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Ten Fall Albums Worth Checking Out

New-music releases always slow a bit in the fourth quarter, but that doesn't mean there are no good albums coming soon...  read more

Fifteen Albums, Songs That Defined 2009 for Paste's Web Editor

This was a confusing year for me...  read more

Easy Listening: A Playlist that Proves Metal isn't as Inaccessible as You Think

For many, "metal" might as well be a swear word. People wrinkle their noses at the term, and treat it like some wholly unapproachable genre fraught with Cookie Monster vocals, overwhelming guitar riffs, etc. "Yeah, yeah, I know metal," you might say. But with all due respect, you probably don't. And neither do I, really—I'm only in the early stages of an appreciation I can tell is going to take a while to fully develop. Metal is a complex beast, far too varied to be pigeonholed into a simple description. Its sub-genres, from doom to thrash to sludge to so...  read more

Mastodon announces Crack The Skye North American tour

They've strode with behemoths, braved the stormy seas and climbed Blood Mountain in search of the crystal skull. Now, they're ready to leap off that precipice and Crack The Skye, and when they reach the other side of the wormhole and come back to planet Earth, they'll be bringing their special brand of madness to a city near you as part of a North American tour....  read more

Nine Reasons Why the Scion Rock Fest Will Melt Faces

If you're a fan of heavy rock music, there's a good chance you've heard rumblings here, there and pretty much everywhere about the Scion Rock Fest. Organized by those metal-loving so-and-so's at Vice and Scion, the one-day, absolutely-free festival promises to take Atlanta's Masquerade by its shirt collar on Feb. 28 and shake the rock venue and every one of its denizens to their knees...for 12 hours straight! But don't take my word for it: peep the line-up, which is still growing, and enjoy the top nine reasons why I won't be standing at the end of that sure-to-be-unforgettable Saturday...  read more

Live Review: Pinback @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg 9/27/08

It's hard to nail down exactly what type of music Pinback plays (too complex for indie rock, too self-aware for prog) but to the sold-out crown at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sept. 27, it was clear that Pinback is a straight-up rock band, first and foremost. The night's closing tune even featured a moment of which the dudes of Spinal Tap would be proud: Bringing out opener Kylesa, the two bands performed an epic rendition of “June” with no less than four guitarists, four bassists and two drummers....  read more