Overview
- Following Thursday's sold-out Los Angeles club show, Mike D released 'Switch Up,' his first solo song and the first new music from a Beastie Boy since 2011.
- 'Switch Up' grew out of home-studio experiments with his sons, Davis and Skyler Diamond of Very Nice Person, with production by Carter Lang and Very Nice Person and a mix by Derek “MixedByAli” Ali.
- The small-venue run continues at South Pasadena’s Sid The Cat Auditorium on May 10 before two nights at Brooklyn’s Xanadu Roller Arts on May 22 and 23, with tickets reported sold out.
- Recent pop-up sets have leaned on tiny, unconventional rooms and included new material alongside flashes of Beastie Boys classics, giving fans a close-up, low-pressure reunion with his voice.
- The release marks Mike D’s first new music since the Beastie Boys ceased activity after Adam “MCA” Yauch’s 2012 death, as the group’s legacy has lived on through reissues, a memoir and a documentary.