Catching Up With... Alejandro Escovedo
Although he's yet to cross into his sixth decade, it seems like Alejandro Escovedo has lived enough life to fill a century of lyric booklets. After a harrowing battle with Hepatitis-C left him vomiting blood at the side of the stage in Arizona the Austin-based musician gave up... read more
Built to Spill built to tour, finish new record
When he's not busy perfecting his jump shot, Doug Martsch is oftentimes busy putting pen to paper. And apparently those latter times have been recent. His band Built to Spill, everyone's favorite gang of Boise indie-gone-major rockers, has finished laying down basic tracks for its next studio album. Made up partly of... read more
Thievery Corporation to play with TVOTR, Gnarls, more
Residents of our nation's capital are in for a treat this June. The homegrown boys of the Thievery Corporation will host their annual mini-fest at the Merriweather Pavilion just outside of the District's limits, and this year's line-up is killer.... read more
Beth Orton extends Comfort of Strangers tour
Beth Orton’s 2006 album Comfort of Strangers was the hastily pulled together result of her work of just one week with Sonic Youth collaborator Jim O’Rourke. The speedy turnover for the record came about after O’Rourke heard Orton play and demanded just five days to show he should be the one to produce the album. O’Rourke also appears on the album playing bass, piano and marimba. Orton plans to bring her acoustic tour to North America in support of the album and has just recently added more dates to the summer stint which kicks off in Boston. Throughout, Orton will... read more
She & Him kick off Lillywhite and WXPN's Avatar Sessions
Steve Lillywhite, Grammy Award-winning music producer amongst music producers, will be joining up with World Café host David Dye for the Lillywhite Sessions at Avatar Studios on Philadephia’s WXPN. Now, before you get all huffy and complain about the City of Brotherly Love getting all the good stuff, keep in mind that WXPN is syndicated nationally, and World Café is broadcast on NPR. Which means you can hear it, regardless of where you live.... read more
The Cool Kids to tour, release EP
Only four or five years ago, it may have seemed a little silly to write up a news item on an indie hip-hop group out of Chicago that hasn't even released a proper LP to date. Now, thanks to the wonders of the interwebs (and, yes, because their music is insanely catchy), The Cool Kids not only garner national recognition, they're... read more
The Wedding Present: El Rey
In David Gedge’s City of Angels, the chicks with wings tend to lead you to... read more
New Oasis album definitely may be coming soon
In an interview with Russell Brand, Noel Gallagher announced that Oasis’ next album is due out sometime next September. Gallagher was hesitant to say an exact date, though, for fear of his manager’s wrath.... read more
Camper Van Beethoven turns 25, releases greatest hits
As May slips rapidly away and June fast approaches, a landmark anniversary lies ahead in the sunny months to come. It’s time to take the skinheads bowling and fondly remember that time Lassie went to the moon. That’s right, influential rock band Camper Van Beethoven is preparing to celebrate its Silver Anniversary. ... read more
Delta Spirit tour in full swing
The Delta Spirit can cross off "put out record," "perform at a magazine/blog party" and "tour like hell" from its New Year's resolution list. The group, set to release its debut Ode to Sunshine later this year, has already opened for read more
Catching Up With... Girl Talk
Paste caught up with Greg Gillis (better known as pop-collage artist and plunderphonics extraordinaire Girl Talk) via phone in mid-April as he was in the middle of a sunny drive to see his family in New York. Amongst other things, he discussed helping people party, paying artists royalties and... read more
Catching Up With... Jon Foreman
One of the more under-the-radar events at this year's SXSW was a Paste-sponsored screening of the upcoming film titled Call + Response: A Concert To End Slavery. One of the artists in the film, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, stopped by The Dell Lounge presented by Paste and Stereogum... read more
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young doc hits U.S. theatres in July
CSNY doesn’t always stand for Crime Scene: New York, or any other might-be primetime television murder-drama. In this case, in fact, it stands for four gentlemen as far on the other side of the spectrum as one can get: beloved peace activists and musicians, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The latter of these men, Neil Young (who now officially has a spider named after him?!?) has produced a documentary entitled CSNY - Déjà Vu. Yes, it shares its name with the second CSNY album, and yes, it shares some similarities. Déjà Vu the first time focused on anti-Vietnam sentiments, and... read more
The Dresden Dolls: No, Virginia
No, Virginia is the Dresden Dolls’ third studio album, and something of a companion to... read more
Arthur Lee/Love doc coming this July to DVD
On July 29, much to the relief of Haddaway, we will all finally know for sure what Love is. For the first time, Love Story, the feature length documentary about seminal Arthur Lee-fronted Los Angeles rock band Love, will be released on DVD in the States.... read more
Sam Phillips to busk at bookstores in support of new album
Sam Phillips will kick off a 7-date tour of Borders bookstores next month to coincide with the release of her latest album... read more
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition
Before grunge turned into the grace and pain of St. Kurt and the meat-head oomph of Nickelback... read more
David Byrne to play "The Songs of Byrne and Eno" this fall
Many adjectives could be used to describe David Byrne: Innovative, erudite, prolific, open-minded. Perhaps the most appropriate, however, is "busy"—we recently reported on both his upcoming interactive musical installation, Playing the Building, and a future release he's been working on with longtime friend and collaborator Brian Eno (who just celebrated his 60th birthday!).... read more
Denny's adopts bands, plans Rock Star Menus
Denny's, home of the Grand Slam Breakfast, Moons Over My Hammy®, The Super Bird® and 24/7/365 service, has announced that along with breakfast, lunch, dinner and desert, the restaurant chain will add a less...traditional...aspect to its already hefty repetoire: Rock Star Menus!... read more
Hold Steady tours, John Agnello muses on Stay Positive
Former Paste cover fellas The Hold Steady have been squirreled away for the better part of 2008 working on both their beards and their fourth full-length, Stay Positive. The onslaught of awesome begins today with the release of "Sequestered in Memphis," the first single from the album, the beginning of ticket sales for the just-announced summer U.S. tour and producer John Agnello's first blog post for Paste about Stay Positive's recording process... read more
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