Mogwai offers free MP3, Howling details
This fall, Mogwai fans will be inundated with new tunes from the Scottish post-rock stars. There’s the new album, The Hawk Is Howling, set to be released in America by Matador Records on Sept. 23. There’s also the three-song Batcat EP, available Sept. 8. Now, there’s the first single from Howling, “The Sun Smells Too Loud,” available online here and for download on the group’s MySpace page. ... read more
Jayhawks Mark Olson and Gary Louris talk new album
The last time Mark Olson and Gary Louris put out a record together, O.J. Simpson was still on trial... read more
Zach and Miri gets slapped with NC-17, pending appeal
Following the buzz that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) was "gunning" for it, Kevin Smith's Zach and Miri Make a Porno (the flick about making a porno flick) has been hit with the ultimate cockblock: an NC-17 rating.... read more
Johnny Cash gets remixed by son and Snoop Dogg
In an unlikely pairing, John Carter Cash (Johnny's son) and Snoop Dogg are producing Johnny Cash Remixed, which features interpretations of some of Cash's finest classics as a tribute. Remixers have reworked songs licensed from Cash's first label, Sun Records, which will be released Oct. 14 and in vinyl deluxe form in September.... read more
The Dark Knight breaks records, voted #1 movie ever
Quick, what’s the best movie of all time? Is it The Godfather? The Shawshank Redemption? Pulp Fiction? Troll 2?According to Internet Movie Database (IMDb) users, the answer is none other than The Dark Knight, which has claimed the top spot on the site’s list of the top 250 movies of all time after just one weekend in theaters. ... read more
TV on the Radio unveils next LP: Dear Science,
How exactly would you watch TV on the radio? Years from now, when they're wading through postapocalyptic ruins, future scientists will marvel at the forerunners that could beam visual images through an audio signal—a technology so revered that they named an awesome experimental rock act after it out of sheer reverence. Maybe, just maybe, the band with that scientifically improbable moniker will answer that question with its next LP, Dear Science, (comma included). TV on the Radio will be releasing this bad boy courtesy of Interscope Records in the U.S. on Sept. 23, and 4AD will handle distribution on Sept.... read more
Paul Westerberg releases 49:00 MP3 for 49 cents
Check your pockets, champ. If you’ve got enough change to be a McDonald’s Dollar Menunaire, then you’ve got enough to buy Paul Westerberg’s latest release...twice. ... read more
Magnetic Fields announce fresh batch of tour dates
With his depiction of Stephin Merritt for Paste's January feature on the Magnetic Fields... read more
YYYs' Karen O now playing Native Korean Rock
Yeah Yeah Yeahs songstress Karen O is easing up on the snarl a bit. For the last couple of years, she's been recording some lo-fi bedroom songs under the moniker Native Korean Rock. ... read more
Decemberists to get "mossy, evil" in studio
Colin Meloy of the Decemberists wants his band’s next album to sound like a swamp monster. Or, maybe he didn’t say that, exactly, just that he wanted the pending record to be “mossy” and “evil.” At first, these terms don’t seem to describe the Portland-based group any better than, say, “Indonesian” or “Ska,” but like a blanket of moss in a forest gully, their melodies are lush, and through some of the darker ballads like “Mariner’s Revenge Song,” have frequently spread into nefarious territory. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;... read more
Last Week on PasteMagazine.com: 7/14-7/18/08
I'm going to blame my lateness on this last week's update on The Dark Knight. That's fair, right? I think so, if only because a) it's awesome, b) it's breaking records and c) Heath Ledger's Joker was more terrifying than an Andy Dick mugshot. At any rate, one of this last week's highlights on PasteMagazine.com was our review of the movie (linked above, natch). But oh, there was so much more...... read more
Paste reports highlights from E3 2008
Paste games editor Jason Killingsworth has embarked on quite the educational field trip. He ditched his desk at Paste HQ last week for the land of RPGs, one-upping game providers, and feels-so-real-you-could-reach-out-and-touch-it graphics. You can check out the deets of his Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) experience on Paste's UpUpDnDn blog, but here is a sampling of his '08 highlights.... read more
Kanye West, Wyclef, Pharrell to perform for Barack Obama
It's the worst-kept secret in politics these days that Barack Obama loves hip-hop. Whether he's name-checking Lil Wayne or getting that dirt off his shoulders, Obama has amassed an all-star cotérie of rappers willing to back the Democratic Party nominee. He even had Hova offering a voice of encouragement for voters in the Ohio primary, for cryin' out loud. The National can seem a little anemic in comparison to the C-E-O-of-the-R-O-C.... read more
Jarvis Cocker to compose for Wes Anderson's Fox
It's been 30 years since Jarvis Cocker formed Britpop should-have-been-a-sensation Pulp, seven since the band broke up, three since he appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the lead singer of wizard band, The Weird Sisters, two since he entered his solo career phase with Jarvis. The man is unquenchable.... read more
James Brown's belongings auctioned off at Christie's
The music world lost a great legend in 2006 when the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, passed away. But thankfully, his legacy lives on, not only through his music, but his colorful collection of custom-made jumpsuits. ... read more
Exclusive: listen to Calexico's "Two Silver Trees"
You won't have to make that pilgrimage to Calexico's hometown of Tucson, Ariz. to hear the new single from the band's upcoming LP, Carried to Dust... read more
What is your favorite John C. Reilly movie?
Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll... ... read more
Robin Williams to play World's Greatest Dad
When not dispelling the notion of any involvement with the forthcoming Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko, Richard Kelly and Co. have been brewing new material over at Darko Entertainment HQ. Darko folks Sean McKittrick, Ted Hamm and Kelly himself are teaming up with Process Media's Tim Perrell and Howard Gertler to produce World's Greatest Dad, a dark comedy with Robin Williams signed on as the lead.... read more
Zach de la Rocha, Jon Theodore form One Day as a Lion
If given the choice to live one day as a lion or a thousand years as a lamb, there would be a few things to take into consideration. Would this lion be in a zoo or stalking prey in the Serengeti? Would the lamb be fluffy or...? Wait, who are we kidding? We'd totally go with the lion. ... read more
Watchmen trailer released online
It seems only appropriate that no more than two weeks after Merriam-Webster added "fanboy" to its dictionary ("boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies," if you're scoring at home), the trailer for the most celebrated graphic novel in history, Watchmen, debuted online (as well as at showings of some little-known arthouse flick called The Dark Knight). ... read more
