Beastie Boys Add Swing State Shows

(swiped from Pitchfork Media)

Beastie Boys have expanded their previously reported "Get Out and Vote '08" tour by a factor of two. The number of shows in swing states is at six now, thanks to the addition of dates in Charlotte, Dayton, and Youngstown (Ohio). The new shows will also feature sets from Sheryl Crow, Santogold, Norah Jones, and Ben Harper.

Beastie Boys' political fascinations don't end with this tour. Today (October 15), Beastie Adam Yauch's film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories released Frontrunners, a documentary film about the student council presidential campaign at NYC's Stuyvesant High School, to theaters. The film's soundtrack includes selections from various Elephant 6 bands and the Album Leaf.

Frontrunners is just one of many movies Oscilloscope is releasing this fall, both to theaters and on DVD. On October 21, Yauch's basketball documentary, Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, comes to DVD. On Halloween, the company will release a true crime documentary called Dear Zachary to theaters. Finally, on December 10 comes Wendy and Lucy, a new movie from Old Joy director Kelly Reichardt starring Michelle Williams and featuring songwriter/Old Joy actor Will Oldham "as a face-tattooed gutter punk," according to a press release.

Yauch will appear at the Virgin Megastore in NYC's Union Square on October 21 to promote the release of the Gunnin' for That #1 Spot DVD.

"Get Out and Vote '08":

10-27 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend *#
10-28 Richmond, VA - Richmond Coliseum #!%
10-29 Youngstown, OH - Chevrolet Center *!$
10-30 Dayton, OH - Hara Arena *$
11-01 Saint Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium $^
11-02 Milwaukee, WI - U.S. Cellular Arena $^~

* with Sheryl Crow
# with Santogold
! with Norah Jones
% with Jack Johnson
$ with Ben Harper
^ with Tenacious D
~ with Crosby & Nash

• Stream: Beastie Boys: Various Tracks

Beastie Boys Plot Star-Studded Vote Shows

(swiped from Billboard)

The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin Oct. 28 in Richmond, Va. Shows are also set for Nov. 1 in St. Paul, Minn., and Nov. 2 in Milwaukee.

"This election is too important to stay at home," the rap trio said this morning (Oct. 10), adding that it is endorsing Barack Obama for president. "We hope that you can come out, have a nice night, dance, sing, get your freak on, and then wake up the next morning and get everyone that you possibly can to get out and vote."

Crow, Jones, Johnson and Santogold are on the bill for the Richmond show, while Harper and Tenacious D will support in St. Paul. Harper, Tenacious D and David Crosby and Graham Nash will join the Beasties in Milwaukee.

For ticket information, visit the Beasties' Web site.

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Santogold and Diplo Team for Top Ranking Mixtape

(swiped from Pitchfork Media)

Santogold and Diplo, together on a mixtape? It's enough to make your Day Glo all on its own. She, still rising the release of her self-titled LP, and he, making the beats that make the bodies rock, have teamed up for Top Ranking, a 35-track mixtape out now from Diplo's label Mad Decent.

It's a monster of a thing, sporting a ton of exclusive material from Santi White alongside tracks and remixes alike from Three 6 Mafia, Switch, Desmond Dekker, the Clash, and so so many others. (It's kind of like the Piracy Funds Terrorism mix Diplo made with M.I.A. back in 2004.) Perhaps you heard the slightly cheeky (but nevertheless banging) "Guns of Brooklyn" over in Forkcast the other day? The CD is available now from Turntable Lab, with an arrival scheduled at the Mad Decent webstore (and "everywhere else") soon.

Both Santogold and Diplo have a mess of tour dates coming up, including one they'll share over the weekend in New York.

Top Ranking mixtape:

01 "Dub Selection Intro"
02 Three 6 Mafia: "Late Night" (Unstoppable Mix)
03 Santogold: "Shuv It" (Disco D Blend) [exclusive]
04 Santogold: "I'm a Lady" (Diplo Mix ft. Amanda Blank) [exclusive]
05 Sir Mix-A-Lot: "Posse on Broadway"
06 Santogold: "Lights Out" (Diplo's Panda Bear Mix) [exclusive]
07 Aretha Franklin: "Save Me"
08 Devo: "Be Stiff"
09 B-52's: "Mesopotamia"
10 Gerri and the Holograms: "Gerri and the Holograms"
11 Santogold: "Anne" (Switch Mix) [exclusive]
12 Santogold: "L.E.S. Artistes" (XXXchange Mix ft. Movado)
13 Cutty Ranks: "Dutty Six Pack" [exclusive]
14 Santogold: "Find a Way" (Graeme and Switch Mix ft. Kid Cudi) / Lunar Camel [exclusive]
15 Richie Spice x Ratatat: "Marijuana"
16 Desmond Dekker: "007 (Shanty Town)"
17 Santogold: "Guns of Brooklyn" [exclusive]
18 Dixie Cups: "Iko Iko"
19 Tony Matterhorn: "Big Belly Guns" [exclusive]
20 Santogold: "Get It Up" (Radioclit mix ft. MIA & Gorilla Zoe) [exclusive]
21 "Mark Ronson in Studio"
22 Trouble Andrew: "Run - Hide"
23 Sister Nancy: "Pigeon Rock"
24 Nora Dean: "Barbwire"
25 Shinehead: "Know How Fe Chat"
26 The Clash: "Ghetto Defendant"
27 Warrior Queen: "Check It"
28 Santogold x Benga: "Unstoppable / Night Dub" [exclusive]
29 Shawty Lo x Skream: "Dey Know / Stagger"
30 Santogold: "Creator" (Mumdance Mix ft. Jammer, Badness, Chronik Rage, Slikman & Tempz) [exclusive]
31 Xray: "Turbulence Dubplate" (Starstruck Diplo Mix) [exclusive]
32 Barrington Levy: "Send a Moses"
33 Prince Jazzbo: "Ital Corner"
34 Santogold: "Icarus" [exclusive]
35 Santogold x Diplo: "Right Brigade" (hidden track) [exclusive]

Santogold:

07-18 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
07-19 Madrid, Spain - Summercase
07-20 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage ^
07-23 Chicago, IL - United Center *
07-25 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center *
07-26 Boston, MA - Rock the Bells
07-27 New York, NY - Rock the Bells
07-29 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Center *
07-30 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center *
08-01 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-02 Hartford, CT - XL Center *
08-03 Washington, DC - Verizon Center *
08-04 Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden *
08-09 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-10 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-14 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-15 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands
08-19 Edinburgh, Scotland - Fringe Fest
08-23 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-29 Cornwall, England - Surfstock
08-30 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Pinic
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Fest
09-03 London, England - Koko
09-05 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
09-06 Manchester, England - Becks Fusion Festival

^ with Diplo
* with Coldplay

Diplo:

07-18 Baltimore, MD - The Paradox *
07-19 Baltimore, MD - Whartscape Festival
07-20 New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage ^
07-20 New York, NY - Santos' Party House
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-08 Berlin, Germany - Berlin Festival
08-09 Andalusia, Spain - Creamfields
08-12 Umea, Sweden - Rex
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Nefertiti
08-15 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-29 Tel Aviv, Israel - Barzilay Club
08-30 Bristol, England - Motion
08-31 Dublin, Ireland - Electric Picnic

* with Blaqstarr
^ with Santogod

• Stream: Santogold and Diplo: Guns of Brooklyn (The Clash cover0 [from the Top Ranking mixtape]