Mastodon Unveils Custom Vans, Paste Demands More Musical Product Endorsements

If you thought that custom edition Vans were strictly the purview of pop-punk bands, think twice. Think three times if you need to. An ad from this month's issue of Decibel (pictured above) shows a pair of Vans emblazoned with the man-deer-demon from the cover of Mastodon's 2006 tour-de-rock, Blood Mountain. Now you'll have some very metal footwear for your own epic quest to find the Crystal Skull. No word yet on whether the deer skull will be included or if it's one of those pre-order promo dealies....  read more

Paste presents An Indie Rock Alphabet Book

We're proud to announce Paste's first foray into book publishing...  read more

David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Gillian Welch, The National, Feist, many more contribute to Dark Was the Night comp

Today is World AIDS Day. Appropriately enough, it's also the day that the line-up was revealed for Dark Was the Night, a compilation release which will benefit AIDS/HIV awareness group, The Red Hot Organization....  read more

Fifteen reasons to buy the new Belle & Sebastian set

The great Scottish twee-pop band Belle & Sebastian has just released The BBC Sessions, a 14-track set dating from 1996 to 2001. The superfans among us will find it well worth the money to spring for the deluxe edition, which includes a 12-song bonus disc recorded in Belfast around Christmastime in 2001. While the twee-est of the twee might wonder why Stuart Murdoch and company would bother releasing a BBC compilation without including their 2002 John Peel holiday set, there are at least 15 good reasons to set aside those gripes and give the new album a great big hug....  read more