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The 10 Greatest B-52's Songs

By Nick Marino on 7:00 AM on February 9, 2010

While we would like to contrive some sort of cosmic reason for compiling this list today, we confess: We got “Mesopotamia” stuck in our heads yesterday, while walking into the office kitchen, and that was motivation enough.... read more

Download Josh Ritter's "Change of Time"

By Paste Staff on 2:00 PM on February 8, 2010

Download Josh Ritter's "Change of Time" here.Ritter's So the World Runs Away will be released May 4.... read more

Ten Great Pepsi Super Bowl Commercials From Years Past

By Rachel Bailey on 7:00 AM on February 8, 2010

Last night, for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Pepsi did not run an advertisement to promote its cola during the Super Bowl. The soft drink giant instead turned its ad dollars toward boostng its Refresh Everything project, through which Pepsi will distribute grants to worthy causes in fields such as education and health.... read more

Eleven Wimpy Sports Songs

By Rachael Maddux on 7:00 AM on February 7, 2010

Hey, the Super Bowl is tonight! read more

Ten February 2010 Albums Worth Checking Out

By Austin L. Ray on 7:00 AM on February 6, 2010

Welcome to February, everyone... read more

Download Cheap Trick's "Green Police"

By Paste Staff on 6:00 PM on February 5, 2010

Download Cheap Trick's "Green Police" here.The song will be featured in an Audi Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, Feb. 7.... read more

Preservation Hall w/Tom Waits, Jim James, Buddy Miller & More

By Josh Jackson on 4:08 PM on February 5, 2010

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle and others sound even better when backed by on the nation's finest jazz ensembles. read more

Download Free Energy's "Hope Child"

By Paste Staff on 12:30 PM on February 5, 2010

Download Free Energy's "Hope Child" here.Free Energy's Stuck on Nothing will be released March 9 (digitally) and May 4 (physical) on Astralwerks/DFA.... read more

Five Blogs That Should Be Italicized

By Rachel Dovey on 7:00 AM on February 5, 2010

The night was late, the pages of editing were piling up, and—as always happens when you’ve been staring at a bunch of black marks on the bleached surface of a pulverized tree for too long—the comma stopped making sense. In fact, most of those squiggles, lines and dots on the paper in front of me started to bleed together and take on a leering shape of their own like the T-rex in that old Magic Eye. That’s when I wondered aloud if blog titles were ever italicized, was told that they weren’t, decided that they should be and resolved to... read more

Download Hot Chip's "Take it In"

By Paste Staff on 1:00 PM on February 4, 2010

[Photo by Ricky Chapman]Download Hot Chip's "Take it In" here.Hot Chip's One Life Stand will be released Feb. 9 on Astralwerks.... read more

The 10 Best TV Finales of All Time

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on February 4, 2010

The 10 TV shows listed here bowed with grace. Here's hoping Lost was taking notes. read more

Download Ben + Vesper's "LuvInIdleness"

By Paste Staff on 3:45 PM on February 3, 2010

Download Ben + Vesper's "LuvInIdleness" here.Ben + Vesper's LuvInIdleness EP will be released Feb. 9 on Sounds Familyre.... read more

UnhappyHipsters.com (Awesome of the Day)

By Josh Jackson on 3:02 PM on February 3, 2010

It’s lonely in the modern world. At least, that’s the philosophy behind Unhappy Hipsters, a tumblr blog capturing the melancholy of urban design. The blog was started by two women, a writer and a graphic designer, who wish to remain anonymous.... read more

This Year's Five Most Egregious Oscar Snubs

By Michael Saba on 7:00 AM on February 3, 2010

The 2010 Academy Awards were just announced, which means film fans now have the opportunity to engage in their favorite annual pastime: complaining about and calling attention to the films overlooked by those nefarious Academy elites, ensconced as they are in their Star Chamber of film criticism. And no matter what kind of movies you’re particular to, there’s some grade-A grousing to be done about this year’s nominees.... read more

Download Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' "I Learned the Hard Way"

By Paste Staff on 5:30 PM on February 2, 2010

Download Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' "I Learned the Hard Way" here.Jones' I Learned the Hard Way will be released April 6 on Daptone.... read more

The Most Preposterous Snoop Dogg Headlines

By Nick Marino on 7:00 AM on February 2, 2010

Yesterday, a hilarious e-mail arrived in my inbox. The subject heading: “Snoop Dogg & Stormtroopers Invade the Streets of NYC to Launch the Adidas Originals X Star Wars Collection.”... read more

Download Yeasayer's "O.N.E."

By Paste Staff on 12:00 PM on February 1, 2010

Download Yeasayer's "O.N.E." here.Yeasayer's Odd Blood will be released Feb. 9 on Secretly Canadian.... read more

Scout Niblett -- The Calcination of Scout Niblett

By Andy Whitman on 11:44 AM on February 1, 2010

When you employ Tibetan singing bowl as a lead instrument, and when your drumming makes Meg White sound like Art Blakey, there is a chance that you will never duet with Beyonce on the Grammy Awards. So don’t look for Scout Niblett to show up on your TV screen anytime soon. ... read more

Five Reasons the Judge From Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian Will Keep You Up at Night

By Rachel Bailey on 7:00 AM on February 1, 2010

It took me over a year to finish reading Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 masterpiece, Blood Meridian. Those familiar with his other works, which include post-apocalyptic tome The Road and the chilling No Country for Old Men, both of which have been recently made into movies, shouldn’t have any trouble imagining why. McCarthy’s depiction of a fictionalized Glanton Gang raping, pillaging and murdering their way across the untamed American West is as merciless and unflinching as anything he’s ever written. Subjecting one’s mind to it is no easy task, and yet, with the pending Todd Field-directed film adaptation on the way, interested... read more