Catching Up With... David Rawlings
Although the records are released under Gillian Welch’s name, she and David Rawlings are essentially... read more
Ears We Trust: Robert Earl Keen
In this long-running feature, music-industry tastemakers tell us what they’re listening to and loving. Today’s columnist: Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen.... read more
Best of What's Next: Mayer Hawthorne
For Andrew Mayer Cohen, the Motown-influenced tunes were just musical doodles... read more
Go Your Own Way: Norah Jones and The Swell Season Recover From Broken Hearts
Is The Fall a breakup record? “I think in a lot of ways it is, and in a lot of ways it isn’t,” says Norah Jones of the follow-up to 2007’s Not Too Late. Her split that year with longtime boyfriend Lee Alexander made the gossip pages, despite her silence on the subject. She has no intention of sharing her thoughts on the matter today, either, though she’s generous with the fries accompanying her hefty veggie burger at the East Village restaurant where we’ve met. “Will you have some?” she asks. “I won’t eat them all.”... read more
Best of What's Next: fun.
Hometown: New York Album: Aim and Ignite Members: Andrew Dost (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Nate Ruess (vocals), Jack Antonoff (guitar, vocals) For Fans Of: Ben Folds, Queen, The Format Last year, following the dissolution of his first band, ex-Format frontman Nate Ruess made a pilgrimage idealized by young Americans long before Sinatra’s famed salute: Having overstayed his welcome in his Arizona hometown, the songwriter moved to New York to start a new life. “There’s a big difference between comfort and what you’re destined to do,” Ruess says. “I needed a change in every aspect of my life.”... read more
Best of What's Next: Pomegranates
Pomegranates' Everybody, Come Outside! might be the most fitting album title of the year... read more
Best of What's Next: Harper Simon
Harper Simon can't help being caught in the great melodious wake of his father... read more
Listen Up: Marissa Nadler, Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Two Saturday nights ago, the night before my birthday, I'd had two tacos and two margaritas and I was at The Earl in Atlanta with my boyfriend Joe when I decided that I was going to love Marissa Nadler forever... read more
Best of What's Next: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band's self-titled debut twitches and writhes with capricious tempo shifts... read more
Catching Up With... Pavement's Spiral Stairs
Sure, the recently-announced 2010 Pavement reunion has garnered all the hype... read more
Best of What's Next: The Shaky Hands
At the intersection of The Shins' faux-British Invasion jingle-jangle and The Allman Brothers' raggedy Southern-fried boogie... read more
Catching Up With... Wale
Things finally seem to be falling into place for Wale... read more
Getting to Know... Old Canes
Old Canes is a labor of love, borne out of necessity and a lack of amplifiers... read more
Listen Up: Mariah, Hootie & My Golden Hour
I turned 11 years old in November 1995, let me just say that up front.... read more
Best of What's Next: Clare and The Reasons
Clare Manchon embraces idiosyncrasies... read more
The Best Albums, Movies, TV & More From the 2000s
When this decade began, Paste’s website was barely a year old, and the magazine was still a twinkle in its daddies’ eyes. So looking back over the first 10 years of the 2000s feels like looking back over our own history. There hasn’t been a new album, film, TV show, video game or book Paste has covered that wasn’t eligible for our “Best of the Decade” consideration. We had dozens of critics vote in each of these five categories, and then we argued some more until we’d focused our spotlight onto the very best pop culture created during the aughts—whether... read more
Best of What's Next: Moneybrother
Anders Wendin makes music as Moneybrother, but he's first and foremost a tourist... read more
Catching Up With... Tegan Quin
When Tegan and Sara Quin speak of devotion, they do not speak of its most traditional sense. read more
Best of What's Next: Nurses
It’s an amusingly incongruous sight to see the makers of such delicate music hauling around in such a brawny boat... read more
Best of What's Next: Kristina Train
The soulful saunter of Kristina Train's debut Spilt Milk hints at her roots in Savannah... read more
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