Trampled By Turtles: United By Punk
Minnesota quintet Trampled By Turtles is a study in contrasts. In terms of musical genres, the band’s influences are as disparate as they come. read more
Catching Up With Camper Van Beethoven’s Jonathan Segel
Less than a month after the release of his latest solo releases, Camper Van Beethoven’s fiddler, Jonathan Segel is keeping busy—from individual projects to Camper reunions, new recordings and constant touring. Segel chatted with Paste about the inspiration for _All Attractions_ and _Apricot Jam_, his rock and roll roots, performaing abroad during the Gulf War and the pros/cons of funding his newest records through Kickstarter. read more
Justin Townes Earle: Crossing The Boundary of 30
“Won’t Be the Last Time,” one of the best tracks on Justin Townes Earle’s terrific new album, finds the song’s narrator pounding the pavement of a “Sunday mornin’ sidewalk” when he’d rather be snuggling in bed with the woman who just kicked him out. read more
Bear in Heaven
"It almost killed us!" says Adam Wills, bassist-guitarist for Brooklyn electro-psych trio Bear in Heaven. He's referring to the track "Cool Light," a trademark synth-drenched prog-rave workout from the band's heavily anticipated new album, I Love You, It's Cool. read more
Caveman: Will Work for Vibes
Although it might not come across in the band’s mellow demeanor or songs, Caveman wasn’t messing around when they came to Austin’s South By Southwest in 2012, the band’s second outing in two years to the week-long event. read more
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's: Fully Recovered and A Lot More Rowdy
It has been a rocky road for the Nukes since Animal!/No Animal came out. Richard Edwards refocused the band’s direction, which included parting ways with a plethora of members, and all of a sudden the band went from the fun-loving, orch-pop army with strings and horns to a brooding self-titled panic pop outfit. read more
Dave Hartley Crosses Over: Talks Music With the Spurs' Matt Bonner
Last month Adam Granduciel and I had the distinct pleasure of sitting and talking with three point specialist Matt Bonner of the San Antonio Spurs—he's a massive music fan and, frankly, I exploited that for the opportunity to pick his brain. read more
Catching Up With Chris Squire from Yes
Last month, prog-rock titans Yes released In the Present, which is available both as a tour interview DVD (sprinkled with live performance footage) and a straight-ahead live album with uncut tracks. Paste spoke with bassist Chris Squire, the only constant member in the band’s 40-plus-year history. read more
Todd Snider
Drifters is an East Nashville bar, a tan, squat, cinder-block building that serves up barbecue, nachos, corn dogs and Brunswick stew. It’s an easy walk from Todd Snider's house, and the singer/songwriter often strolls over to imbibe some beverages and match tall tales with the other barflies. read more
The Honeydogs
Starting with an eponymous debut in ‘95, the Minnesotans have issued brilliant little gems like Seen A Ghost (‘97), 10,000 Years (‘03), Sunshine Committee (‘09), and the great new breakup-themed What Comes After, to no trumpeted national fanfare. read more
Tim Fite: A Musical Misfit Settles Down
Ever since he first stumbled upon the polarizing counter-culture fringes of pop music—arriving in a singularly off-putting, genre-mashing, artistically drunken stupor, Brooklyn chameleon Tim Fite has never exactly...“fit in. read more
Sennheiser/Paste Party in Austin Preview: Of Monsters and Men
Of Monsters and Men entered last year’s The Icelandic Music Experiments: Músiktilraunir, a nationwide “battle of the bands” competition and took home the winning title. In the midst of traveling, making YouTube videos and adding members the band began recording their debut full-length, 11 track studio album My Head Is An Animal. With the influences of six members musical interests expanding from jazz to classical to pop, Of Monsters And Men have been able to connect with their international audiences. It is that positive feedback that has instilled their passion to create new, original music. read more
Catching Up With Bowerbirds
The last time we caught up with The Bowerbirds they were releasing second full-length album Upper Air, touring extensively and dwelling in the palms of each other’s art. It appears everything has changed for the duo since 2009 while simultaneously obtaining a rich dominion for the familiar. Devendra Banhart & com. defined the freak folk genre several years pervious and while The Bowerbirds straddle that line, they also embody a category of their own - one led by the brooding reality of time, abandonment and renewal. read more
Delta Spirit: Marking a Time
Delta Spirit’s third LP, a self-titled effort out March 13 via Rounder Records, marks a clear of a departure for the band sonically, one brought on perhaps by line-up changes and new locales. read more
Rosie Thomas: Healing With Love
“With Love came at a time I needed it most,” Rosie Thomas says about her newest album. “It was the award at the end of a hard time, it was the bouquet of flowers that you need when you’re coming out of something very difficult.” read more
Sleeper Agent: The Best of What's Next
Tony Smith sits pensively sipping an energy drink in a Chicago hotel after his band Sleeper Agent made the seven-hour drive from their hometown of Bowling Green the night before they’re due to play a big bash at the Aragon Ballroom. read more
Jim White: Beware the Bluebirds
For Southern-fried folk singer Jim White, it all revolves around the bluebirds. Five of the brightly plumed harbingers of happiness that he noticed on a telephone wire outside his new home, on the first warm day of a recent spring. read more
Carolina Chocolate Drops: Slow Change
In Dom Flemons and Rhiannon Giddens, the Carolina Chocolate Drops have two of the most charismatic performers in any genre. This stage presence complicates the band’s mission to preserve the nearly lost tradition of African-American string bands and jug bands. read more
Andrew Bird: Breaking The Loop
In February 2010, Andrew Bird performed a 20-minute solo concert at the TED Conference—the annual non-profit event held to disseminate “ideas worth spreading.” read more
Bhi Bhiman: The Best of What's Next
First, there’s the music: a spirited, multi-cultural stylistic stew blending soul, vintage country, West African folk and hippie-fied bluegrass. Then there are lyrics: colorfully drawn narratives about optimistic train-bound hobos, blissfully ignorant rednecks, and jilted lovers. read more
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