding Onto Sound, who will be performing on the Punk Rock Bowling main stage on Saturday, May 26th.

The show will be a benefit for Nevada Homeless Alliance and Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth — 100% of proceeds from the sale of t-shirts (featuring the design of the poster below) will be donated to the charities. Holding Onto Sound is paying for the manufacturing of the shirts, and will not deduct any expenses from the proceeds. They will be on sale for $10.

The show will be all-ages and free. Doors are at 8 pm.

Punk Rock Bowling 2012 Pre-Party poster/t-shirt design

The 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 7th through 10th, and will include performances from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Feist, St. Vincent, The Shins, tUnE-yArDs, Bad Brains, Skrillex, and many, many more. The lineup was announced in February, and is available here.

Now, the festival itinerary has been released and can be found here. Take a look and prioritize your plans — there are a great deal of headliners and major acts with conflicting performance times. (via P4k)

El-P performed on last night’s episode of “Late Show With David Letterman“ in support of his forthcoming record Cancer for Cure. He performed ”Stay Down” with Nick Diamonds of Islands. Video is below.

(via Audio Perv)

A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of two or more different words to create a single new word. Plenty have entered the cultural lexicon, like “spork,” “turducken,” or “blaxploitation.” Portmanteaux have been used in song and album names for years, but few musicians have an obsession that rivals that of The Mars Volta.

The Mars Volta’s new record is fantastic, but it was the third (out of six) to feature a portmanteau in the title. They clearly enjoy coming up with these semantic combinations, especially ones that contain words with medical, religious, or scientific meaning, or evoke disturbing imagery. The album name, Noctourniquet, sounds like something that Weird Al would make up to parody the band. Their ridiculous wordplay also includes “Amputechture,” “Meccamputechture,” “Televators,” “Vedamalady,” “Dyslexicon,” “Molochwalker,” and “Comatorium” — and these are all just in the titles of the songs and albums.

This gave me the idea to come up with fake Mars Volta song titles for an all-portmanteau album. I’d like to open this up to the internet to come up with new, ridiculous, fictional Mars Volta tracks. If you need some ideas to get the ball rolling, see the word bank below. Bonus points for combining English and Spanish, which I am unable to do.

Here’s the track list for my fictional Mars Volta album, Deuteronomyanmarzipangea:

01. Conventricle
02. Gerrymandrake
03. Palindromosomes
04. Formaldehydeandseek
05. Hermaphrodynasty
06. Sanskritters
07. Megalodonkey
08. Crowphylactic
09. Synapormorphine
10. Bazaarcophagus, Part One: Deuteronomyanmar
11. Bazaarcophagus, Part Two: Marzipangea

Word Bank

Amoeba  Communion  Corrosive  Aorta  Psalms  Cyst  Paleozoic Moleskin  Exoskeleton  Serrated  Neurons  Lapel  Gomorrah  Subconscious  Albatross  Cuticle  Epidemic  Blasphemy  Stereoscopy  Saboteur  Roulette  Metallurgy  Staphylococcus  Babylon  Holocene  Tabla  Zygote  Sulfur  Morgue  Bedlam Tartan  Vermin  Asphyxiation  Khartoum  Tentacles  Bludgeoned  Omega  Enzyme  Androgyny  Bathsheba  Leech  Hades  Mnemonic  Ephemera  Septum  Smoldering  Bandage  Abscess  Hepzibah  Vacancy  Nephrolith  Silhouette

Animal Collective will be releasing a new album in September via Domino called Centipede Hz. The band released a video announcement on their official website, which you can view below the track listing.

Animal Collective Centipede Hz Track Listing

01. Moonjock
02. Today’s Supernatural
03. Rosie Oh
04. Applesauce
05. Wide Eyed
06. Father Time
07. New Town Burnout
08. Monkey Riches
09. Mercury Man
10. Pulleys
11. Amanita