Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (3/2/11)
Every Wednesday, Paste looks at some of the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books.... read more
Emmylou Harris Announces New Album
Folk legend Emmylou Harris does not seem to have any plans to slow down in the near future. The legendary songwriter has recently announced that she will release Hard Bargain in late April. At age 63, this album will stand as her 21st studio record to date.... read more
Watch Nicole Atkins Cover The Avett Brothers
Nicole Atkins recently covered The Avett Brothers’ “Pretend Love” for The Voice Project.... read more
Listen to the New R.E.M. Album, Collapse Into Now
Longtime Athens alt-rockers R.E.M. will release their 15th studio record, Collapse Into Now, next week, but you can hear the new album in its entirety now compliments of NPR.... read more
Watch the New Strokes Video
We can’t seem to get enough of The Strokes these days. Between their highly anticipated upcoming record Angles, SXSW dates and a variety of other newsy tidbits, the NYC band’s return is in full swing. Last month, The Strokes revealed their first official single “Under Cover of Darkness first new song in four years. Now, you can see the accompanying video for that same song. Check out the Warren Fu-directed clip below.... read more
The Digital Dilettante: Four Apps to Synchronize Your Life
The Digital Dilettante cannot be bothered with such trivialities as ensuring that his copy of The Essential P.G. Wodehouse is available to him irrespective of whether he desires to peruse on his Kindle, iPhone or iPad. Similarly, what right does technology have to muddle the mind with folderol concerning which device houses my most important mental perambulations, recipes for the perfect Aviation or addresses for the finest haberdashers in the French Quarter? No, the Digital Dilettante requires a valet to keep such banal task far from thought. As always and forever, let others figure out how to do this, and... read more
Nick Cave Reissues More Albums, Collaborates With UNKLE
While Nick Cave has spent much of his time lately with Grinderman, the legendary Aussie rocker will continue to reissue his entire catalog with the Bad Seeds. Having already released his first seven records over the course of 2009 and 2010, he will re-release the next four albums in his catalog—Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman’s Call and No More Shall We Part—this spring.... read more
Super Furry Animals Frontman Gruff Rhys Announces Solo Album, U.S. Tour
Gruff Rhys has announced that his next solo album, Hotel Shampoo, will be dropping in North America on May 3, followed by a string of U.S. tour dates starting later that month. The Super Furry Animals frontman will be on the road in Europe until March 19, but starts the North American leg of the tour in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 18.... read more
Skins Review: "Michelle" (Episode 1.07)
Every time it seems like Skins is down for the count, the show manages get up for another round. However, the series is just barely hanging in there. In this week’s episode, Michelle finally realizes what a piece of shit Tony actually is.... read more
Catching Up With... The Rural Alberta Advantage
"We realized what we do well, and understand some of our strengths and weaknesses. I feel Departing is more mature, more grown up, more focused in a way." read more
South Park Detractor Sent to Prison
The man who threatened violent action against the creators of South Park for their depiction of Muhammad last year has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The 21-year-old Virginia man, Zachary Chesser, posted a photo of slain Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh to the radical webiste RevolutionMuslim.com, and suggested that South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker might soon suffer the same fate. A few months later, the FBI arrested Chesser after he openly informed federal agents of his plans to fly overseas and join an Islamic militant group.... read more
Neil Diamond Best of the Bang Years Coming Soon
Via American Songwriter Columbia/Legacy Records will release, Neil Diamond: The Bang Years 1966-1968, a compilation album of Diamond’s greatest hits while on Bert Bern’s Bang label.... read more
Ted Leo and A.C. Newman Perform for WMFU Fundraiser
WFMU will be holding its annual pledge drive this month, including two crucial fundraising events hosted by The Best Show tonight (March 1) and next week (March 9) from 9 p.m. to midnight ET. The show which is hosted by Tom Scharpling (and frequently featuring Jon Wurster), will feature Ted Leo and A.C. Newman performances in hopes of raising some much needed funds for the freeform radio station.... read more
Le Tigre Announces Documentary Release Date
While the electro-punks of Le Tigre are currently on hiatus, all is not lost for fans of Kathleen Hanna & Co., as a documentary on the band will debut this spring. The film will premiere at March’s SXSW Film and Music Conference and will also screen at New York’s Museum of Modern Art on April 4. Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour will cover the group’s road trip for 2004’s This Island as well as touch on “sexism and homophobia in the music industry while tearing up the stage via performance art poetics, no-holds-barred lyrics, punk rock ethos,... read more
Will Quentin Tarantino's Next Film be a Spaghetti Western?
Maybe!... read more
Cee-Lo Green Named Coach of NBC's The Voice
NBC will be hosting a new musical competition series this spring, and Cee-Lo Green will be joining said competition as a coach.... read more
Davila 666 Kicks Off North American Tour Tonight
Puerto Rico’s Davila 666, a band that we suggest you get to know, kicks off a two-month tour tonight in support of its new LP, also out today, Tan Bajo. The trek begins this evening in Talahassee, Fla., and runs through late April, including a stop at SXSW.... read more
Anthony Bourdain Hired as Treme Writer
Culinary/travel badass Anthony Bourdain was recently recruited to write one of the many complex, intertwining plot lines on David Simon’s Treme. The host of the popular Travel Channel show No Reservations was a consultant for a few details of the show’s first season. For the second season, Bourdain will be writing a thread of the show focused on a woman in New Orleans, struggling to keep her small but acclaimed restaurant going during the wake of Hurricane Katrina.... read more
Katie Costello Announces Tour Dates
Recently, we had the opportunity to catch up with artist Katie Costello. Now, the sophisticated singer/songwriter has announced tour dates in support of her new album, Lamplight.... read more
Levon Helm, Thurston Moore, John Hodgman, Many More Playing 2011 Solid Sound Festival
One of Paste‘s favorites is back with what promises to be an excellent and eclectic festival. The band has announced the lineup for this year’s three-day event, which will take place at Berkshire Mountains in North Adams, Mass. on the grounds of MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contempory Art), the largest contemporary art museum in the country, which festival attendees will have complete access to.... read more
