FilmAthens to Launch 8th Annual Music Video Festival on June 15

By Mark Rozeman at 11:30 AM on April 12, 2013

Unlike other festivals, Athens, Ga.'s Sprockets Music Video Festival serves to exclusively highlight the men and women who help singers and bands add the visuals to their songs. This year, the 8th annual festival is scheduled for June 15.   read more

Titus Andronicus Offers Free Live Album, Reveals Rejected Album Artwork

By Stephanie Sharp at 5:45 PM on April 11, 2013

Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles initiated a dialogue with fans on Twitter yesterday by sharing little-known information from the band’s career, encouraging followers to buy rare 7″ singles on eBay and providing a link to download a previously vinyl-only live album for free.  read more

Handmade Lo-Fi High Tech Headphones

By Lauren Kilberg at 4:45 PM on April 11, 2013

They’re fully functional and made completely by hand with wire, tape, magnets, solder and several 3D printed parts.  read more

Jeff Buckley Musical Might Head to Broadway

By Mark Rozeman at 1:35 PM on April 11, 2013

According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Old Globe in San Diego will open its 2013-2014 season with The Last Goodbye, a musical reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that features a soundtrack by the late singer-songwriter.   read more

White House Issues Statement on Jay-Z's "Open Letter"

By Stephanie Sharp at 12:15 PM on April 11, 2013

Produced by Timabland and Swizz Beatz, "Open Letter" voices Jay-Z's annoyance with politicians arguing the legality of his anniversary trip with the lyrics, “Wanna give me jail time and a fine? Fine, let me commit a real crime."  read more

The National Releases New Trouble Will Find Me Single "Don't Swallow the Cap"

By Tyler Kane at 11:41 AM on April 11, 2013

Listen to Trouble Will Find Me's first official single here.   read more

CBGB Directors to Make Gregg Allman Biopic

By Mark Rozeman at 9:00 AM on April 11, 2013

Fresh off the completion of CBGB, their docudrama surrounding the establishment of New York’s infamous blues bar-turned-punk-rock-utopia, director Randall Miller and screenwriter Jody Savin may be on their way to making a biopic of Allman Brothers Band frontman Gregg Allman.   read more

Jay-Z's Made in America Festival Announces 2013 Lineup

By Anita George at 1:40 PM on April 10, 2013

The musical performance lineup for the 2013 Budweiser Made in America Festival was announced Wednesday via an official Spotify playlist curated by festival organizers.  read more

Listen to She & Him's New Single, "I Could've Been Your Girl"

By Krystle Drew at 12:45 PM on April 10, 2013

The track is titled "I Could've Been Your Girl."  read more

James Blake: Overgrown

By Nathan Huffstutter at 4:09 PM on April 9, 2013

For his sake—and for ours—it's time to reassess James Blake.  read more

Paste Hosts April 12 My Athens Event with Easter Island & T. Hardy Morris

By Josh Jackson at 4:09 PM on April 9, 2013

Paste's night of music and photography benefitting Habitat for Humanity.  read more

The Knife: Shaking the Habitual

By Dan Weiss at 3:01 PM on April 9, 2013

As befits a duo that dreams up an opera based on Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species, The Knife is one of the smartest bands working.  read more

Jake Bugg: Jake Bugg

By Mack Hayden at 2:17 PM on April 9, 2013

The “new Dylan” designation is as trodden and well-known now as the “wunderkind” label thrown at any tuneful musician under the age of 20.  read more

Dawes: Stories Don't End

By Ryan Reed at 1:22 PM on April 9, 2013

With Stories Don't End, their third studio album, Dawes aimed to break free from their pigeonholed place in popular music.  read more

Paul McCartney Adds U.S. Tour Dates

By Stephanie Sharp at 1:00 PM on April 9, 2013

Paul McCartney added more dates to his "Out There" summer tour including Memphis, Orlando and Seattle.  read more

Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s “Accidental Racist”: Our Favorite Twitter Reactions

By Tyler Kane at 1:00 PM on April 9, 2013

There's plenty left to say about Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s Internet-riling track.  read more

Pyyramids: Brightest Darkest Day

By Hilary Saunders at 12:43 PM on April 9, 2013

As the story goes: OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind and He Say, She Say vocalist Drea Smith initially bonded via email over British post-punk bands from the '80s.  read more

Third Man Records to Release White Stripes Double-Live LP, Elephant Demos

By Stephanie Sharp at 11:30 AM on April 9, 2013

Vault package #16 will include a live double album, 7" with unreleased demos of "I Want to Be the Boy Who Warms Your Mother's Heart" and "Little Acorns" as well as a photo book of Elephant recording sessions.  read more

Watch Vintage Trouble on Leno

By Anita George at 11:15 AM on April 9, 2013

It's like an American Bandstand performance but far less innocent and with a delightfully brash edginess to it.   read more

Kurt Vile: Wakin On A Pretty Daze

By John Hendrickson at 10:47 AM on April 9, 2013

In most photos, he hides his face behind his hair. Long, dark, nappy in the summer months—Kurt Vile’s wavy strands fall like drapes over the edge of his microphone.  read more