Watch the Video for Björk's "Moon"
Icelandic singer-songwriter and all around eclectic pop star Björk has released a new music video for her song "Moon", off of her upcoming album Biophilia, which is due for release next month on October 10. The album has been described by the singer as a multimedia collection, ""encompassing music, apps, internet, installations, and live shows". read more
Found in: Music, News, Shop TalkEight Shifts in Musical Style That Worked
Evolution is a natural phenomenon, one that applies to music as well as biology. Unless you're as ultra-consistent as AC/DC or the Foo Fighters, it’s pretty common for a band to somewhat change its style over time—for better or worse. Here are eight, who like a fine wine, got better with time, thanks in part to a huge stylistic progression. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBjörk Song Used in Solar System iPad App
Björk has always been known for her otherworldly sound, so it’s fitting that one of her new compositions appears in an iPad app called “Solar System." The app was developed by Touch Press and Faber & Faber and written by best-selling author Marcus Chown.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsFive Commonly-Mispronounced Musical Names
Today, Sufjan Stevens releases The Age of Adz, the last word of which is pronounced “odds.” In tribute to this time-honored tradition of difficult-to-pronounce musical names, below are five of our favorites. (By the way, it’s Soof-Yawn, not Suf-Jan.)... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBjörk Featured on Antony and the Johnsons's "Flétta"
Icelandic icon Björk soars through the single from Antony and co.’s fourth release Swanlights. Ironic album name?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDirty Projectors/Björk Collaboration EP Coming This Week
No, we didn’t expect to ever write those words either.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMichel Gondry and Björk Unveil...Scientific Musical?
After the news that Björk and Michel Gondry were teaming up again, we made some predictions as to what their new, “very undefined” project might be. Turns out, we were pretty wrong.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSo, What are Björk and Michel Gondry Up To?
Gondry calls the pair's forthcoming project "very undefined." Luckily, Paste has a few predictions... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsUnglued: Remembrances of Björk's Past
“Because Iceland is really just one big family, it’s simply annoying to go around asking Icelanders if they’ve met Björk... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesClassic Paste: The Best of Issues 16-18 (June - November 2005)
(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)Next week, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't yet support a full staff. Back then, we were in our... read more
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