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Chicago 10Short on nuance but long on passion, Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10 takes... Read more....
Magnetic Fields: Searching for Meaning in the MurkStephin Merritt, cup of hot tea in hand, stands on the grounds of the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino, Calif., a short drive east from his Los Feliz residence. Despite the perennial hangdog expression Merritt wears like a warning, he looks—God forbid—content... Read more....
The Art House Powerhouse 100 :: The People Behind the Movies We LoveEvery year, magazines and other media outlets release their critics’ picks. In 2007, Paste spotlighted films ranging from indie darling Juno to legal thriller Michael Clayton to smart-but-broad comedy Superbad to the commercially overlooked Syndromes and a Century... Read more....
The Blind Boys of Alabama: Marching into New OrleansIn September, The Blind Boys of Alabama gathered at St. Augustine’s Church in the New Orleans neighborhood of Treme... Read more....
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Vampire Weekend :: [XL]Release the stars: A rave-worthy debut from a brainy... Read more....
Hip-Hop Through the Lens of PortraitureHip-hop, by nature, is autobiographical. MCs tend to identify themselves strongly—even existentially—with a particular place and time, detailing their often humble beginnings and remaining the primary subjects of their own songs. In this way, hip-hop is a form of... Read more....
Tagging Museum Walls :: Graffiti in Recognize!Graffiti has long been considered one of the four fundamental elements of hip-hop culture, along with MCing, DJing and breakdancing. To ensure that this important visual component was properly represented in Recognize!, curators com... Read more....
Jack Johnson: Awake Through the Static“It was kind of a comment on our culture, on what’s going on.” The Bowery Hotel wants to pamper you with its plush sofas and soft light. An echo of a New York that never was, the hotel is comfortable and solid, carefully designed to he... Read more....
4 To Watch: Doug Burr :: A Texas Star Rises"I’ve always loved old fashioned phrases and wording. Especially in poetry and music.” Doug Burr, fresh in from pulling his two-year old son around their back yard in a wagon, is dissecting the bones of his exceptional sophomore release, On Promenade... Read more....
4 To Watch: The Bridges :: Spanning Genres and GenerationsIn the past, AAA (Adult Album Alternative) has too often stood for: middle-aged adult who eats at Ruby Tuesday and TiVos Everybody Loves Raymond; uninteresting, frequently sucky album; and decidedly unalternative, even anti-alternative. But Oxford, Ala.’s The Bridges—along with bands like The Magic Numbers and The Weepies—are doing their best to re-invigorate the genre... Read more....
4 To Watch: Lightspeed Champion :: Can a Guy Catch a Break?Dev Hynes, a.k.a. Lightspeed Champion, has suffered from stomach ulcers since the age of 15, so he really should avoid stress. And yet stress always seems to find him... Read more....
4 To Watch: The Whigs :: Loose Hips and Fat Lips"Rock is probably as unpopular as it’s ever been right now—I can’t really see a small band like us really getting involved in any roller-coaster ride, but ya never know.” Modest talk from Parker Gispert, lead singer of one of the more hotly touted bands of the moment, The Whigs... Read more....
Glossed in Translation: Be Kind Rewind“It comes back to what ‘Sweding’ is: even if your resources are really limited, you don’t let your limitations limitate you,” says Michel Gondry in his endearing French-limitated English, expressing both his love of the handmade and the raison d’être for his new comedy... Read more....
Honeydripper: The Birth of the BluesIn addition to marking the midpoint of the 21st century, the year 1950 stood as the doorway to a paradigm shift in music, politics and technology that would significantly revolutionize American culture for decades to come... Read more....
Filmmaker to Watch: Cristian Mungiu :: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 DaysWhenever abortion is a major plot point in a film, it’s natural for viewers to try to immediately suss out the perspective of the filmmaker... Read more....
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