Music :: Paste

A few miles before the exit for Bonnaroo, the air outside and traffic ahead have stagnated, and I begin to sense I’m driving toward my doom... read more

The Sadies

By Matt Fink at 12:00 AM on August 8, 2006

Singer/guitarist Dallas Good doesn’t have the usual circle of friends, and over the last eight years... read more

New York Theremin Summit

By Amanda Petrusich at 12:00 AM on August 8, 2006

Scurrying across Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal, sidestepping puddles and watching steam curl away from the canal’s tepid, oily surface... read more

4 To Watch: Beirut

By Kate Kiefer at 12:00 AM on August 8, 2006

Zach Condon can’t stay in one place. read more

Band of the Week: Liz Durrett

By Katie Piepel at 12:00 AM on August 8, 2006

At the age of 16, Durrett received a guitar from her uncle, Vic Chesnutt, who encouraged her to explore the world of songwriting. read more

Architecture in Helsinki Tours, Releases Remix

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on August 7, 2006

Architecture in Helsinki will launch a U.S. tour Sept. 16 in San Diego, performing nine different shows before joining Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for an additional round of gigs. Set lists are expected to include plenty of new material as well as covers. The Australian octet will begin opening for CYHSY Sept. 28 at New York’s Central Park Summerstage and will continue to tour with the band for an additional 16 shows. At its stops, the band will be selling a tour-only remix album, We Died: They Remixed, which features songs from In Case We Die remixed by such... read more

Fernando - Enter to Exit

By Brooke Marshall at 12:00 AM on August 7, 2006

Bipolarity never sounded so good. read more

Junior Brown To Open For Bob Dylan In Ballpark Tour

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on August 4, 2006

Guitar legend Junior Brown, most famous for his innovative use of the guit-steel, a six-string electric and steel guitar, will open for Bob Dylan on a month-long tour that hits twenty Minor League ballparks between August 12 and September 9. Born in Austin, Brown honed his talent throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s in honkytonk bars, launching a recording career in the early ‘90s that attracted the attention of independent classical recording company Telarc. His 2004 release Down Home Chrome gained favorable reviews from Guitar One, No Depression and The Washington Post. TOUR DATES August: 12 Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock... read more

Refugee All Stars To Release Album Sept. 26

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on August 3, 2006

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars will release their album, Living Like a Refugee, Sept. 26 on Anti Records. The new disc is a companion to the band’s award-winning documentary, The Refugee All Stars, which follows a group of musicians who escape their home of Sierra Leone in West Africa during the 10 year civil war. The album was recorded from August 2002 to October 2005 while the film was in production. The members of the Refugee All Stars, who range in age from the 42-year-old Reuben M. Koroma to the orphaned teenage rapper Black Nature, united in the Sembayounya Refugee... read more

WovenHand’s Third Album Due For Sept. 12 Release

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2006

The third album from David Eugene Edwards’ project, WovenHand, will be released Sept. 12 on Sounds Familyre Music. Edwards, who is formerly of 16 Horsepower, recorded the new disc, Mosaic, in Elktooth, Colo., and recruited help from Ordy Garrison (percussion), Daniel McMahon (keys) and Elin Palmer (strings). WovenHand will embark on a U.S. tour this fall, joined by a full band including 16 Horsepower’s bassist Pascal Humbert. Dates have yet to be announced. Mosaic track list: 1. Breathing Bull 2. Winter Shaker 3. Swedish Purse 4. Twig 5. Whistling Girl 6. Elktooth 7. Bible and Bird 8. Dirty Blue 9.... read more

Midlake CD Release

By James Mayfield at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2006

For close to 10 years, Midlake has been kicking around Denton in various musical forms and gaining a steady following... read more

Band of the Week: The Scourge of the Sea

By Elizabeth Hendley at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2006

The Scourge of the Sea tends to let things fall into place. read more

Joseph Arthur Announces Album, Label

By Kate Kiefer at 12:00 AM on July 31, 2006

Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur will launch a record label along with a new album on Sept. 19. Arthur’s fifth album, Nuclear Daydream, will be the first record on Lonely Astronaut, an imprint of Red/Sony. “This one’s a little bit more stripped-down than my last album,” Arthur told Paste, on the way to the studio from his home in Brooklyn. “The songs are more traditionally songs.” Nuclear Daydream was recorded over the past two years in Los Angeles and Berlin. Arthur decided to launch a label because it would allow him to record more freely and have more control over... read more

Mindy Smith Set To Release Sophomore Album Oct. 10

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on July 31, 2006

Mindy Smith will release her sophomore album Oct. 10 on Vanguard Records. Long Island Shores, the follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut One Moment More, captures Smith paying homage to her family and her time spent growing up in Smithtown, N.Y. The album was co-produced by Smith, Steve Buckingham and Lex Price, with additional production by Roger Moutenot. ... read more

Animal Collective Reissues Rare Live Album

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on July 28, 2006

A reissue of Animal Collective’s live album Hollinndagain will be released Oct. 31 on Paw Tracks. This compilation of seven live songs (captured from performances during the first half of 2001) was originally released on 300 limited edition LPs in 2002 on St. Ives Records, and included hand painted cover art. This marks the first time Hollinndagain (whose original copies are being sold on eBay for gobs of money) will be available to the general public to purchase. It is also the first time it will be released on CD. Come fall, the band will begin a select run of... read more