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For three days in 2004, Paste's Jay Sweet traveled with the groundbreaking hip-hop group throughout the Northeast... read more
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It's 1988. Tilda Swinton is in a wedding dress, and her bridesmaids are all men... read more
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Of the four peacocks onstage at this January afternoon’s private concert taping, only two hold the distinction of being actual birds... read more
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Found in: Movies, FeaturesIs Indie Dead?
Indie is, at once, a genre (of music first, and then of film, books, video games and anything else with a perceived arty sensibility, regardless of its relationship to a corporation), an ethos, a business model, a demographic and a marketing tool... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesThe Artful Dodgers: Santigold & Vampire Weekend
He's a boy and she's a girl. He's white, she's black. Tall, petite. Cerebral, bubbly. Hey, we could do this all day! read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesSufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out
On Nov. 2, 2009, Paste magazine released its list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade, and topping that list was Illinois, the 2005 masterpiece from Sufjan Stevens. Paste’s Kate Kiefer talked to the Illinoisemaker about the album, his 50 States project and his recent orchestral creation The BQE.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesJason Schwartzman: The One Where He Tries to Solve the Puzzle of Life
In the new HBO series Bored to Death—an adaptation of author Jonathan Ames’ short story—Jason Schwartzman plays a New York scribe, also named Jonathan Ames, who’s struggling to write his second novel and win back his ex-girlfriend. He places an ad on Craigslist as an unlicensed private detective, looking for something to fill the now-girlfriendless time he spends avoiding writing. Throughout the bizarre adventures that follow, Ames confronts both his and others’ neuroses in the awkwardness of everyday interaction. ... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesThe Call of the Wild Things
Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are first struck critics and teachers as too dark for little darlings... read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesBest of What's Next 2009: Passion Pit [Musicians]
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As Michael Angelakos emerges from Passion Pit’s standard-issue white touring van, he’s the living embodiment of his band’s song “Sleepyhead.” Groggy and wearing a rumpled white T-shirt, he rouses himself after the nine-hour drive from Baton Rouge to Atlanta, where he and his band load their gear into a tiny Midtown club. The Drunken Unicorn is less than half the size of most venues Passion Pit will play on this tour, and five hours before the band takes the stage, hipsters are already milling about outside in hopes of scoring tickets to the sold-out show. One of them has diamond-shaped... read more
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