David Fincher Reunites With Seven Crew for '70s Reboot
David Fincher, he of Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Zodiac fame, will reteam with his Seven collaborators to remake a 1970s thriller.... read more
Listen to the Entire Them Crooked Vultures Album
Back in September, Paste drew up the ideal plan for Them Crooked Vultures to take over the world in the most classically rock ‘n’ roll fashion possible: play some live shows, avoid the press and let the good word spread naturally. Vultures’ power trio basically followed our advice, too. For awhile, that is. (Oh, hello, magazine cover.) Leaked song snippets and live YouTube clips were all we knew of these birds for their first months of existence. So for that mystique, Grohl, Jones and Homme, we thank you.... read more
Hot Chip's New Album, One Life Strand, to Drop in February
Almost two years to the day from when Hot Chip released Made in the Dark, the London band is coming back into the light to release its fourth album, One Life Strand, on Feb. 10, 2010 on Astralwerks.... read more
Man on Wire Director to Helm Vatican Horror Flick
James Marsh (who won an Oscar for Man on Wire) has signed up to helm the horror flick The Vatican Tapes, about an exorcism gone wrong.... read more
The Soft Pack Announces Debut Album Coming in February
We told you they were a band to watch. And on Feb. 2, 2010, they’ll be a band readily available for you to hear as well—The Soft Pack will release their self-titled, debut album on Kemado Records.... read more
"Shit My Dad Says" Gets a Television Series
With 700,000 followers and counting, @shitmydadsays is becoming a hot commodity on Twitter. Its origin story is pretty simple. Justin Halpern, 29, moved home to live with his parents, including his 73-year-old dad, Sam, who says hilarious things on a regular basis. Halpern launched his Twitter account in August to record and share the gems that come out of his father’s mouth.... read more
Lil Wayne Documentary The Carter Gets Straight-to-DVD Release
After stirring up both critical reviews and a lawsuit over the past year, Lil Wayne documentary The Carter is going to straight to DVD, its public release occurring next week.... read more
What is Fox's Secret Weapon if Avatar Fails?
Hint: It’s cheerfully annoying, it stars Jason Lee and you probably forgot it was coming out—if you ever knew in the first place.... read more
Pixies Bring Rain Machine Along on November Tour Dates
As if Kyp Malone needed any more help building buzz for his TV on the Radio side project—the similarly freak-funky Rain Machine—he’s now booked on one of the most hype-heavy tours of the fall: The Pixies’ Full Album Doolittle tour.... read more
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin Celebrate Motown's 50th Birthday
Stevie Wonder is slated to headline a celebration concert on Nov. 21 in honor of Motown Records’ 50th Anniversary, titled Live It Again! The two-night event will go down at Detroit’s GM Renaissance Center and will feature other Motown legends such as Aretha Franklin, Otis Williams and The Temptations, as reported by Mojo.... read more
Joe Perry Says Steven Tyler has Left Aerosmith
The puns pretty much write themselves on this one (“Steven Tyler Refuses to Walk Aerosmith’s Way,” “Will Aerosmith Forge Ahead? Dream On, Says Joe Perry,” etc.), we’ll cut straight to the chase here: Guitarist Perry told the Las Vegas Sun on Friday that legendary frontman Steven Tyler has quit the band.... read more
The Hold Steady, Of Montreal and Dinosaur Jr Help Insound Introduce Mixtape T-Shirt
Over the past couple decades, the mixtape has manifested itself in different forms. Originating as a cassette tape, the word eventually evolved to include the CD, so perhaps it’s not too surprising that its next avenue could be the t-shirt.... read more
Sesame Street Celebrates 40th Anniversary With a Makeover
For its upcoming 40th season, Sesame Street will prove that kids grow up much faster than their TV shows do. To celebrate four decades of fun and learning via Jim Henson’s puppets, the children’s show that has seen generations come and go will receive a slight fine-tuning this season.... read more
Pavement to Play Sasquatch! 2010, Three-Day Passes On Sale Tomorrow
Further slating 2010 as the Year of the Pavement Reunion, the beloved/reunited indie rockers are now set to perform at next year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival, May 29-31.... read more
The Men Who Stare At Goats' Title Character Chews the Cud About Breakout Role
The Men Who Stare At Goats is a star-studded dark comedy about, well, pretty much what it sounds like. Reporter Bob Wilton hopes to break the story of his career by investigating a special government wing that equips “Warrior Monks” with bizarre psychic powers for combat. Aside from walking through walls, bursting clouds and reading enemies’ thoughts, the soldiers also have the ability to stare a goat to death in just a matter of seconds. Sure we talked to the guy who wrote the book, but in order to find more about the film, which hits theaters today, Paste also... read more
Win Some Shoes Autographed by The National, Yo La Tengo, The Jesus Lizard and 47 Other Bands
If you a) like indie rock, b) spend at least some portion of your day walking and c) are a generally good person who cares about others, then boy, have we got some news for you. Currently available via eBay auction are a pair of Saucony Original sneakers autographed by no fewer than 50 of today’s best musicians in independent music.... read more
Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd and Anna Faris in Talks for Yogi Bear Movie
Bubbly “pic-a-nic” basket thief Yogi Bear is set to have his own live action/CG animated film in the near future, and casting is already underway.... read more
Beach House Talks New Album, Teen Dream
The record "was much more like a plunge into isolation, much more of shutting things out and working long hours and really obsessing on things..." read more
Hall and Oates to Guest on The Cleveland Show
Just where are those good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely? Although the Family Guy theme song still ponders just that to this day, The Cleveland Show may find them from some unlikely sources: ’80s musical icons Daryl Hall and John Oates.... read more
Turner Classic Movies to Host Film Festival
Most film festivals seek to showcase best of the up-and-coming. Not Turner Classic Movies.... read more
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