2011 Fun Fun Fun Fest Day One Photos

By Paste News at 3:17 PM on November 5, 2011

Check out Mike White's photos from day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas. The festival, now in its sixth year, boasts an impressive four stages and a formidable lineup that includes Spoon, Public Enemy, Passion Pit and many more.  read more

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Girls Impresses at SXSW '09

By Paste Staff at 3:45 PM on September 13, 2011

While Christopher Owens didn't plan for Girls to be successful, they quickly began building a buzz around San Francisco with their energetic live shows and infectious, golden melodies. Check out an early performance form the band at SXSW in 2009.  read more

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The Five Most Influential College Towns

By Carey Hodges at 1:23 PM on June 3, 2011

What are some of the most successful college towns when it comes to sending music out into the world? Here are our favorite five.  read more

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Echotone Review

By Tim Basham at 8:28 AM on May 16, 2011

Director: Nathan Christ Cinematographer: Robert L. Garza Stars: Black Joe Lewis, Bill Baird, Ghostland Observatory, Cari Palazzolo Studio/Running Time: Reversal Films, 90 mins. Austin, Texas, shamelessly labels itself as the “Live Music Capital of the World”, a moniker validated by annual events like SXSW and the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and the seemingly limitless number of live music venues about town. But unbeknownst to most outsiders, Austin continuously wages wars within those city limits, with music as its battleground. Echotone beautifully examines those battles by neither condemning nor sensationalizing but by letting the city speak through its inhabitants....  read more

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Dinosaur Bones' Food Tour Diary

By Dinosaur Bones at 5:15 PM on April 26, 2011

On the way to Austin for SXSW, the members of Canadian band Dinosaur Bones kept a food diary for Paste. Listen to their track “Royalty” from the band’s new album My Divider (and download it hereRoyalty.mp3) while their restaurant diary makes your mouth water....  read more

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Best of What's Next: TV Torso

By Max Blau at 8:36 AM on April 20, 2011

This Texas quartet has nailed down a unified sound--one that channels the infectious energy, warm gritty touch and weird Austin flavor that fellow hometown rockers Spoon have long possessed.   read more

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The 12 Best Films of SXSW 2011

By Tim Basham and Michael Dunaway at 8:30 AM on March 24, 2011

SXSW has grown into much more than just a music festival. Interactive attendees outnumbered the Music crowd for the first time ever, and Film continues to attract great talent. Here are 10 narrative films that caught our attention this year....  read more

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Paste's 100 Bands At SXSW

By Max Blau at 2:30 PM on March 16, 2011

One Paste intern sets out to live-review and photograph 100 bands in six days.   read more

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Bill Callahan, TV Torso, Many More Featured on Austin Music Volume 10

By Tim Basham at 11:32 AM on March 1, 2011

Austin, Texas has just released its very own album last week to welcome the thousands of visitors expected for this month’s SXSW. The Bright Social Hour, The Trishas, Bill Callahan and Sahara Smith are a few of the artists representing the Live Music Capital of the World on Austin Music Volume 10. The CD and vinyl version of the record will also be available during the festival or at AustinTexas.org....  read more

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Best of What's Next: Oh No Oh My

By Nathan Spicer at 10:00 AM on January 11, 2011

“My life has become a lot more complicated, and I think our music reflects that.”   read more

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