Animal Collective's new album set for January release
The vaguely warranted rumors that popped up this week about... read more
HBO's Entourage picked up for sixth season
Good news all around for HBO's Entourage... read more
M. Ward talks new solo album, She & Him Volume Two
It's been a little over two years since M. Ward released his last solo album, Post War, but... read more
Carla Bruni covers Moldy Peaches' "Anyone Else But You" for French television series Taratata
It seems that the first lady of France isn't content to... read more
Magnolia Electric Co. schedules tour dates, preps album
Folks have been known to utter the words "Jason Molina" and "depressing" in the same breath... read more
Cat Power eyes Dark End of the Street release
Cat Power will release her newest covers EP... read more
Band of the Week: The Champion and His Burning Flame
At a little more than a year's worth of bandship, this could be considered a fledgling pursuit. However, there is a chemistry and honesty in The Champion and His Burning Flame's inaugural effort, The French EP, that begs for... read more
Introducing Paste Digital VIP
Last week, Paste launched a new option for subscribers... read more
Catching Up With... Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins speaks not in drops and dribbles. When he opens his month, torrents of declarations spill out that condemn and praise in turns, ventriloquizing voices to buoy as well as others to deride... read more
Mexican Summer record club features Dungen, more
Following in the footsteps of Sub Pop, Merge and many others... read more
David Byrne journals Songs of Byrne and Eno tour
Someday in the not-too-distant future, some music critic will catalog and analyze the rise of tour and recording diaries... read more
Buzz for Ricky Gervais to host next year's Oscars begins
Those who caught this year's dismal Emmy Awards know that one of the lone bright spots was when... read more
Paul Newman: 1925-2008
Despite the fact that by the time the film opened in 1969... read more
Band of the Week: Warm in the Wake
"It's about needing to feed the exploration part of our personalities. I mean geographically," explains vocalist and guitarist Chris Rowell, describing the mindset behind the opening track on Warm In The Wake's new digitally-released EP, Speak Plainly. "Not whatever dirty thing..." read more
Catching Up With... Chuck Palahniuk
When a young Chuck Palahniuk pitched his novel Invisible Monsters to publishers, it was rejected because it was too disturbing. His response was to fill his next novel, Fight Club, with even more disturbing and violent events and dub himself a writer of “transgressional fiction”... read more
Catching Up With... TV on the Radio
For the second year in a row, a 70-year-old, man-made island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay was home to... read more
Alex Ross named one of 25 MacArthur "Genius" fellows
The MacArthur Fellowships were announced this week... read more
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost rumored for Tintin adaptation
The Tintin movie is back from the dead... read more
Dolly Parton saves 9 to 5: The Musical
Almost thirty years after starring in the film version of... read more
Catching Up With... Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids are Exhibit A in most discussions about the rising influence of bloggers on the musical landscape in those heady mid-ought-years, with the buzz spreading to every kid with a keyboard and clever handle before their first... read more

