Mates of State Announce Fall Tour, Release Video

Mates of State Announce Fall Tour, Release Video

Mates of State will play a couple dates this summer before heading out on a fall tour to promote their new album, Mountaintops, out Sept. 13. The indie-pop duo has also released a vintage-looking performance video for “Maracas,” a synth-happy pop gem from the new record....  read more

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Mates of State Have Finished Recording New Album

Mates of State Have Finished Recording New Album

It’s time to dust off your dancing shoes. Connecticut poppers Mates of State have just announced that they have finished recording a brand-spanking-new album. It’s called Mountaintops and it’s their first release of original material since 2008’s Re-Arrange Us. The group’s self-produced, written and recorded album will be released on Sept. 13 by Barsuk Records....  read more

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18 Musical Moms Talk Motherhood

18 Musical Moms Talk Motherhood

As a website that celebrates all kinds of artistic creativity, we regularly talk about ambitious art as a mind-blowing original documentary, experimental gaming platform or a sprawling double LP. But today we acknowledge that all these pale in comparison to art of parenting....  read more

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Listen to Mates of State Cover Tom Waits

Listen to Mates of State Cover Tom Waits

September 15’s Song of the Day on NPR was a doozy....  read more

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Our Favorite Daytrotter Portraits

Our Favorite Daytrotter Portraits

If you, like us, are a big fan of Daytrotter...  read more

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Fifteen Musical New Year's Resolutions for 2010

Fifteen Musical New Year's Resolutions for 2010

Hey, there's only one week left the year! Must mean its time to...  read more

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

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

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

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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