Nintendo 3DS Owners Get Free 3D OK Go Music Video
The Nintendo 3DS, the next generation handheld gaming system from the creators of Mario and Zelda, doesn’t officially launch until this coming Sunday, but for users who already have their hands on the system, Nintendo added in a little treat with the most recent hardware patch. Included in the most recent update was a free 3D video of OK Go’s song “White Knuckles.”... read more
Nirvana and Sonic Youth Reissue Rare EPs for Record Store Day
’90s heavyweights Nirvana and Sonic Youth will both be reissuing rare EPs for Record Store Day this year. Both EPs were originally made available as tour-only releases.... read more
Hear Clips Of Two New Ryan Adams Songs
Ryan Adams has been keeping us on our heels this month, announcing a Record Store Day release, a new full-length record and some European tour dates. Now, you can hear portions of a couple of songs rumored to be on his forthcoming LP.... read more
Eddie Vedder to Release Ukulele Album Featuring Cat Power and Glen Hansard
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is planning his newest solo release … of ukulele songs. That’s right. Vedder’s forthcoming LP, appropriately titled Ukulele Songs, will feature original and cover songs played on the island instrument.... read more
Judge Orders Steve Jobs to Answer iTunes Questions
Reuters reports that a federal magistrate has ordered Apple CEO Steve Jobs to answer questions pertaining to an antitrust lawsuit related to iTunes.... read more
Watch a New Gameplay Trailer for Trine 2
Trine was one of the breakout indie hits of 2009, offering a beautiful mixture of side-scrolling platforming and puzzle solving. Now, developer Frozenbyte returns with a sequel, offering new enemies, abilities, and most importantly, puzzles.... read more
Best of What's Next: The Daylights
In late 2010, one man's girlfriend moved across the country to attend graduate school. He was a wreck, so he asked his roommates to help him write her a viral love letter to spread organically through social networks until she discovered it herself. Lucky for him, those roommates were the Los Angeles-based rock band The Daylights. read more
Abbott Awaits by Chris Bachelder
Ask almost anyone what a book is about and you’ll get a plot summary. This makes sense, given that pure plot makes up most novels … or at least what most people consider a novel.... read more
IFC Renews Onion News Network, Announces New Shows
IFC recently announced a lineup of original series for their 2011-2012 season.... read more
Odd Future to Collaborate with Beyoncé?
It appears that Beyoncé has been working with L.A.-based hip-hop collective Odd Future. According to NME.com, Frank Ocean of the collective uploaded a photo of himself with the former singer of Destiny’s Child to his Tumblr. The Daily Mirror reports that he also wrote a message online saying, “Not to brag but man, this is surreal. Like… she’s [Beyonce] singing my songs. If time were to stop now, the past couple weeks would be near the top of the highlight reel for my short time on earth.”... read more
Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Almost Finished
The highly-anticipated collaboration between hip-hop giants Jay-Z and Kanye West is almost here, according to a producer on the project, Young Guru. “Right now, I’m really trying to get Jay and Kanye to hurry up and finish this Watch The Throne album because the world needs to hear it,” he told Vibe.com. Guru explained the delay saying, “It just needs little tweaks and things like that. But the core of the album is finished.”... read more
Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (3/23/11)
Every Wednesday, Paste looks at some of the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books.... read more
Lupe Fiasco Reveals Spring Tour Dates
Via Consequence of Sound: After disappointing a bevy of fans last week at SXSW when he cancelled his Thursday showcase, Lupe Fiasco is making amends with a tour.... read more
Sade Announces More North American Tour Dates, New Album
Sade has announced another set of North American tour dates for this summer, as well as a new album, The Ultimate Collection.... read more
Our Favorite #OrganicMetalBands on Twitter
Thanks to Patton Oswalt, one of Paste’s favorite comedians of the decade, #OrganicMetalBands have been trending across Twitter. Combining the head-thrashing and face-melting of metal bands with the home-grown, hippie-infused ideals of organic living, these are some of our favorite #OrganicMetalBands tweets.... read more
Watch Eric Chahi's Another World GDC Post-Mortem For Free Online
In last week's Game Developers Conference essay "Reality is Bokeh," Matthew Burns wrote evocatively of the post-mortem that french developer Eric Chahi's gave on his ahead-of-its-time 1991 adventure game Another World. Thanks to the kind folks at the GDC, Chahi's talk is now streaming for free online.... read more
Hugh Laurie's Blues Album Due in May
Anyone who’s ever turned on Fox ever knows Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House, Princeton Plainsboro Hospital’s resident smart-ass doctor-savant, one of our greatest TV characters of the past 20 years. But did you know he’s also a musician — and a quite good one at that?... read more
Robbie Robertson Recruits Dawes as Live Band
Robbie Robertson knows a thing or two about live music. The guitarist toured with The Band for 16 years straight before the group’s renowned farewell performance, documented in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, one of the most acclaimed concert films of all time. Now, as he prepares for a series of appearances in support of his forthcoming LP How to Become Clairvoyant, Robertson has selected up-and-coming folk-rockers Dawes as his backing band.... read more
Skins Review: "Eura" (Episode 1.10)
The Skins finale was at best anti-climactic, and at worst, a disappointing waste of time and possibilities. “Eura” would have been more appropriately titled “Everyone,” as the season finale of the U.K. version was. The primary plot of the episode dealt with wrapping up the individual story arcs of the characters, as well as the collective story about teenage kids growing up in modern-day America — or rather, a show about teenage kids growing up in modern-day Britain redressed with Canadian and American actors and an American setting (despite being filmed in Canada).... read more
Elton John and Helen Mirren Hosting SNL in April
Look out, NBC, the British are coming! Deadline reports that Elton John and Helen Mirren will each be hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live in April.... read more
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