Austin L. Ray's Greatest Hits: The Paste Years, Volume 1
Or: Some Retrospective Navel Gazing From Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed So, this is my final List of the Day for Paste. This is also my final full-time week with the publication, and while I’m excited to be moving on to new things, it’s going to be weird not editing the majority of the content on this site, writing a list every week, poring over reader feedback, running meetings with interns and doing all the myriad things I’ve grown so accustomed to doing over the past five years.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThose Darlins, Strange Boys, Gentleman Jesse Photos - Atlanta, GA - The EARL - 9/9/10
The triple-bill played two nights in Atlanta, and Paste's Tim Song was there... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsOblivians, Best Coast, King Khan, Many More Awesome Bands to Play Scion Garage Fest
Scion AV is hosting a fantastic-looking garage-rock festival in Lawrence, Kan. on Oct. 2.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThose Darlins, Strange Boys, Gentleman Jesse Announce Tour
The three young acts will play a series of dates in the south and on the east coast in September... read more
Found in: Music, NewsReigning Sound, Gentleman Jesse, Bad Sports, Many More to Play Atlanta Mess Around 2010
Last year, when asked by Paste why people should attend the inaugural Atlanta Mess Around festival, Rob’s House Records founder Trey Lindsay responded, “They should go because it’ll be the last chance (until we do it again next year).”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology… from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond
It's hard to say exactly where it started, but The Beatles and The Byrds often get the most credit for starting the enduring subgenre that's come to be known as jangle pop. Of course, The Searchers and even The Everly Brothers were laying the foundations before them... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBest of What's Next 2009: Gentleman Jesse [Musician]
![Best of What's Next 2009: Gentleman Jesse [Musician]](http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2009/08/10/gentjesthumb.jpg?1249922154)
Hometown: Atlanta Album: Introducing Gentlemen Jesse For Fans Of: Elvis Costello, The Nerves, Exploding HeartsAfter countless live shows and releases with myriad other bands over the last 15 years, Jesse Smith has finally found an act that resonates with the people. Just don’t tell his father Gentleman Jesse is that act. “My dad was a drummer, so he still holds on to Some Soviet Station as being the best band I’ve ever been in. Our drummer kicked ass, and I think [my dad] only paid attention to the drummer,” Smith says, laughing. “I’m like, ‘Dad, don’t you notice I’m lifting... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWe Fun is Fun: 10 Reasons to Love the Atlanta Rock Doc
Over the course of the last seven days, Atlanta rock 'n' roll documentary We Fun was available for viewing as Pitchfork TV's "One Week Only" feature. But fret not if you missed it; your friends at Paste are here to help. See below for merely 10 reasons why We Fun is worth 72 minutes of your life. And if you live in Oxford, Miss., be apprised that the film will be screening at The Lyric Theatre on June 1. More news is expected from the We Fun camp soon. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySXSW 2009: Day Four Photos ft. PJ Harvey, Bun B, Gentleman Jesse, White Lies, The Rosebuds and more
Photos taken by Jonathan Jackson (Harvey, Bun B, Kidz, White Lies), Eric Ryan Anderson (Romantica, Bird/Bee, Rosebuds) and Mike White (Gentleman Jesse, Modern Skirts, Octopus) at SXSW... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSeventeen Songs By Which To Snack
Food and music are the two great loves of most people I know. Strangely, though, there seem to be very few songs written about food, perhaps because people are too busy eating it-- or, if you're Tina Fey, working it into the plotlines of your amazing and wonderful and hilarious television show-- to sing about it. Hmm. Doesn't seem fair. While you're pondering this, take a bite out of these 17 songs I've cobbled (mmm, cobbler!) together, all with titles referencing food or related to the consumption thereof, most of which aren't actually about food or the consumption thereof, but... read more
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