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Win Some Shoes Autographed by The National, Yo La Tengo, The Jesus Lizard and 47 Other Bands

By Justin Jacobs on 4:30 PM on November 6, 2009

If you a) like indie rock, b) spend at least some portion of your day walking and c) are a generally good person who cares about others, then boy, have we got some news for you. Currently available via eBay auction are a pair of Saucony Original sneakers autographed by no fewer than 50 of today’s best musicians in independent music.... read more

Found in: Culture, News

Austin City Limits 2009 Day One Photos Ft. Avett Brothers, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, YYYs and More

By Austin L. Ray on 5:00 PM on October 5, 2009

[Above: The Avett Brothers]Photos taken by Jason McElweenie at ACL 2009... read more

Found in: Blogs, 1000 Words

Pitchfork Music Festival 2009: Do You Realize??

By Gavin Paul on 3:07 AM on July 21, 2009

Wayne Coyne and his bubble, albeit always entertaining, was the outlier of Pitchfork’s pushing stride of excellence. First of all, Lollapalooza just pulled that card a few years back. Second, a 10 p.m. curfew for an was doomed to be unsatisfying. Whatever. Forgiven. The bar on festivals has been raised, before anyone could even get in to Union Park at 1 p.m.... read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Dr. Dog, Blitzen Trapper to Headline Pickathon

By Caroline Klibanoff on 11:00 AM on June 17, 2009

There's no shortage of love for Portland, Ore. these days. Pumping out quality music acts on a regular basis, the hip city has been hailed as an "indie-rock mecca." This year, Pickathon promises to bring to Portland the "Indie-Roots music event of the year."... read more

Found in: Concerts, News

Coachella 2009, Saturday: The Killers, M.I.A., Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Bob Mould, Jenny Lewis and more

By Travis Woods on 2:15 PM on April 20, 2009

Come along with Paste as we look back on some of the more notable sets from Day Two of Coachella 2009...... read more

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Blitzen Trapper's new tracks, solo albums in the horizon

By Muriel Vega on 4:07 PM on March 12, 2009

Blitzen Trapper is currently on tour in support of its 2008 release, Furr, and apparently not wasting any time on the new-material front. According to a Billboard interview with Marty Marquis, the band has already finished several songs for its fifth album and it once again collaborated with Furr producer Mike Coykendall.... read more

Found in: Music, News

Blitzen Trapper sets U.S. tour dates

By Liz Stinson on 10:50 AM on January 22, 2009

After dropping the well-received Furr in 2008, Portland, Ore. natives, Blitzen Trapper, are setting out across the United States.... read more

Found in: Music, News

Blitzen Trapper: Furr

By Henry Freedland on 10:10 AM on January 7, 2009

On its fourth album, Portland’s Blitzen Trapper... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Monolith Festival 2008: Day 1

By Jeremy Goldmeier on 1:16 PM on September 16, 2008

For those who have never been to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, picture an impenetrable mountain fortress. A skyscraper’s worth of stairs runs up and around the main stage, and two towering, triangular rock formations jut forth from the earth, framing an indescribably vast, epic scene.... read more

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