Pages tagged “issue 52”

Chris Darrow: Chris Darrow and Under My Own Disguise

Chris Darrow began as a member of Jimmy Page’s favorite psych-rock band...  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Rudo y Cursi

The title of director Carlos Cuarón’s deflated feature debut...  read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews

Adoration

With September 11 tucked eight-years deep into America’s...  read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews

Sex, Drugs and Twitter: Music History in 140 Characters or Less

Even technology created with good intentions can have harrowing consequences. Physicist Robert Oppenheimer expressed regret over his involvement with the development of the atomic bomb...  read more

Found in: Culture, Features

Alasdair Roberts: Spoils

The crashing drums, doomsday harmonium...  read more

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Black Dice: Repo

On their sunnily deranged new album, Repo, Black Dice somehow manage to...  read more

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Behind the Scenes at Paste's Decemberists Cover Shoot

The day that The Decemberists gathered at Portland's Newspace Studios to get all dolled up and shot for Paste's May cover by Chris Hornbecker and his crew, no one could believe the weather. After months of sporadic blizzarding and general wintertime malaise in the Rose City, the sun was shining, the mercury was inching up towards 55 and shirt-sleeves were getting gleefully rolled up all over the place. "It was snowing this time last week!" one dumbfounded PA exclaimed, standing out in the parkinglot, squinting up at the cloudless sky. ...  read more

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A to Z With Karen O

It’s been six years since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs exploded onto the New York scene with the heady concoction of guitarist Nick Zinner’s angular riffs, Brian Chase’s pinpoint drumming, and...  read more

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Akron/Family: Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free

I caught Akron/Family’s supposedly “legendary” live gig at...  read more

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Humility, Comedy, Whiskey and Energy: The Return of Silversun Pickups

After a successful debut album and a few years on the road, the Silversun Pickups have gained a deeper confidence...  read more

Found in: Features