Paste's St. Patrick's Day Playlist
Dump loads of green dye into your local river, get gussied up in an overwhelming amount of green apparel, drink your weight in Guinness, regret that decision tomorrow morning and pop on this playlist: It's Saint Patrick's Day! Even if you aren't Irish, chances are you know someone who is, and it would be selfish not to celebrate their heritage, so we're here to help. Today is all about Irish beverages (car bombs, Guinness, Jameson), the color green, luckiness, shamrocks, general Irish pride, and of course, music about all of the above. Maybe that's not all today is about, but... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistThe Ten Cutest Babies On Album Covers Ever
Weird smells, non-verbal communication and other peoples' feces kind of freak me out, so I'm not the biggest fan of babies. Babies' one redeeming quality, so far as I can see, is their collective capacity for unbridled cuteness. If I don't have to hold them while such cuteness is happening, all the better! This makes album covers featuring babies especially ideal: You get the best part of the babies without actually having to be in the same room as them! And you get music! Bonus. There are a whole lot of album covers featuring babies (here is an incredibly comprehensive... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMorrissey: Years of Refusal
Only a few months shy of his 50th birthday... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSix Albums to Get Excited About in 2009
When I wrote my Five Movies to Get Excited About in 2009 list a couple weeks ago, ostensibly, I was providing a reader service. But really, I was getting as pumped up about those movies as anyone reading that post. In fact, I'm listening to Ready to Die right now, looking forward to taking in a showing of Notorious this weekend. Looking forward to stuff is fun, and it makes actually experiencing said stuff just that much more awesome (or, alternately, disappointing).Editing the news section of PasteMagazine.com also gets me hyped about forthcoming albums on a daily basis. From big... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMorrissey can't refuse new album, spring U.S. tour
Steven Patrick Morrissey—lyrical genius, fashion plate, vegetarian mouthpiece, cantankerous interview subject, Smiths braintrust, spotty solo artist and all-around provocateur—will release a new album in 2009, hitting the road soon after for a string of shows in the U.S. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Smiths deny Coachella 2009 reunion rumors
The tradition of the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. reuniting bands is now legendary. As the story goes, the festival organizers were having a hard time getting a headlining band in 2001, so they found a friend to convince Jane's Addiction to get back together and play. Since then, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Pixies, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Rage Against the Machine, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine have all rejoined for the festival.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRock ’N’ Roll Animal: Five notable moments in cross-species collaboration
Recently in the Paste office, we received a press release about an Oct. 6 event called Gimme Shelter, which will feature Debbie Harry, Moby and Earl Greyhound, and which was described as a “concert benefiting NYC’s at-risk animals.” Being dog-owners ourselves, we were moved by the whole idea—moved, that is, to commemorate Gimme Shelter with a list of other significant collaborations between musicians and animals. We’re sure we missed some good ones. Add yours in the comments. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VMorrissey drops single, preps album, headlines fest
All you need is not love, apparently, but Morrissey, who sways with a tambourine in the music video for his latest single, "All You Need Is Me," hitting #24 on UK charts this week... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMorrissey kicks off European tour tonight, readies Hits
Good news, Morrissey fans! Or, to be more exact: Good news, Morrissey fans who live in the UK (or who don't mind ponying up some of those weak American dollars for an import)! The Mozfather, fresh off his recent scuffle with Brit-rag NME, has showered his fervent acolytes with not one, but three big announcements. First and foremost, the avowed animal-lover and racism-hater (also, #57 on Paste's list of the 100 best living songwriters) will wassail across France, England and Scotland this winter in the weeks leading up to the UK release of his Greatest Hits on Polydor/Decca. When... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe gloves come off in Morrissey vs. NME spat
Uh-oh. It looks like we have another headline-monopolizing U.K. tabloid dust-up on our hands. And this one involves two of the biggest entities in Britain's music universe: Morrissey and the NME. The only way this row could get any bigger would be if Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen picked sides on the issue. Stay tuned for that next week. In the meantime, let's get you caught up on all the details. The feud between the Moz and the magazine concerns an interview published in the new NME, entitled "Has the World Changed or Has He Changed?" In the story, Morrissey... read more
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