Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters Announce Summer Tour Dates

By Stephanie Sharp at 6:00 PM on April 22, 2013

The legendary rocker's newest band includes guitarist Justin Adams, keyboardist John Baggott, bassist Billy Fuller, guitarist Liam "Skin" Tyson, violinist Juldeh Camara and drummer Dave Smith.   read more

Richie Havens: 1941-2013

By Mark Rozeman at 6:00 PM on April 22, 2013

Richie Havens, the famed folk singer whose passionate live performances and equally intense guitar-playing made him a breakout star of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, has passed away at the age of 1972 from an apparent heart attack, according to a press release.   read more

Watch Modest Mouse Perform a New Song "Shit in Your Cut"

By Mark Rozeman at 10:45 AM on April 22, 2013

Having unveiled a new composition, “Be Brave,” during Coachella last weekend, the band performed another new song during a stop in Pomona, Calif.  read more

Stream Deerhunter's Monomania

By Tyler Kane at 9:19 AM on April 22, 2013

Deerhunter’s excellent fifth album, Monomania, was released for stream today through NPR. The 12-track album is set for a May 7 release on 4AD and was recorded by Bradford Cox and Nicolas Vernhes. If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and watch the band’s Fallon performance of the title track here. Take a listen below. ...  read more

Listen to De La Soul's New Single "Get Away"

By Mark Rozeman at 9:00 AM on April 22, 2013

"Get Away" serves as the leadoff single of the group’s newest album, You’re Welcome, which is scheduled to be released later this fall.   read more

Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Join Forces for AmericanaramA Tour

By Philip Cosores at 2:00 PM on April 21, 2013

Let's all cross our fingers and hope our respective cities are included.   read more

Watch Phoenix Perform on Kimmel

By Stephanie Sharp at 4:15 PM on April 19, 2013

Promoting their forthcoming release Bankrupt! due out April 23, Phoenix stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night to perform a four song-set that included the latest single "Entertainment."  read more

Stream Daft Punk's “Get Lucky”

By Mark Rozeman at 12:01 AM on April 19, 2013

After months of teasing, (and a few fake-outs) Daft Punk has finally released the first song off their new album Random Access Memories.   read more

Tracy Morgan To Host The 2013 Billboard Music Awards

By Anita George at 7:00 PM on April 18, 2013

Via a press release, music magazine Billboard announced Wednesday that actor-comedian Tracy Morgan will host this year's Billboard Music Awards.   read more

Low Releases Video for "Just Make it Stop"

By Stephanie Sharp at 4:00 PM on April 18, 2013

The video conceals the identities of the band members by only focusing on brief glimpses of their mouths, shadowed profiles and artistic shots of playing their instruments during a recording session.  read more

Matthew E. White Releases “Steady Pace” Video

By Paste Staff at 1:35 PM on April 18, 2013

The video shows White in the same pure white room he appears in on the Big Inner cover, interacting with the colorful props around him.  read more

Catching Up With Aesop Rock

By M.T. Richards at 11:51 AM on April 18, 2013

Aesop Rock is that dude. It took a while for everyone to catch on and catch up.  read more

Watch M83 Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

By Krystle Drew at 11:00 AM on April 18, 2013

Watch M83 perform a song from the Oblivion soundtrack.  read more

The Knife Release “A Cherry on Top” Video

By Tyler Kane at 10:40 AM on April 18, 2013

The video is a nod to the album’s pink-on-green packaging, warping and bending the images to the pulse of the music.  read more

Twitter Launches Music App

By Tyler Kane at 9:45 AM on April 18, 2013

Twitter #music draws from three sources: iTunes, Spotify and Rdio. iTunes will show previews by default for songs, but Rdio and Spotify subscribers get to hear the whole tracks that Twitter #music pulls.  read more

Listen to Florence + the Machine's "Over the Love" for The Great Gatsby Soundtrack

By Stephanie Sharp at 2:45 PM on April 17, 2013

Written from the point of view of leading lady Daisy Buchanan, listen to "Over the Love" via GQ.  read more

Catching Up With Mary Gauthier

By Douglas Heselgrave at 12:20 PM on April 17, 2013

Song by song and mile by mile, Mary Gauthier has spent the last dozen or so years building a hard-earned reputation as one of the best singer/songwriters on the circuit today.  read more

Christopher Owens Announces Solo Tour, Acoustic Lysandre Giveaway

By Stephanie Sharp at 11:30 AM on April 17, 2013

Former Girls' frontman Christopher Owens recently announced a string of intimate concerts this June and is also offering a free download of an acoustic version of his solo debut Lysandre.  read more

Listen to Laura Marling's New Single, "Master Hunter"

By Paste Staff at 11:10 AM on April 17, 2013

Marling's second offering from Once I Was an Eagle.   read more

Futurebirds: Baba Yaga

By Mark Rozeman at 5:01 PM on April 16, 2013

On their sophomore release from, Athens, Ga.-based group Futurebirds stand as a band confident in its sound and skilled in their delivery. Yet, they also come across as a band in need of stretching their boundaries.  read more