The Raveonettes: L.A. Story
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Field Report: The Best of What's Next
Scores of musicians flock to Austin to premiere new material and (hopefully) reach a wealth of new fans at South by Southwest, but few bands make a SXSW show their literal debut. read more
The Avett Brothers: Songs of Life and Death
Scott Avett doesn’t cry often. When he and his brother Seth were growing up in Concord, N.C., just north of Charlotte, their daddy told them, “Don’t cry too much; you’ll run out of tears.” read more
Catching up with Calexico's Joey Burns
Their eighth full-length effort, Algiers, comes out via ANTI Records on Sept. 11. Its name comes from a neighborhood in New Orleans where the band relocated for the recording of the album, and it's just as richly textured and engaging as anything the band's released yet. read more
Kickstarter Pick of the Month: Jeremy Renner in Ingenious
Each month, your friends at Paste scour Kickstarter to find projects worthy of your support and love. Support independent art today by becoming a backer, and spread the word, why dontcha?... read more
Catching Up With Tom Tom Club's Chris Frantz
In case you didn’t know, David Byrne isn’t the only Talking Heads alum releasing a new album today. In fact, the band’s former rhythm section—the fantastic one-two punch of the husband-and-wife combo that includes drummer Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth—are set to release another collection of songs as the Tom Tom Club. Their new EP, titled Downtown Rockers, is Tom Tom Club’s first studio release since 2000’s The Good, The Bad, and The Funky. With references to Television, The Velvet Underground and Patti Smith (and of course, Talking Heads), Downtown Rockers’ title track is a celebration of the very scene... read more
MusicFest NW Day Four and Five Recap
The gray clouds rolled in over the city on Friday night. read more
The 10 Best Arrested Development Quotes, Illustrated
With the filming of the fourth season underway, we've collected 10 of our favorite quotes from Arrested Development and put them in illustrated form—because nothing screams "graphic design" quite like the chicken dance. read more
Comic Relief with Brian K. Vaughan
In Comic Relief, Paste chats with some of the most influential writers and artists in comics about their work and the comics that inspired them. Lead photo by Kevin Knight/TheShutterClick.Com The two years Brian K. Vaughan wasn’t writing comics weren’t particular short for those of us who grew up addicted to the serial pleasures of his classics Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina. The former Lost writer/producer returned in full form last March with Saga, a touching take on the nuclear family set in a visionary sci-fi universe full of lie-detecting sphynxes, aeronautical trees, and sex tourism... read more
MusicFest NW Day Two and Three Recap
DAY 2 A city festival definitely has its share of drawbacks. Not only do you regrettably end up missing shows you would have loved to go to, but you also rarely feel like you are part of something bigger than just a couple random shows. The fact that you have to wear a plastic bracelet around your wrist for five days is pretty much all you’ve got as a reminder. On Thursday though, day two of MFNW, I really started to feel the drag of it all. I don’t usually like encouraging people to feel pity for people who get... read more
The Most Beautiful Band On The Web: A Banda Mais Bonita de Cidade
The town of Curitiba sits in the southern part of Brazil, a flat and humid outpost in the largest country on the South American continent. But there is a nascent-yet-vibrant music scene. read more
MusicFest NW Day One Recap
If there was one continuous theme from day one at MusicFest NW, it was nonsensical, joyous lyrics. read more
Catching Up With Swans' Michael Gira
"Once we started to record, I knew that I was going to just throttle this beast until I killed it." read more
Infographic: The Illustrated Life of Daft Punk
When Daft Punk came on the scene in the late '90s, the mysterious Frenchmen playing electro-pop behind now-iconic helmets didn't seem on the path for stardom. read more
Jens Lekman: Putting Love in Perspective
I’ve traveled almost a quarter of the way around the world to capture a sense of the Swedish songwriter in his hometown. read more
Catching Up With Azure Ray
Even if Azure Ray is cloaked in a complete electronic sound, it's latest album is just the next step for Fink and Taylor in an already storied, 20-year collaboration. read more
Poor Moon: Lessons in Lunar Formation
A pair of Fleet Foxes teams with some of its oldest, dearest friends to create an otherworldly panorama of sound. read more
The Leaderboard: When "Hard" Games Aren't Actually Hard
Baseball scout and Dark Souls fan Kevin Goldstein looks at how difficulty is relative. read more
Cat Power: Undefeated
“Now that I’m 40,” she says, “I want to be happy like I was when I was a kid flipping on the trampoline listening to Van Halen’s ‘Jump.’” read more
Lianne La Havas
London native Lianne La Havas owes much of her debut album, Is Your Love Big Enough?, to a fateful trip to New York City last year. read more
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