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NPR Streams Björk's Voltaic Box Set
Iceland isn't a monarchy, but they have a queen nonetheless. Two years after the well-received release of Volta, Björk will release a new box set. Voltaic hits shelves tomorrow (June 30), but if you aren't ready to throw down the cash, you can check out the music online, thanks to NPR.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBjörk releasing CD/DVD/Vinyl Package, Voltaic
If you dug on Björk's critically praised album Volta, prepare yourself for a full-on Björkasm.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSalute Your Shorts: The Music Videos of Michel Gondry
Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.In its short history as a quasi-medium, music videos have produced a fair amount of directors-to-watch, from Anton Corbijn to David Fincher, but rarely has it been a place for artists to grow into maturity. For the most part, when a video director has moved onto bigger (not necessarily better) new things the videos point to their later interests but don’t really follow them. This is only natural, considering that you can’t tell what kind... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesMichel Gondry DVD to feature Rolling Stones, Radiohead
In a new DVD compilation, Michel Gondry shows once again that he can be a great music-video director as much as a visionary full-length film director. Gondry has directed music videos for Beck, Rolling Stones, Radiohead and Björk, using live animation and low-tech special effects. Among the quirky videos in the compilation, Radiohead's "Knives Out" and Michael Andrews and Gary Jules' "Mad World."... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsNIN, Coldplay, Björk, more craft April Fool's Day gags
April Fool's Day is no longer just about telling your family you are getting married or phone calls announcing you've just won an all-expenses paid trip to Nowheresville; it's about bands and the fake news they put up on the good old Internet. On April 1, it's hard to believe everything you see around the web, and bands are taking it to another level. Here are a few of the best music-related pieces of faux-news Paste found today.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPaste's Signs of Spring Playlist: Running
There are many signals that usher in the changing of the seasons (celestial equinoxes, changing sleeve lengths, authoritative groundhogs), but the big tell will always be the absence or presence of outdoor exercisers. Here at Paste, we can tell it's springtime, not from the pollen that covers Atlanta in a frustrating yellow layer, but rather the spandex-clad runners who fill the sidewalks and our side-view mirrors. Atlantan runners, joggers and walkers serve a dual purpose: They remind us that the chill is over and that it's never to late to start that New Year's resolution. Then again, they could just... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistBjörk releases charity single "Nattura" with Thom Yorke
Björk is many, many things, but one thing she is not is boring. The Icelandic songbird has been occupying her time recently with helping come up with a fix for the sinking economy in her native country. Eerily paralleling our own problems here in the States, the Icelandic economy has crumbled under the weight of debt and skyrocketing prices, leading to the governmental takeover of banks.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRadiohead's In Rainbows sells three million copies
Many were baffled when Radiohead announced its "pay what you want" deal in 2007 for the band's seventh studio album In Rainbows. But the unconventional release model wasn't just a gift to fans and music lovers across the globe; it was a brilliant marketing strategy.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDave Stewart performs live, signs books and shows off photography in NYC this week
Dave Stewart, founding member of The Tourists and one half of Eurythmics, will engage with nearly every artistic medium imaginable this week with a live performance at The Highline Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, a book signing and photography exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 18th, and a Good Morning America appearance thrown in Wednesday a.m. for good fun.... read more
Found in: Local:NYCDaydream Nation
It’s a Tuesday night at 2Kolegas, a squat, rundown bar at the edge of an anachronistic drive-in movie theater. In a joint packed with local denizens and cigarette smoke, it’s a crush to find standing room, much less a deep breath. Tonight’s bill includes... read more
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