Ten '00s Acts That Should Make Music Again

By Austin L. Ray at 8:30 AM on February 9, 2011

In mid-January, word came from pretty much out of nowhere that Canadian rock duo Death From Above 1979 was reuniting...  read more

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

By Austin L. Ray at 7:00 AM on December 25, 2009

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

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Mika Miko's List of Lists

By Austin L. Ray at 7:00 AM on May 9, 2009

Despite hearing great things about Mika Miko several times over the course of a year or so, the hotly tipped Los Angeles quintet's connection to No Age often mentioned loudly in most write-ups, I had yet to actually listen to the band until its Sub Pop Singles Club contribution landed in my mail box a few months back. An infectious blast of horn-laden punk that practically defines the words "exuberant" and "raucous," the pair of songs ("Sex Jazz" b/w "Bastard in Love") left me falling over myself wanting more. Luckily, Mika Miko's new full-length, We Be Xuxa, which came...  read more

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Strange Boys tour with Mika Miko, Coathangers, more

By Henry Freedland at 1:18 PM on April 14, 2009

If you're irrevocably, inexplicably anti-yelp, anti-swagger or...  read more

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Mika Miko preps We Be Xuxa, southwest tour

By Michael Saba at 11:42 AM on February 25, 2009

Rising like the phoenix from the bones of the Dead Banana Ladies, So-Cal punk purveyors Mika Miko carved out a broad swathe of the frenetic L.A. landscape with their legendary live sets and willingness to play anywhere, anytime. With an army of fans at their backs and legions of potential converts poised to strap on some canvas sneakers and pump their fists, Mika Miko just announced (via their label, Post Present Medium) that their forthcoming sophomore LP We Be Xuxa is go for a May 5 release on PPM. ...  read more

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F Yeah Fest 2008

By China Bialos at 7:30 AM on September 3, 2008

Above: JapantherDue to financial crises, Los Angeles' fifth F Yeah Fest nearly didn't occur, and thus this year's line-up was scaled down to a single day, a scavenger hunt acting as substitute for the Sunday Concert That Could Have Been. But Saturday's music fest was jam packed with nearly 10 hours of music and more bursts of “fuck yeah!” than one ought to hear in a single space, or four, as was the case....  read more

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