PASTED Issue 45

Features

• DeVotchKa’s Nick Urata on McRib sandwiches.
• John Moen on being a Luddite.
• Metalocalypse’s Brendon Smalls on bands both fake and real.
• Plus, interviews with J Mascis, Built to Spill, The Avett Brothers and more.

Reviews

• New releases from Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Lil Wayne, King Khan & the Shrines, Ponytail, Los Lonely Boys and more.
• Coming soon: Summer movies including Pineapple Express, Hancock, The X-Files: I Want To Believe and more. Coming soon: The Rocker (August 22).
  
• Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters comes to DVD.

Blogs

• Producer John Agnello recalls The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive recording sessions on Dear Diary.
• Editor-in-chief Josh Jackson offers a list of his favorite sitcoms since 1980 (guess what’s #1?) and kids’ songs that don’t suck, on High Gravity.
• Plus, photos and recaps from Bonnaroo, Forecastle, Newport Folk and more summer festivals.

Media

• Music videos from Annuals, Liam Finn, American Music Club and more.
• Live performances from Ben Sollee, Ingrid Michaelson, Bell X1, Ladyhawk and more.
  
• Exclusive streams and downloads of new releases on the PasteStation.
• Plus, the PasteVision and Paste Culture Club podcasts.

Web Extras

• More from the Sparrow Quartet, including Abigail Washburn's live blog from the Olympic Games in Beijing
• Interviews with Teitur, Kate Rusby, Ron Sexsmith, Lykke Li and American Teen director Nanette Burstein