Austra: Olympia
Many note Katie Stelmanis’ voice when talking about Austra, and rightfully so, but to say it is “classically trained” is an undersell-and-a-half. read more
Watch The Postal Service's Video for "A Tattered Line of String"
Laundry gone wild. read more
Overseas: Overseas
Overseas is a collaboration between David Bazan, Will Johnson and Matt and Bubba Kadane. read more
Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng
Rarely is literature as breathtakingly lyrical and searing in its imagery as Southern Cross the Dog, a novel by Bill Cheng. read more
Stephen Kellogg: Blunderstone Rookery
"You get what you pay for, and sometimes it's bad." So sings Stephen Kellogg on his seventh solo album, during the shiny folk-rock waltz of "The Best." As it turns out, he's very much right. read more
Spectrals: Sob Story
Chameleonic U.K. power-poppers Spectrals—the duo of brothers Louis and Will Jones—shed the slings and arrows siblinghood might present and focus on crafting some of the most heartfelt melodic pop since Big Star on their new LP, Sob Story. read more
Sin City Sequel Release Pushed Back Nearly a Year
You'll have to wait until 2014. read more
John Vanderslice: Dagger Beach
Dagger Beach can, at times, feel a little out there—even for John Vanderslice. read more
Heliotropes: A Constant Sea
When Roky Erickson sang "I Walked With A Zombie" on his 1981 album with the Aliens, The Evil One, the drawling croak of the Texas psych-rock hero gave the impression of a man in recovery. He’d had his B-movie horror moment but gotten out alive. When Heliotropes covered the same song in the fall of 2012, Jessica Numsuwankijkul's dazed, disaffected singing made it seem like not only had she not escaped the walking dead—she’d become one of them. read more
Check out Issue #97 of PASTE.COM featuring Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples, actor Craig Robinson, Best of What's Next band Yellowbirds, Matt Stax's new Shakespeare-meets-hip-hop musical, Appalachian cuisine, The Last of Us, Father John Misty and more. read more
Lissie Announces Release Date for New Album Back to Forever
Back to Forever was recorded at a studio in downtown Los Angeles and features guest vocals from Catherine and Allison Pierce of the Pierces and Barbara Gruska of The Belle Brigade. read more
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
Seth Green seems an unlikely source for an academic discussion of the proliferation of modern tabloid journalism. But considering he began acting at age six and counts Macaulay Culkin as one of his closest friends, he has an unusually solid vantage point. read more
James Franco Launches Funding Campaign for Three New Films
After directing and producing six feature films in the last three years, the actor/poet/author/director/musician/artist/student/teacher has launched a Flexible Funding campaign to produce three new films this fall. read more
Listen to a New Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Track, "This Life"
"This Life" is less jaunty than "Better Days," and it boasts a full gospel choir, strong soulful overtones and Ebert's haunting vocals. Full of feeling, the frontman's powerful voice shifts from boisterous shouting to a descent someplace deeper, with Ebert sounding ragged, almost as if on the verge of tears. read more
Prometheus 2 Might Have Found its Writer
'Prometheus 2' Might Have Found its Writer read more
Watch Local Natives' "You & I" Video
Local Natives debuted their brand new video for the track "You & I" from their second full-length album Hummingbird today. The concept for the video was written by the members of the band and was directed by Daniel Portrait with Kamp Grizzly. read more
Sigur Rós: Kveikur
Sigur Rós has long provided a sort of hymnal template for the secular masses. read more
Netflix Creates New Family Section
Netflix has now launched Netflix Families, which offers curated lists of programming targeted at parents ad children. read more
Sony Announces Release Dates for Third, Fourth Amazing Spider-Man Films
After last year's film brought in over $750 million at the international box office, the production company has decided to divert from "original plans":http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/07/the-amazing-spider-man-confirmed-as-the-first-in-a.html to make the series a trilogy, hoping to continue their summer success well into the next five years. read more
The Mantles: Long Enough to Leave
San Francisco is just going to have to be one of those places where the residual spirit of the Summer of Love saturates all creative endeavors until further notice. read more
