My Five Dads
When I first encounter Scarlett Johansson, she's at a playground in NYC's West Village, conversing with a man at least twice her age... read more
New Avett Brothers EP coming this summer
Avett Brothers fans have something to look forward to (beyond the 4.5 quillion tour dates the group is working through currently, natch). The band of brothers will cap off months and months (and months and months) of touring with a brand new EP on July 22, entitled The Second Gleam. Conveniently enough, it will provide Avettaholics with six brand-new songs just before the siblings headline the Koka Booth Ampitheatre in Cary, NC. Tickets for that show go on sale May 9. Also coming from Ramseur Records on July 22 is the debut from Samantha Crain, The Confiscation, and the first... read more
Emmylou Harris prepares for new album, summer tour
Legendary Southern songbird Emmylou Harris will be hitting the road this summer for a North American tour. Harris has already done some touring this year, first with Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller in January, and a month later as a headliner on the 2008 Cayamo Cruise. Her summer tour will be in support of her upcoming album, All I Intended To Be, due out June 10 on Nonesuch Records. The new record is Harris’ first solo release since 2003’s Stumble Into Grace. The singer/songwriter recorded the new album over a four-year period with her longtime producer Brian Ahern... read more
Isabella Rossellini will explore bug sex in Green Porno
Other than a desire to expose what lies beneath the surface, the tiny-insect documentary Microcosmos and David Lynch's twisted suburban classic Blue Velvet may not seem to have much in common. But starting May 5, the worlds of bug copulation and the memorable visage of Isabella Rossellini will come together for Green Porno, a online series of "third screen" short films commissioned by the Sundance Channel and directed by Rossellini and Jody Shapiro. Sundance co-produced My Dad is 100 Years Old, Rossellini's debut short film (co-directed with Guy Maddin) about her Italian director father Roberto Rossellini, and later asked the... read more
Carly Simon: This Kind of Love
We know nothing stays the same... read more
Haiku Review, Vol. One
R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Colin Meloy and more... read more
Boris to conquer North America this summer
Over the past few years, there has been a lot of talk about Japan creating a new, standing army. That seems a tad unnecessary, doesn't it? Who needs a standing army when you've got the face-melting metal of Boris to defend your great nation? Think about it: if it came down to some bootleg North Korean nuke versus the band that wrote Pink and Amplifer Worship (50-megaton records if we've ever heard one) we all know who would come out on top. Just in time for the stateside release of its latest album, Smile, Boris has announced a new North... read more
Constantines: Kensington Heights
Constantines are the most under-appreciated... read more
Virgin Mobile Festival's full line-up announced
This summer's festival line-ups have likely caused more than a few people to scratch their heads and wonder if they've somehow been caught in a time warp or kidnapped by Doc and stuffed in a Delorean headed for 1996. Headliners like Portishead, The Verve, Rage Against the Machine, G. Love & the Special Sauce and Love and Rockets have dominated the announcements of many prominent festivals this summer. Now, Baltimore's Virgin Mobile Festival has announced a group of artists that fit snugly in with this pervasive '90s theme. Headliners include the Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine... read more
Lebowski Fest to celebrate namesake film's 10th anniversary
Fans from across the country will gather to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Coen Brothers’ film, The Big Lebowski, this summer at the 7th annual Lebowski Fest. The event will take place July 11-12 in Louisville, Ken., kicking off Friday evening with performances by comedian Brian Posehn, comedic Seattle band Pleaseeasaur and a screening of the titular movie. Saturday’s events include a garden party with performances from Mike Doughty, Snow Monster and Everthus the Deadbeats, as well as a bowling party with a guest appearance by actor Jim Hoosier (who played Liam in the film.) The festival got its... read more
Santogold
Santogold’s auspicious debut arrives bearing... read more
Does 'LOL' = 'R.I.P.'?
In 1986, Frank Zappa released a live album entitled Does Humor Belong in Music? Two decades later, it increasingly seems the answer is no... read more
A Fistful of Patton
Since the 1980s, composer/avant-garde musician Mike Patton has explored countless sounds with bands like Mr. Bungle, Faith No More and Fantômas... read more
The Diamond Life
At 67 years old, Neil Diamond says he still hasn’t run out of ideas. But the crooning bard did return to a certain bearded producer for his new album Home Before Dark, the follow-up to Diamond’s credibility-enhancing 12 Songs... read more
X Factor: Lost's Fox is Racer X
Matthew Fox might not be an expert in 1960s cartoons. But when The Wachowski Brothers contacted him about their big-screen take on Speed Racer, he knew he wanted in. “The Wachowskis asked to meet with me. I guess they’re fans of Lost, and they...” read more
Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy’s first film, The Station Agent, gave top billing to good actors who don’t normally anchor movies... read more
Rustic Merch
Hope For Agoldensummer, a dreamily named Georgia roots-music trio, takes an earthy approach to its merchandise... read more
New ?uest for Roots Drummer
Photography has become a passion for Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson... read more
Band of the Week: Destroyer
If, instead of being a band from Vancouver, Destroyer was a carbon-copy of our planet's solar system, Dan Bejar would be the sun. He would also be the earth, the whales, the grains of sand and the ocean. Sailing atop that ocean there'd be a yacht, and as it glides across a... read more
Paste 43 cover story sneak preview: Scarlett Johansson
Yes, Scarlett Johansson is beautiful in person. It's not an optical illusion or camera tricks or makeup magic or airbrushing. That's usually what people want to know when they find out you've interviewed her. Guys ask if she's real. Girls always—without fail, without hesitation—ask what she was wearing. What can I tell you about her that I don't mention in my June cover story? When answering a question, she'll look past you into space for the words. But then, without warning, she'll lock eyes with you mid-sentence, utterly confident in her ideas, even as they take shape. The most animated... read more
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