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Sennheiser & Paste Present The Stages on Sixth During SXSW

We're thrilled to present the line-up for this year's Sennheiser & Paste Present The Stages on Sixth, our eighth annual party during the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, March 14-16.  read more

of Montreal, Blitzen Trapper, Built to Spill to Play Treefort Music Festival

Treefort started a an idea to help find a way to bridge the gap of quality cities to play between the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest for touring bands. It’s also a way to introduce the nation’s music community to the landmark venues in the budding music community. The festival will implement four established venues as well as a main stage built in a parking lot in the vibrant downtown area of the city.  read more

Video Premiere: Blitzen Trapper - "Taking It Easy Too Long"

Blitzen Trapper's "Taking It Easy Too Long," off their sixth studio album, provides nectar for the youthful. But youth is not necessarily transposable for young, as the Portland, Ore. natives continues to remain authentic to their roots even after a decade of brewing music. Their consistent Americana sound crafted over their past five albums has not been abandoned and with good reason--it is their sound, their honey, their identifier.  read more

Blitzen Trapper Releases Tour Video

Yesterday Blitzen Trapper uploaded Episode 0, (yes, zero) of “The Album Release” on their youtube channel. The minute and a half documentary shows behind the scenes montages of their Fall 2011 North American Tour. Shot on what we project is the convenient 8mm Vintage Camera iPhone App, the boys are followed in parks, eating meals, and signing walls along with a slur of other engaging activities.  read more

The 25 Best Paste Live Videos of 2011

From inside a historic military fort to on board a Ferris Wheel, from the shores of Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico to our offices in Decatur, Ga., we captured hundreds of videos. Here are our 25 favorites.  read more

The 50 Best Songs of 2011

Every day between now and New Year’s Eve, we’ll be looking back at the best music and pop culture of 2011. Yesterday we looked at The 50 Best Albums of the Year. Today we narrow that in to particular songs. One thing I noticed filling out my own ballot was that while I tend to shy away from glossier pop, I’m still a sucker for a good hook and a joyful chorus. Looking through the final list, it seems I’m not alone.  read more

Ten Current Artists Celebrating Bob Moog's Legacy

Last weekend, bands came from all over to pay tribute to a name that is synonymous with most synthesized sounds: Robert Moog. Although Moog died in 2005, his legacy is still carried on in the products he championed starting in the late 1960s.   read more

Blitzen Trapper Performs at the 2008 Noise Pop Festival

Watch Blitzen Trapper's entire 19-song performance from the 2008 Noise Pop Music Festival, largely featuring tracks from their 2007 album Wild Mountain Nation.  read more

Blitzen Trapper: Stories to Tell

In his senior year of college, math/physics major Eric Earley was overcome by a strange hallucination. Suffering a nasty fever, he was plagued by visions of a terrifying winged creature trying desperately to break into his apartment.   read more

Paste mPlayer Issue 11 Is Live!

Everybody has a story. And this week, we were a little spoiled for choice on which ones to tell. When we compile our favorite albums of the year, no week is likely to be better represented than this one, with albums from the likes of Girls, St. Vincent, Blitzen Trapper, Mates of State, Laura Marling and Carrie Brownstein’s new band Wild Flag all getting significant airplay in the Paste office....  read more