Beastie Boys in “virtual 3D chat” today

Beastie Boys will be participating in a “Virtual 3D chat” today via There.com which is a 3D environment like Second Life, which is to say, it’s kind of like World of Warcraft but without any of that troublesome game.

In any case, the band will be participating in a multi-user interview and it’ll be your chance to ask them what happened to that smooth talkin’ that they used to do on records prior to The Mix-Up and also discover what t was actually like recording HR. Beastie Adam Yauch recently produced Build a Nation, the long-awaited new full length from the Bad Brains.

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Thrice posts second teaser video for upcoming album

Recent Vagrant signing Thrice have posted the second of ten teaser trailers in anticipation of their upcoming full length. The record is titled The Alchemy Index and follows the band’s final Island Records release, Vheissu. The album is actually a four EP cycle which will street as two separate releases in 2007 and 2008. The first, The Alchemy Index: Volumes 1 & 2: Fire & Water is due on October 16, 2007. The second, The Alchemy Index: Volumes 3 & 4 – Earth & Air will follow next year.

This clip includes some more chats with the boys as well as some samples of songs.

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