STRICTLY GLOBAL

(by Dawn Reed) Did anyone else catch the amazing Beastie Boys short film "Fight For Your Right Revisited" with the insane dance-off between young Beasties (Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride) and future Beasties (Will Ferrell, Jack Black, and John C. Reily)?! It's pretty much the only thing I can think of at moment, aside from the ridiculously superb line-up of videos we got coming at you this Friday, including Kiwi gangsta rap from New Zealand, Dominican Republican electro-pop, and more, plus our interview with the Australian geniuses of dance music- Cut Copy!

We'll check out the latest video from Manchester's Liam Gallagher with his rock spawn Beady Eye, who's debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding has already gone Gold in the UK, and they were nominated by the NME Awards as Best New Band in 2011. Featuring other ex-Oasis members (Gem Archer, Andy Bell, and Chris Sharrock), they recently released a Beatles cover "Across the Universe" available via download in which all proceeds will go to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.  It's absolutely incredible how much bands from around the world are joining in this recovery, very inspiring.

We''ll also check out an insanely cool video from the Norwegian shoegaze/indie/hardcore band Simon Say's No!, who recently had some gigs at SxSW, and have just announced an upcoming appearance at one of the hugest festivals in all of the Nordic countries, the Norwegian Festival of Literature. Their s/t debut, released late last year, is full of beautiful walls of dreamy shoegaze sound, and incredible hardcore guitar riffs that inspired some bloggers to classify them as "foo-gaze" as they sound like Foo Fighters meets My Bloody Valentine. I'd love to catch them live someday!

Speaking of live, Scotland's current front-runners in the race of world's loudest rock band, Mogwai, had to cut their US tour short due to a delay in their visa processing- something that unfortunately happens often to many international bands attempting to come here.  But they will be returning in October, stoked!, so in the meantime, check out their 7th studio album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, tune in Friday for a video off said album, and if you need a lil more Mogwai love, rent Gremlins, because Gizmo is freakin' adorable.