The 15 Best Music Performances on Late-Night TV in May

By Josh Jackson at 2:14 PM on May 28, 2010

This has been Music-On-TV Appreciation Month at Paste. In addition to all the good prime-time music, there’s been a wealth of amazing musical guests on the late-night talk shows lately. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the state of late-night music, and liked what I saw. Here’s a countdown of my 15 favorite late-night performances from May:...  read more

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Local Natives Release "World News" Video, Tour

By Jennifer Ross at 9:32 AM on May 14, 2010

And you may ask yourself, "Why am I not picnicking on the beach?" while watching the band's new video...  read more

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Best of What's Next: Local Natives

By Reed Fischer at 6:00 AM on March 18, 2010

They haven’t yet built a reputation suited to their name...  read more

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Local Natives Tour Extensively

By Rachel Bailey at 9:30 AM on March 10, 2010

On Feb. 16, Local Natives dropped their much-anticipated debut album, Gorilla Manor, to much fanfare and high praise. They’re currently half a world away, wrapping up a European tour, but they’ll return to the States in about a week or so to kick off an extensive U.S. tour with SXSW and a spot on Coachella’s bill in April....  read more

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Local Natives: Gorilla Manor

By Matt Fink at 9:00 AM on February 25, 2010

L.A. band’s full-length debut bridges coasts In recent years, West Coast rock has become hazier (No Age), noisier (HEALTH) and woodsier (Fleet Foxes) compared to the East Coast’s more melodic (Grizzly Bear), cosmopolitan (Dirty Projectors) and experimental (Animal Collective) style. And with their much-anticipated full-length debut, former SXSW darlings Local Natives unify the camps, bridging Brooklyn’s tumbling tribal rhythms, rousing choruses and sophisticated pop arrangements with the CSNY harmonies, guitar eruptions and straightforward hooks of their Left Coast neighbors....  read more

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The 10 Best Bands We Discovered at CMJ 2009

By Josh Jackson at 7:00 AM on October 27, 2009

On any given night in New York, there’s some great, young, undiscovered band playing their hearts out for a small crowd. But during the CMJ Music Marathon, there are several each hour. It’s a perfect time to hop from club to club in search of your new favorite artist (or the Best of What’s Next, as we like to say), and this year, that search was particularly rewarding. Here are our 10 favorite new discoveries:...  read more

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White Rabbits Tour More, With Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost

By Gage Henry at 7:40 AM on September 8, 2009

White Rabbits will embark on a fall tour, and they should be plenty warmed up for it....  read more

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Daytrotter Hosts Iowa Barnstorming Tour

By Catherine Prewitt at 2:00 PM on July 15, 2009

It's summertime, and the traditional concert hall just won't do. We want to be somewhere else. Somewhere where we can welcome a breeze, rub elbows beneath a hot sun or watch fireflies add to the light show at dusk. JellyNYC kicked off the first of a series of pool party concerts in Brooklyn this past weekend, while Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp are on the Northeast leg of their tour through America's ballparks. And somewhere further west, Daytrotter's Sean Moeller has dreamed up a truly American summer experience: the barn concert. ...  read more

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