Watch Mumford & Sons, Dawes Cover The Beatles

By Shaina Pearlman at 2:00 PM on August 20, 2012

On Aug. 16 Mumford & Sons performed at the Chicago Theatre to celebrate WXRT’s 40th Anniversary. During the encore, the band was joined by opening act Dawes for a crowd-pleasing cover of The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends.”...  read more

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12 Newport Acts Share Their Favorite Folk Songs

By Max Blau at 8:15 AM on July 26, 2012

We asked 12 different acts playing Newport Folk Festival this upcoming weekend to share their favorite traditional folk songs.  read more

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Live From Hangout: Dawes

By Max Blau at 10:30 AM on July 17, 2012

As Dawes continues to tour behind Nothing Is Wrong--one of our favorite albums of 2011--the Los Angeles-based band joined us on the beach for a two-song session at Hangout Music Fest.   read more

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Dylan Fest Lineup Includes Members of The Strokes, Dawes, Delta Spirit

By Kristen Blanton at 11:36 AM on April 30, 2012

Irving Plaza, New York Cities popular venue, has announced it will host Dylan Fest on May 24 -25 in celebration for Dylan's 71st birthday... "A night to get drunk and celebrate the music of Bob Dylan," the website. Ticket prices begin at $25.00 and will include the likes of Fabrizio Morettie (The Strokes), Tayloer and Griffin Goldsmith (Dawes), Ryan Miller (Guster), Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte and Matt Vasquez (Delta Spirit) covering Dylan classics.   read more

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Watch Dawes' Cameo on Parenthood

By Adam Vitcavage at 4:03 PM on February 8, 2012

Dawes is playing themselves, so it wasn’t too much of a stretch. In fact, they just stand their awkwardly interacting with the guy who used to run around with Ashton Kutcher punking people.  read more

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Dawes Set to Make Cameo on NBC's Parenthood

By Adam Vitcavage at 12:41 PM on February 7, 2012

Dawes will be making their acting debut when the quartet appears on NBC’s Parenthood tonight. The group is the target of Adam and Crosby’s (Peter Krause and Dax Shepard) company as prospective clients.  read more

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Hangout Festival Announces 2012 Lineup

By Hilary Saunders at 6:01 AM on February 7, 2012

For just its third year of business, coastal Alabama’s Hangout Festival is looking pretty awesome. While we already reported that Jack White will take one of the headlining slots, the fest just announced much of the rest of its 2012 linup, a pretty indie-rock centric affair.   read more

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Album Stream: Harriet - Tell the Right Story

By Tyler Kane at 10:00 AM on January 24, 2012

For Harriet’s Alex Casnoff, formerly the pianist for PAPA and Dawes, it wasn’t an album, poetry or even music that inspired his band’s debut EP, Tell the Right Story. Instead, Casnoff drew from directors and screenwriters for the songs that would end up on the disc:  read more

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Catching Up With Harriet's Alex Casnoff

By Tyler Kane at 1:25 PM on January 20, 2012

Harriet, the band fronted by former Dawes and PAPA pianist Alex Casnoff, is set to release their debut EP on Jan. 31. The band — which is made up of Casnoff, guitarist Adam Gunther, bassist Aaron Folb and drummer Henry Kwapis — came together after Casnoff wrote most of the songs that appear on Tell the Right Story.   read more

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The 25 Best Paste Live Videos of 2011

By Max Blau at 8:45 AM on December 23, 2011

From inside a historic military fort to on board a Ferris Wheel, from the shores of Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico to our offices in Decatur, Ga., we captured hundreds of videos. Here are our 25 favorites.  read more

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