Thirteen Paste Best of What's Next Artists on Tour This Fall
Looking for some concerts to attend this fall? Look no further... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLollapalooza 2010 Photos Ft. The Strokes, Erykah Badu, Arcade Fire, Soundgarden, Many More
Photos by Sean Edgar read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsUnglued: Bands You Can't Google
Rumor has it that early-'00s rap-rock ensemble Linkin Park chose to spell its name all funny-like for a simple reason... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesThe xx, Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons Make Mercury Prize Shortlist
The coveted British album of the year award now awkwardly known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize has helped put artists like the Arctic Monkeys on the map. As The Guardian points out, the panel of British music critics who award the prize have “always made wildly idiosyncratic choices that often ignore the popular mood,” but sometimes these choices don’t seem so crazy two or three years after the fact. Case in point: the Arctic Monkeys, Elbow, Portishead.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe xx Announces Fall Tour, Gets Art Exhibit Treatment
Tonight, The xx kicks off a four-month, 14-country tour. In September, the band will link up with the all-female trio Warpaint for a final run of dates.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe xx, jj Photos - New York, NY - Webster Hall - 3/31/10
Last night, The xx and jj played Webster Hall. Paste was there... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsBest of What's Next: The xx
The friends from London's Elliott School formed a band before any of them... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBig Ears Fest Finalizes Lineup With Sufjan Stevens, Adrian Belew, Liturgy, More
The second annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. features an eclectic lineup for music fans who may not be able to make it to one of the bigger East/West coast festivals. The March 26-28 weekend will feature special performances, including the only planned live performance of Clogs’ The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton with guest vocalists Sufjan Stevens and Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National. The festival will also mark punk anarchist band The Ex’s the first performance below the Mason-Dixon line.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCMJ 2009: Alec Ounsworth, YACHT, The XX, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Roadside Graves and More
Over the course of a properly executed CMJ Music Marathon, the participant will begin to believe that all life occurs in a dingy-bar basement, sustenance equals falafel stands, and that a 9-to-5-er cares about the plight of an orange lanyard-clad nimwit who attends concerts around the clock but can’t be bothered to charge their cell phone. Credit YACHT for a dose of alternative unreality to skew the focus yet again during a Thursday that also featured essential indie blog Aquarium Drunkard’s well-curated showcase, the XX at the Apple Store, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s frontman breaking loose, and Cymbals Eat... read more
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