Pages tagged “mates of state”

Polyvinyl Holding Pledge Drive to Save 10,000 Records From Destruction

At Paste, we're all about raising money for great, musical causes. We're also all about receiving tons of great music for a pretty minimal cost. And we're very, very against the destruction of thousands of records.So you can imagine our interest when Illinois indie label Polyvinyl began a pledge drive to prevent mass record-cide in their warehouse....  read more

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Black Kids and Mates of States hit the road

Jacksonville five-piece Black Kids has announced its tour dates for spring 2009, which includes stops across the United States and Canada....  read more

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Signs of Life 2008: Best Music

Check out Paste's top 50 albums of 2008...  read more

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10 Best Musical Husband and Wife Duos

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Sufjan Stevens' pastor Vito Aiuto just made an album with his wife Monique under the moniker The Welcome Wagon. It's sweet, brimming with faith and the kind of chemistry that at least seems like it could only come from a husband and wife. So we thought we'd look at the best collaborations between married couples over the years. We're only judging music made together (sorry, Tim and Faith) while married (sorry Jack and Meg). Here are Paste's Top 10 Musical Husband and Wife Duos:...  read more

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Austin City Limits 2008 - Day 1

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Photos taken at Austin City Limits by Rob Inderrieden...  read more

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Austin City Limits 2008, Day 1: Mates of State, Jamie Lidell, Patty Griffin

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This morning I chatted with Mates of State about adding instruments to their live shows and touring with kids--they bring their baby June and four-year-old Magnolia everywhere they go. They needed something to protect the baby's ears during shows and couldn't find mini-headphones at a music store, so they had to buy some for June at a firing range! A baby in headphones is one of life's cuter things....  read more

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Austin City Limits 2008: It begins! Mates of State, Dan Dyer and more

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First of all, a note to anyone who saw us nearly passed out on the VIP couches at our ACL kickoff party at Emo's last night: We were not drunk. We were not even drinking, minus the one beer each we imbibed around 9:30. Rather, we both were besot by sinus-crud related exhaustion. See, unlike here in Austin, fall arrived on schedule in Atlanta last week, and bestowed upon us one of the great gifts of this fair season: The nasty head cold. Unfortunately, this meant we spent the better part of last night's festivities sprawled out in various ladylike...  read more

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Paste presents ACL 2008 kick-off party

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All of you making the grand promenade down to the musical explosion that is the Austin City Limits Festival, be sure to RSVP to join Paste at our official ACL 2008 Kick-Off Party this Thursday, Sept. 25 at Emo's....  read more

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Gainesville, Florida is kind of a Real Big Deal

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If you want the most bang for your music-festival buck...  read more

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Lollapalooza 2008 round-up

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Above: Bang CamaroAnother Lollapalooza weekend has come and gone and music fans of all stripes left happy (unless, of course, they were fans of the Weakerthans, who had to cancel as a result of travel problems). Despite a record attendance of 225,000 fans, festivities and rock went on seamlessy under sun-filled skies each day. The festival's organizers outdid themselves this year with opening acts, starting the weekend out with a bang. Bang Camaro, that is. Other rising stars followed suit on days two and three with the Ting Tings belting out their infectious pop tunes (we overheard Love and Rockets'...  read more

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