Press Record with Paul Kolderie and Ed Ackerson: Episode One - How to Record Guitar at Home
Recording music is a delicate process, but it’s doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get a great sound. With the right technique, you can get the same sound recording from home as you would from a studio. To find that technique, Paste teamed up with Orange Amps to get recording advice from two industry pros. The first, Paul Kolderie, has likely made his way into most music lovers’ record collections several times over by recording albums for The Pixies, Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr. and countless other industry giants. Ed Ackerson is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who owns and operates Flowers... read more
Found in: Featured VideosReplacements Reunite to Record Covers EP
It marks the first time the band has recorded together since 2006. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSong Premiere: Bright Little Fields - "We're Coming Out" (Replacements Tribute)
What are two things that don’t seem like they belong together? How about ‘80s underground rock band The Replacements and a ukulele? Somehow, Nashville band Bright Little Fields have managed to combine these two unlikely items and turn them into a truly entertaining tribute.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioFormer Replacements Members Collaborate On Slim Dunlap Benefit Track
After years of Replacements reunion rumors, fans will have a brief relief: Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson announced they will be collaborating for an upcoming benefit track.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 80 Best Albums of the 1980s
The 1980s might conjure up images of leg warmers, parachute pants, moonwalking, Flock of Seagulls haircuts and any number of John Hughes movies. But looking back at the decade’s best albums, those years were extremely diverse. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCrate Digger: The Replacements Stink Some More
The Replacements The Shit Hits the Fans (Twin Tone, 1984) It’s a fairly common rock ‘n’ roll tale (I think): kid gets caught bootlegging concert, engineer confiscates tape and delivers it to band, band listens to tape, likes it, and considers releasing it legitimately. That’s basically what happened with the Maxell XL II-S cassette Replacements soundman Bill Mack swiped from some poor schlub at the Bowery in Oklahoma City, OK, on the chilly evening of November 11, 1984. The twist in this version, however, is that the performance in question wasn’t very good—80% of the Replacements’ lethargic, tuneless set that... read more
Found in: Blogs, CrawdaddyFan-Based Replacements Documentary Set To Debut Later This Month
Color Me Obsessed, a documentary about Minneapolis cult-rockers The Replacements, will debut later this month. Rather than entirely focusing on the band itself, director Gorman Bechard takes a different approach, emphasizing the impact that the band has had on many of its diehard fans.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTed Leo, St. Vincent, Wye Oak to Play Our Band Could Be Your Life Concert
Ted Leo, Wye Oak and St. Vincent are among the acts that have teamed up to perform in the Our Band Could Be Your Life Concert.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsA Million Miles From Paradise City: Tommy Stinson Goes to Haiti
Like many musicians, Tommy Stinson—bassist for The Replacements and Guns N’ Roses—gave some money to Red Cross in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake earlier this year. But for him, it didn’t seem like enough. read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesTen Bands We'd Really Love to See Reunited
Last weekend, The Libertines reunited at the Reading and Leeds festivals in England, which got us thinking: If Pete Doherty and Carl Barat can put aside their differences, why can't some of our other favorite groups bury the hatchet? read more
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