Kyle MacLachlan Does a Twin Peaks-Style Harlem Shake

By Mark Rozeman at 10:30 AM on February 15, 2013

Just when you thought the sudden proliferations of Harlem Shakes videos had creatively run their course, something like this pops up to give you pause.   read more

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20 Great "Live at Paste" Videos

By Josh Jackson at 7:20 AM on February 10, 2011

Earlier this week, The Civil Wars played the inaugural Live at Paste in our brand new offices in Decatur, Ga. The Live at Paste tradition extends back five years, and here are some of our favorites.  read more

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Todd Goldstein Talks Harlem Shakes Breakup, Solo Project

By Christina Lee at 8:30 AM on December 4, 2009

Before their mid-September breakup, Harlem Shakes had made themselves known for sounding hopeful in bad times...  read more

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Best of What's Next: Arms

By Christina Lee at 6:00 AM on December 3, 2009

Todd Goldstein first fell in love with music as a teenager, but he didn't become a songwriter until...  read more

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Best of What's Next 2009: Harlem Shakes [Musicians]

By Julia Askenase at 1:00 PM on August 14, 2009

Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Album: Technicolor Health Band Members: Lexy Benaim (lead vocals), Todd Goldstein (guitar, vocals), Brent Katz (drums, drum machine, vocals), Jose Soegaard (bass, vocals), Kendrick Strauch (keyboards, vocals) For Fans Of: Vampire Weekend, White Rabbits, Talking Heads "Somehow pop just feels so fair / In this tangled, injured air,” sings Harlem Shakes frontman Lexy Benaim in a wonderfully nasal voice over a woozy synth on his band’s debut LP, Technicolor Health. The line captures the Shakes’ deft fusion of an upbeat sound with lyrics about life’s occasional bleakness, offering sonic group therapy via frenetic, Latin-tinged beats and wiry guitar, rallied by anthemic sing-along...  read more

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Band of the Week: Harlem Shakes

By Julia Askenase at 8:00 AM on March 23, 2009

“Maybe it’s just like a personal delusion, [but] I feel like I relate to, say, Akon, more than I do Death Cab for Cutie,” quips Harlem Shakes lead singer Lexy Benaim.  read more

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The Six Greatest Things That Happened This Week to Paste Staffers Not on the Cayamo Cruise

By Rachael Maddux at 7:00 AM on March 6, 2009

As you may have read, a few Paste staff members were out sailing the high seas on Cayamo  this week. Sounds like they're having a pretty great time, but while they're soaking up all the Caribbean sunshine, fancy mixed drinks and excellent roots music, a few of us are holding down the fort back at Paste HQ in good old landlocked Decatur, Ga. We weren't bitter about this arrangement (personally, I'm still recovering from last year's Mayercraft experience), but none of us stragglers had very high expectations for the excitement level of our office-bound week. However, though there wasn't a...  read more

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