Former Girls Producer/Bassist Chet "JR" White Breaks Silence on Band’s Split
"I just wanted a band that big brothers and big sisters in the future would play for their little brothers and little sisters and be like ‘check this out, this is a band that no one really knows and they should.” read more
Top of the Hops: Paste's IPA Challenge - Round 1 Northeast
If there's one thing our first eight head-to-head matchups taught us about our IPA Challenge, it's that tasting 16 IPAs in a day amounts to a lot of beer. read more
Top of The Hops: Paste's IPA Challenge
Welcome to Top of the Hops, the Paste IPA Challenge. We're blind-tasting 64 different beers this month to discover America's Best IPA. read more
Comic Relief with Constantine & Green Arrow Writer Jeff Lemire
In Comic Relief, Paste chats with its favorite writers and artists about the art that inspired them their own current projects. Jeff Lemire is a master of the quiet and calm. The creator behind such independent treasures as Essex County and The Underwater Welder defined his craft with desolate vistas of negative space filled with adrift characters searching for themselves among other things. In Lemire’s best moments, lonely and beautiful are usually one and the same. Over the phone, the acclaimed author is thankfully less reserved than his characters, riffing on his new books and the grocery store digests his... read more
Music on Saturday at SXSW: Prince Played Five Encores, Lives Were Changed
God bless SXSW and God bless Prince. read more
Music on Friday at SXSW: Time to Rock
METZ, King Tuff, FIDLAR and Wampire bring energy to our sleep-deprived Friday night. read more
Tweets of the Week
The newest one-lunged Argentinean Pope Francis and the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign provided ample content for Twitter this week. read more
HGTV and Paste Present The Stages on Sixth Day 3 Recap and Photos
SXSW often provides attendees with a bit of a dilemma: is it best to see new, undiscovered bands or catch once-in-a-lifetime performances from established artists? read more
Rock Center with Brian Williams to Feature SXSW, Paste Tonight
We've spent a good bit of time with the folks at Rock Center with Brian Williams this week. The show is at SXSW following Paste writer Ryan Bort looking for the next big thing here in Austin. read more
Music on Thursday at SXSW: Psych, Wayne Coyne and The Screamin' Eagle of Soul
Even if you've already seen him once, even if you've already seen him a thousand times, when the Screamin' Eagle rears his head back and let's one fly it's as if you're hearing it for the first time. read more
Recap: Merge Records Showcase at SXSW
Mount Moriah’s Heather McEntire set the tone for Merge Records’ SXSW showcase last night by thanking her signers and making a small declaration—Merge is “the best record label in the world.” read more
HGTV and Paste Present The Stages on Sixth Day 2 Recap and Photos
Day two at the Stages on Sixth kicked off with a set from Atlanta's own Von Grey. read more
Music on Wednesday at SXSW: Nick Cave Owns the Night
Wednesday. Music. Let's get it on. read more
HGTV and Paste Present The Stages on Sixth Day 1 Recap and Photos
Yesterday afternoon HGTV and Paste kicked off the first of our four SXSW day parties at the Stages on Sixth, and we didn't waste any time, diving right into the great music with an enthusiastic set from The Lone Bellow. read more
Lukas Nelson's Guide to SXSW
It's easy to take advice from industry-types on the best food, drink and place to see your live music at SXSW. But Lukas Nelson—a singer/songwriter who plays with his band, Promise of the Real; Austin native and son of Willie Nelson—was kind enough to give us some insider perspective on the festival. read more
Catching Up With The Deep Dark Woods' Ryan Boldt
It’s been a busy couple of years for The Deep Dark Woods. read more
Best of What's Next (SXSW 2013 Edition): Night Beds
He may not like it, but Winston Yellen's haunting debut album, Country Sleep, was born from the romantic (and cliched) ideal of the musical nomad: In 2011, the 23-year-old Colorado Springs native dropped out of college and trekked to the isolated country outskirts of Nashville, where he rented a house formerly owned by the late Johnny and June Carter Cash. read more
Best of What's Next (SXSW 2013 Edition): Cheyenne Mize
Cheyenne Mize didn’t necessarily dream of becoming a songwriter in the spotlight, but it’s difficult to see her doing anything else when you consider her upbringing. read more
Following the Comedy on Monday at SXSW: Jesse Ventura Will Haunt Your Dreams
Yesterday, we ditched interactive panels at SXSW in favor of having some laughs. Check out our comedy coverage here: read more
Best of What's Next (SXSW 2013 Edition): Matthew E. White
In every Big Inner LP he’s released White clearly lays out his mission in a hand-signed letter, complete with his own seal stamped into the top. read more
