Paste:Local launches in New York City and Chicago

By Rachael Maddux, main image by Sean Edgar on 11:27 AM on September 9, 2008

Right on the heels Paste:Local Atlanta, we're excited to welcome Paste:Local New York City and Paste:Local Chicago into the fold...  read more

Gainesville, Florida is kind of a Real Big Deal

By Elizabeth Hendley on 7:00 AM on September 9, 2008

If you want the most bang for your music-festival buck...  read more

Office producers to write Ghostbusters reunion film

By Loren Lankford on 12:00 PM on September 8, 2008

On Thursday, Variety shined some light on those Ghostbusters reunion rumors...  read more

Band of the Week: Wovenhand

By Rachel Webster on 7:00 AM on September 8, 2008

David Eugene Edwards has no delusions of grandeur. His songs don’t get radio time in his home country, so he’s aware of his band Wovenhand’s finite longevity, especially compared with his muse...  read more

Great Lake Swimmers announce new album, tour dates

By Mary Kate Varnau on 7:00 AM on September 5, 2008

Canadian folkies Great Lake Swimmers had a busy summer...  read more

Ron Sexsmith slates fall tour dates

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 7:00 AM on September 4, 2008

Ron Sexsmith’s humility is the stuff of legend...  read more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: hardly anything but awesome

By Henry Freedland on 12:30 PM on September 3, 2008

It takes little more than a (rare) fogless fall day to make a trip to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park worth quite a trek...  read more

Bruce Springsteen pens tune for Darren Aronofsky

By Jeremy Medina on 7:00 AM on September 3, 2008

While Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky preps for the premiere of his latest opus...  read more

Torche schedules tour dates into November

By Henry Freedland on 12:25 PM on September 2, 2008

A pitfall of writing about bands and songwriters that wield acoustic guitars is that one rarely gets to...  read more

Band of the Week: Golden Shoulders

By Christina Hansen on 7:00 AM on September 2, 2008

If you ask Adam Kline for the current line-up of his band, Golden Shoulders, and he starts laughing, don’t be offended. “That’s a trick question,” the lead singer and songwriter says mid-chuckle. “I’m the principal member, but I can give you a list..."  read more

Michael Jackson's latest inspiration: poet Robert Burns?

By Mary Kate Varnau on 12:00 PM on August 29, 2008

Michael Jackson’s career is taking yet another inexplicable turn...  read more

Snow Patrol unleashes A Hundred Million Suns in October

By Jeremy Medina on 7:00 AM on August 29, 2008

Irish rockers Snow Patrol are probably hoping a little...  read more

Radiohead webcast to compete with Obama speech

By Jeremy Medina on 5:15 PM on August 28, 2008

Fans of Radiohead and Barack Obama alike are in for a tough decision this evening...  read more

Adam Schlesinger pens for Colbert, works on albums

By Henry Freedland on 7:00 AM on August 28, 2008

When Paste recently caught up with Adam Schlesinger, he said that he's an early riser...  read more

Mavis Staples live album emerges from Hideout

By Henry Freedland on 5:30 PM on August 27, 2008

She might be most famous for fronting family band...  read more

Galifianakis comedy Visioneers makes festival rounds

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 12:00 PM on August 27, 2008

The 9-5 grind is not kind to any of us, but it's probably hardest on George Winsterhammerman...  read more

Chad VanGaalen to launch Soft Airplane on Sept. 9

By Sara Miller on 7:08 AM on August 27, 2008

If there were a musical Olympics, Canadian artist Chad VanGaalen would be its Michael Phelps...  read more

Woody Allen unleashes hilarious Vicky Cristina diary

By Sean Gandert on 3:27 PM on August 26, 2008

Vicky Cristina Barcelona has been garnering a lot of (deservedly) positive reviews, and writer/director Woody Allen...  read more

Craig Finn talks baseball on ESPN's The Show

By Mary Kate Varnau on 9:30 AM on August 26, 2008

The Hold Steady’s frontman Craig Finn has shifted from political commentary to sports announcement...  read more

Merge Records celebrates first 20 years with box set

By Loren Lankford on 4:40 PM on August 25, 2008

Merge Records, home to many of indie rock's finest...  read more