Pearl Jam, Jim Carrey, Vampire Weekend, Oh My: Video Clips of Conan O'Brien's Finest Tour Guests
Everyone’s favorite gangly ginger funnyman with a penchant for string-dancing (Conan O’Brien, in case we lost you there) made a lot of famous friends during his 16-year stint as the host of NBC’s Late Night, and he’s putting them all to good use. Throughout his “Legally Prohibitied From Being Funny On Television Tour,” O’Brien invited actors, comedians, musical guests and one boxer to help him out. Below are but a few of the highlights:... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsThe 20 Greatest Music-Video Cameos of All Time
Record labels may not be shelling out the same massive music-video budgets they once did. But just because they've migrated from TV screen to computer screen doesn't mean we've lost the fine art of the Music-Video Cameo. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySasquatch! 2010 Announces Schedule
Heading to George, Wash. for the Sasquatch! 2010 Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend? Well, it’s time to pull out a pen/highlighter/smartphone and draft your itinerary. This year’s Sasquatch! lineup lineup boasts notable acts like Pavement, Vampire Weekend and MGMT, in addition to The National, LCD Soundsystem and My Morning Jacket. The festival kicks off this Saturday at noon with Los Angeles-based Dawes, according to the hour-by-hour schedule, and will end with Boys Noize taking the Yeti stage at 10 p.m. on Monday.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsVampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls Tour Together
After a summer of festival dates, mostly in Europe, Vampire Weekend are merging with Sub Poppers Beach House and Dum Dum Girls for a tour that stretches into the fall. The trek will kick off in Vancouver and make its way across the north, finishing off with three days in New York’s Radio City Music Hall and a date in Los Angeles. One of the three New York shows has already sold out.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTwilight: Eclipse Soundtrack to Feature Beck, Muse, Vampire Weekend, Many More
We named The Twilight Saga’s New Moon soundtrack, which featured 15 tracks of eerie introspection performed by Thom Yorke, St. Vincent and Bon Iver and Grizzly Bear (to name a few), one of the best of the decade.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsVampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij Announces Side Project
Vampire Weekend’s multi-instrumentalist/singer Rostam Batmanglij (pictured far right) has a new side project in the works.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella 2010 Photos: Vampire Weekend, Faith No More, Pavement, Gorillaz, More
Many of music's finest descended upon the California desert this weekend. Paste was there... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsBeck, Julian Casablancas, Grizzly Bear, Many More Contribute to Hear to Help Haiti Album
Filter and American Eagle Outfitters have teamed up to raise funds for the ongoing Haitian relief effort. The magazine and clothing company brought together a long list of artists for a compilation album entitled Hear to Help, available exclusively at AE stores and at AE.com.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch the New Vampire Weekend Video Featuring RZA, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon and a Jonas Brother
The video for Vampire Weekend’s “Giving Up the Gun” was just released on Spinner. For the clip, the fellas recruited RZA, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon and Joe Jonas to act as players in a rather odd tennis match.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBig 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
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