Photos: New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013 - Weekend One
Check out Photographer Mark C. Austin's photos from the fest's first weekend of 2013, and stay tuned for more coverage as the legendary event continues. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsThe 15 Best Radiohead Covers
So far this year, Radiohead has unexpectedly released its eighth album, unintentionally launched a viral mash-up video trend, entered into the newspaper business, released a Record Store Day 12" and announced a full-album BBC broadcast of the new record. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBen Harper, John Mayer, Tricky Contribute to New INXS Album
INXS will release Original Sin on Jan. 11, 2011. The album will be the first collaboration with the group and their original manager, CM Murphy, in over a decade. It’ll feature the band teaming up with a bevy of guest stars to re-imagine some classic INXS hits.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSixteen Comedians, Musicians and Actors to Follow on Tumblr
No, we're not talking the NonSociety.com, fameballing type Tumblr celebrities... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBattle of the Bad: John Mayer vs. Phil Collins
We don’t spend a lot of time at Paste randomly hating on bands—“Signs of Life” and all that. But I made the comment in the office yesterday that I thought John Mayer was the new Phil Collins. I’ll admit both have their merits. Collins had Genesis, and Mayer has his mad guitar chops and the Trio (not to mention Decatur, Ga., roots and the good sense to take The Avett Brothers on tour). But the debate that followed was intense and, sadly, involved much playing of Mayer and Collins songs. So I took the question to my Twitter and Facebook... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityFive Tweets, Tweeters and Trending Topics That Will Be Anthologized In 2100
As we reported last week, the Library of Congress is planning on collecting every 140-character rant, musing and drunken Twitpic ever fumbled into cyberspace in its new Tweet Archive. We don’t know what such a thing will look like, but we imagine it’s not exactly the 2-D equivalent of the photo to the right—after all, the social networking site is less Wordsworthian daffodil poetry and more Kardashian menstrual overshares. But with our tweets being preserved for posterity, it’s inevitable that they will eventually be anthologized, or at least uploaded into Norton Anthology iBooks. Here then, are the Silicon Valley site’s... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Avett Brothers Join John Mayer On Tour
Paste has had a long running love-affair with The Avett Brothers’ unique brand of rowdy Americana. While many devotees lamented their Rick Rubin-produced album I and Love and You, we lauded them for their ginormous, pendulous testicles. Now, the fellas are joining John Mayer as special guests on his Battle Studies tour for some late-summer dates. Tickets for the shows go on sale April 17 via LiveNation.com.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAllman Brothers, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow to Perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
On June 26 in Chicago’s Toyota Park, around 30 musical acts will gather for Eric Clapton’s third Crossroads Guitar Festival. “I do it because I want to hear these players…it’s a selfish thing,” Clapton told Rolling Stone. “I can go to one place and hear all of my favorite musicians in one day.” So far, confirmed performers include the Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow and B.B. King.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJohn Mayer: Battle Studies
Mayer’s eclectic musicianship almost makes up for pensive poetry Battle Studies marks the fourth release for John Mayer, who enters an arena of high-riding hopes after the soul-spilling Contiuum that graduated him to the lofty ranks of someone who could shred a six-string alongside B.B. King or Eric Clapton. Mayer’s albums were maturing one after the other, combining electric blues and clever songwriting, but he takes a few steps back with the lovelorn Battle Studies, a superficial meditation on the jagged down-slope of a relationship—the romantic blitzkrieg that recalls, among other genres, his early acoustic sound on Room for Squares.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsUpcoming John Mayer Video Puts Fans in Midst of "Heartbreak Warfare" with Augmented Reality Technology
As a musician worth following on Twitter, John Mayer is quite used to interacting with fans on a regular basis. However, a new music video will bring fans closer to the singer-songwriter than ever before.... read more
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