The Postal Service’s Audition Tapes

By Tyler Kane at 10:35 AM on March 5, 2013

You wouldn’t believe what producer Jimmy Tamborello went through to find his Ben Gibbard.   read more

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Watch Ben Gibbard on The Colbert Report

By Mark Rozeman at 11:09 AM on January 11, 2013

While he may not be confirming the rumored Postal Service reunion just yet, Ben Gibbard nevertheless brought his A-game to The Colbert Report last night.  read more

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Watch Aimee Mann, Loudon Wainwright III in First Pleased to Meet Me Trailer

By Tyler Kane at 12:40 PM on November 17, 2012

Film follows aging rocker Pete Jones pulling collaborators from the classifieds.  read more

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Paste's Top 5 Music Videos of the Week

By Josh Jackson at 6:38 PM on September 21, 2012

We count down our favorite new videos of the week, TRL-style.  read more

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Aimee Mann: Pop Song as Pathology

By Stephen M. Deusner at 9:12 AM on September 20, 2012

It’s hard to imagine Aimee Mann vegging out on the couch in yoga pants and flip-flops and watching cheesy reality TV.  read more

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Aimee Mann: Charmer

By Steve LaBate at 12:48 PM on September 19, 2012

This album is full of horrible, heartbreaking things. Things that happen not just to bad people but good people, too. Of course, by the time a few of Charmer’s songs have passed by, the lines between good and bad become so blurred that the infinite subjective becomes the only rational paradigm.  read more

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Watch Jon Hamm, Jon Wurster in Aimee Mann's “Labrador” Video

By Brian Tremml at 1:15 PM on September 18, 2012

Aimee Mann has released a new video for her song “Labrador,” starring Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and Superchunk’s Jon Wurster. The release comes in conjunction with Mann’s newest LP, Charmer, which was also released today via Superego Records....  read more

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Ben Gibbard to Release Solo Album

By Patty Miranda at 12:12 PM on July 17, 2012

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard announced today that he will take on a decidedly more formal name—Benjamin Gibbard—as a moniker for his first full-length solo LP, Former Lives....  read more

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Listen to Aimee Mann's New Single "Charmer"

By Nicole Oran at 11:30 AM on June 25, 2012

Aimee Mann is set to release her eighth studio album, Charmer, on Sept. 18. The title track, which made its debut today by Rolling Stone, is a departure for Mann with its more upbeat, pop sound....  read more

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The 20 Best Songs Written for Movies

By Sean Gandert at 6:41 PM on April 1, 2012

The release of The Hunger Games film and its accompanying soundtrack, including original tracks from artists as diverse as The Arcade Fire and Taylor Swift, had us thinking about the long history of pop music written specifically for movies.  read more

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