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
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 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
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayTen 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
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBlitzen 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
Found in: Featured VideosBlitzen 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
Found in: Music, FeaturesPaste 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
Found in: Culture, NewsBlitzen Trapper: American Goldwing
Sometimes I feel like a descriptor as worn as “Bob Dylan-like” can get sapped of its prodigious qualities and left sounding almost like an insult. Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley has been nursing that tag for the better part of a decade now, and for fairly obvious reasons: his foggy croak, reclusive interviews, and winding, sometimes diverging sense of storytelling have put him in close company with Mr. Zimmerman—but in the best ways possible. Earley earns that status not out of reductive colloquialism, but out of comparable levels of talent.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAlbum Stream: Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing
Listen to Blitzen Trapper's latest album American Goldwing exclusively on Paste before it comes out on Sept. 13. read more
Found in: Featured AudioBlitzen Trapper and Dawes Announce Tour
Blitzen Trapper and Dawes are teaming up for a co-headlining tour of North America this fall. Smoke Fairies will also be along for the ride on the first half of the tour, and Belle Brigade will take over for the second.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to a New Song from Blitzen Trapper
Rootsy psych-folkers Blitzen Trapper have a new record, American Goldwing, scheduled to hit shelves Sept. 13 via Sub Pop.... read more
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