Make Your Own Cee Lo Green Desk Buddy
Cee Lo Green is the second edition of Paste’s “Desk Buddy Series.” You can print off your own Cee Lo paper doll, along with a collection of outfits. read more
10 for 10: Short Stories Inspired by Turn on the Bright Lights
Even if you hate Interpol you'd have to admit Turn on the Bright Lights is a significant album. read more
Catching Up With Giving Tree Band's Todd Fink
The Giving Tree Band released their latest album Vacilador on Oct. 2. A extremely personal album, Vacilador gives just a small glimpse into the lives of the band. Combining heavy spanish influences and their own folk sound, the band managed to combine two different genres into a new and refreshing sounding album. We recently talked with founding member Todd Fink and found out the meaning behind the mysterious title, the bands recording process and what inspires him to write music.... read more
Catching Up With The Comedy Writer/Director Rick Alverson
Alverson talks wealth, privilege and The Comedy's dark humor. read more
The Rolling Stones in Brooklyn: Who’s Crashing?
As the Stones approach the States, it’s time to start placing friendly bets as to which standards will boast the added bonus of a cameo. read more
Catching Up With Big Boi
As the Dec. 11 release date approaches, anticipation for Big Boi's second solo album continues to build. read more
Catching Up With Boots Riley
For two decades, Oakland hip-hop group The Coup have given new meaning to the term political party, turning out music that is not only socially charged but irresistibly engaging and danceable. read more
Paste's 2012 Gift Guide for Music Lovers
All the box sets, books, turntables and accessories your favorite music fan could dream of. read more
Catching Up With Shovels & Rope
It’s been a long two years for Shovels & Rope’s Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent. Two years of hard touring—they average 200 dates a year—long drives in the van, and weeks at a time away from friends and family. Finally, that hard work is starting to pay off, with fans cropping up from Charlotte to Seattle. Paste caught the husband and wife duo for a chat on Halloween, when they were taking a day off from their grueling tour schedule, to hear about their adventures on the road and what’s next for the band. Paste: Y’all had your first... read more
Avett Brothers' Bob Crawford Raises Awareness for Children's Hospital Benefit
Just over one year ago, The Avett Brothers’ bassist Bob Crawford found out that his not-quite-two-year-old daughter Hallie had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. read more
Matthew Ryan: An Appreciation
Matthew Ryan is celebrated for his music and perhaps most of all for his lyrics, but it was that voice that hooked me, right in the opening seconds of his debut album May Day. read more
Catching Up with Grace Potter
Paste got a chance to catch up with Potter about songwriting, cover songs, and the science of picking the perfect performance outfit. read more
Catching Up With Lulu Gainsbourg
Lulu talks his father's legacy; working with Scarlett Johansson, Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp and Rufus Wainwright. read more
Catching Up With Bat for Lashes
Natasha Khan talks her creative troubles in producing The Haunted Man, what the racy album art means to her. read more
Catching Up With Black Moth Super Rainbow's Tobacco
Tobacco tells us about being confined by expectations, his ambivalence about Black Moth Super Rainbow, and why he thinks MGMT's manager and Weezer are lame. read more
Catching Up With ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Conrad Keely walks us through the creation of the record, the evolution of Trail of the Dead’s songwriting process and how Lost Songs has reaffirmed their ability to speak their minds through an unstoppable wall of noise. read more
Benjamin Gibbard - Familiar Discoveries in Former Lives
“Every song that you write is about a time that no longer exists,” Gibbard says. read more
Catching Up With Letting Up Despite Great Faults
On Oct. 9, Letting Up Despite Great Faults released their second full-length album, Untogether, on Rallye Records. Though they’ve only released one other LP and a pair of EPs since forming in 2004, their infectious electronic dance pop has garnered them a sizable following throughout their hometown of Los Angeles and around the country.... read more
Titus Andronicus Takes on the (Absurd) World
Since forming Titus Andronicus, Patrick Sickle has offered a broad collection of his own philosophical punk musings. read more
Catching Up with Jason Lytle
Fresh of a month-long reunion tour with his band Grandaddy, singer-songwriter Jason Lytle returns with his second album of solo material, titled Dept. of Disappearance and due on Oct 16 via Anti-. read more

