Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone? Gone to the Big Screen, (Nearly) Every One
Her clothes aren’t right. Her old man doesn’t understand her. And her love life? Nonexistent to abysmal. She’s too cool for the nerds, too square for the cool kids. She’s the alterna-girl, one of television’s most beloved archetypes—and she’s in trouble.... read more
Confess With Thy Mouth: Mountain Goats Frontman Grapples With Faith
John Darnielle is almost certain there is no God, but he can’t quite count himself as a nonbeliever... read more
Ken Burns Explores Our National Parks
Early in Ken Burns’ new mega-documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a mythic figure appears. At first, he isn’t named... read more
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Kick It Old School
As her fellow students at the Acland Burghley School in North London were looking for part-time jobs this summer... read more
Style Guide: A Passage to India
After Slumdog Millionaire’s triumph at the Oscars, it’s no surprise that Indian cultural influence has subsequently folded into America’s melting pot... read more
Middle-Income Green: Blind Pilot, Cloud Cult and Eco-Friendly Touring on a Shoestring Budget
In 2006, folk-pop duo Blind Pilot pedaled its way down the foggy, twisting highways of the West Coast. This was no Sunday bike ride... read more
Paste's Summer-Festival Survival Guide
Check out the six items you'll need to brave the warm, music-filled months of summer...... read more
Funny Farms: Festival Comedy Stages Cure the Summertime Blues
Even the most over-the-top festival freaks need a break during a 24-hour onslaught of music... read more
Tim & Eric: Doin' it Live
Cinco. Spagett. Pep-Pep. B’Owls. The unique language of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim... read more
Spin the Black Circle: A Lifetime of Vinyl Obsession
I suspect that most OCD-addled, music-worshipping fans can point to one particular influence—pusher, “The Man,” gateway princess—who enabled their rock ’n’ roll addiction... read more
Eggers Together: The First-Ever Joint Interview with Dave and Toph Eggers
The cold stare of Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey dominates the cover... read more
In the Studio With... Ingrid Michaelson
Perched on a stool in the center of a Manhattan studio control room, Ingrid Michaelson stares through glass... read more
A Hale of an Actor: Buster Bluth Pushes Forward
When Tony Hale heard the news that Buster Bluth had performed his last chicken dance and been attacked by his last loose seal, his first thought was of... read more
Can't Get You Out of My Head: Little Boots Sticks Around
Victoria Hesketh, the nymphish Brit behind electro-pop outfit Little Boots, wrote her university dissertation on originality in pop music, so she knows what she’s talking about when she admits, disheartened... read more
A to Z With Karen O
It’s been six years since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs exploded onto the New York scene with the heady concoction of guitarist Nick Zinner’s angular riffs, Brian Chase’s pinpoint drumming, and... read more
Humility, Comedy, Whiskey and Energy: The Return of Silversun Pickups
After a successful debut album and a few years on the road, the Silversun Pickups have gained a deeper confidence... read more
Ears We Trust: A-Trak
A-Trak is a DJ and blogger whose new mix, Infinity + 1, is out now... read more
They've Got the Neutron Bomb: Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen and Harry Smith as the Four Horsemen
In their new book Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music, David Janssen and Edward Whitelock, two English profs at tiny Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga., document... read more
Asher Roth Sizes Up His Chances
Suburbia’s most promising rapper weighs in at 140 pounds... read more
Tibetan Film Speaks for Itself
Until recently, movies about Tibet haven’t wavered much from the formula established by Frank Capra’s 1937 epic Lost Horizon, in which plane-crash victims discover... read more

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