Baby On Board
“A couple pages into Juno it was like, ‘Oh this is actually pretty good,’ which is always a surprise when you’re reading a screenplay. [Then] 10 or 20 pages in I was like, ‘Wow, this is really good, I may actually want to make this.’ And by the end of the screenplay I felt like...” read more
Noise Pop announces dates, partial lineup
Remember when Noise Pop was just a baby? All cute and cuddly, nestled into the fabric-softened, sunny blanket of San Francisco, weaning on the nectar of the best underground bands its hometown had to offer? Well, you better watch out because this year the music festival is turning 16, and by the looks of the line up so far, this birthday party is going to be far more amazing than any brace-faced teenager could have imagined. Forget a one-night gala in your old high-school gymnasium, complete with the cheesy DJ who insisted on playing "The Cha-Cha Slide" on repeat. This... read more
Signs of Life 2007 : Best Films
For your arguing pleasure, here are Paste's top 50 films of 2007... read more
Radiohead plays Germany, rest of the world envious
Radiohead is doing things. Tour-related things. Strong enough lead for you? Well read the following words closely: Radiohead will play the Southside and Hurricane Festivals in Germany. Interestingly enough, these events are a set of twin concerts, sharing promoters and acts as freely as In Rainbows torrents. Both appear to have pulled a serious coup in getting the tour-resenting Thom Yorke and his cohorts on their respective rosters. Southside (not surprisingly) takes place in Southern Germany (Tuttlingen, to be exact) and Hurricane occupies the northern section of the country. Both festivals run from June 20-22. No word yet how Radiohead's... read more
Ray Davies set for second solo release
While his former band's music is floating through Jason Schwartzman's iPod speakers in The Darjeeling Limited, the legendary Kinks frontman has announced plans to release a new solo album, Working Man's Cafe, on Feb. 19, 2008 via New West Records/Ammal Records. Earlier this year, the album was released in the UK, bundled in a copy of the Sunday Times. Recorded in Nashville, the album is only Davies’ second solo album, following his solo debut, Other People’s Lives, which was released last year. But things haven't been as rosy as cashing in royalty checks from Wes Anderson films lately. One track... read more
More Foo Fighters U.S. tour dates announced
For all you followers of the Foo who felt let down by the lack of tour dates that were previously announced for the band’s U.S. trek, here is some good news. Foo Fighters have added more performances on to their North American trek. Originally scheduled for only six dates spanning throughout the months of January and February, the band has joyously tacked on some more shows. The Foo Fighters will now kick off their tour on Jan. 16 in Sunrise, Fla. and will conclude their journey in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 27. Tickets for select shows are on sale now.... read more
Music festival giants collide at Vineland, N.J.
C3 Presents, the concert promoters behind Austin City Limits and revivers of Lollapalooza, want to introduce you to a little slice of Jersey farmland called Vineland. The city's old-school website trumpets a "harvest of opportunities" for residents, and C3 sees things the same way. The concert giant is bringing a new U.S. festival to the area this coming August, with some help from U.K. heavyweight Festival Republic (a majority-owned company of Live Nation). Festival Republic's director Melvin Benn may not have a lot of name recognition here in the States, but he is the man behind essentially every major music... read more
Carson Daly crosses the WGA picket lines
NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly is resuming production today, after it went shut down from the Writer's Guild of America strike three weeks ago. This makes it the first late-night program to start back up. This has also prompted many to ask the question, "Carson Daly had writers?" Zing! An NBC spokeswoman told The New York Times that it was Mr. Daly who made the decision to start taping new episodes again, possibly prompted by Universal Media Sudios' threat to lay off nonwriting staff members at the end of the week if production didn't start up again. Those questioning... read more
Daptone Records teams up with Scion for sampler
You've heard Band of Horses in Ford commercials and Wilco in advertisements for Volkswagen. Yes, car companies have begun love indie music too. Now, collaborations are reaching past the automotive ads, and steering into the recording studio. Scion, a member of the Toyota Motor Sales family, has partnered up with Daptone records to help sponsor and produce a remix album. The compilation will feature revamped tracks from various artists that are on the Daptone label, such as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and the Budos Band, jazzed up by the likes of Mark Ronson, Kenny Dope and Mad Professor.... read more
Jim White find his Transnormal Skiperoo on new album
Just by reading singer/songwriter Jim White's press release for his new album, Transnormal Skiperoo, it's easy to tell that this man keeps the stakes high in his art. How's this for an artist summary?: "Jim White is a highly original voice in the immense Southern gothic tradition. When broken humanity aches for grace, music like his may give you a shot at redemption." Who could have known this whole time that Jim White was step one toward salvation? White's new record, however, does mark an important moment in his own quest for grace. That album title actually has an important... read more
Nelly Furtado to release live DVD/CD
With Pearl Jam, Amy Winehouse, Dispatch and countless others dropping the digital video bomg recently, DVD season seems to be heating up. Whether it’s an early documentary, like Manchester Orchestra’s What’s Left Behind, or The Flaming Lips’ skillfully crafted The Fearless Freaks, these digitized musical experiences continue to spring forth from every genre in the rock 'n' roll hemisphere. Now, what music category Nelly Furtado fits into is difficult to pin point, but its safe to say that all epochs of her career will be represented on her upcoming concert DVD/CD Loose: The Concert. Set for release on Dec. 4,... read more
Jonny Greenwood composes There Will Be Blood score
Resident composer and news furor creator Jonny Greenwood mustered up another movie soundtrack, this time for Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film There Will Be Blood. Greenwood, who's recently been hobnobbing with the BBC Concert Orchestra (when his other project's not inspiring you to name your own price for Paste subscriptions), wrote "loads" of music for the new original score after dipping his toes in long portions of the film and script. The score skims across some of his BBC-commissioned piece "Popcorn Superhet Receiver," which will debut in the U.S. as part of the Wordless Music Series in New York City... read more
Editors prepare for winter tour
Go ahead, make a dangling modifier joke. British anthem rockers Editors won’t have to revise any part of 2007. Next year looks good from here, too. Their sophomore album, An End Has A Start, is going platinum in the U.K. right now. In January, the band will hit these shores for a two-month tour alongside Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV. Despite all the success, the big question remains: how can a band called Editors ignore the importance of the definitive article? Sure it’s cliché, but give yourselves some credit, guys. You aren’t just any editors. Those dates: January 8... read more
Pinback performs radio shows
Radio show. It sounds like something that music videos killed a long time ago, but in fact, it’s a viable, thriving concept. It lets a radio station bring the music directly to its audience, without the interference of DJs or commercials (except for the ones that the audience will be looking at during the entire concert). The critically acclaimed men of Pinback will rock out for radio in December, which will see the band play four holiday-themed concerts in four cities for four radio stations with four different numbers involving decimal points (103.1, 96.5, 94.9 and 106.5). Sounds like fun.... read more
Black Mountain tours, gets ready for the Future
A couple of months ago, we told you that the ominously named Black Mountain would return to the world of rawk on January 21, the date the band goes In The Future. But before then, you, dear reader, can start to understand Black Mountain’s temporal journey by downloading “Tyrants,” an epic eight-minute piece from (the) Future. Check it out right here. In addition, the band has announced a few American tour dates, which will start to introduce the west coast to Future. Alternatively, if you’re currently reading this in a country that belongs to the European Union, see Black Mountain... read more
Paul Drummond
An incredible tale lurks in the 400+ pages of tiny type here... read more
Diana Secker Tesdell [Ed.]
Think you’ve heard it all? Every tiny reindeer named, every Grinch ungrinched... read more
Signs of Life 2007: Best Music
[TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2007] [STAFF PICKS] [WRITER PICKS] Our newest issue, highlighting the best music, movies, books and games of 2007, or what we like to call "Signs of Life," hits subscribers' doorsteps and America's finest newsstands this week. But if you just can't wait to get your mittens on a copy, don't worry, that's why we have the Internet. Click here to read about the 2007 Signs of Life in music, including a wonderful state of the music union introduction from veteran critic Geoffrey Himes. Want to know who's #1? Well, we'll go you 99 better, and offer... read more
The Grey Race: Give It Love
This album is what might've happened if Elliott Smith had been blessed with Ray Davies’ sense of humor and Coldplay’s self-esteem. The songs swirl and shimmer... read more
Celebration: The Modern Tribe
Leave it to a 4AD band to name itself “Celebration” and then spend an entire album trying to reinvent the term... read more
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B.O.B. - Put Me On
Punch Brothers - Punch Brothers at CMJ
David Bazan - Hard To Be
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