Step Out Into The Light: Fourteen Covers Of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You In The End"
What is it about this song? Like almost all the music of Daniel Johnston (whose first album in six years, Is And Always Was, came out last week), it's so much more massive than the sum of its parts—just this man and his springy guitar and wavery, unsteady voice. But the words are so reassuring, so deeply comforting, promising us something that we all really want to be true, that it's really hard not to love it. And that, paired with its astounding simplicity (it ain't no "Stairway to Heaven," that's for sure), makes it ripe for the covering. Here... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayEmile Hirsch, Giant Bear and Cave Singers?
embedStationLite ("http://www.pastemagazine.com/cultureclub/podcasts/mp3/PMCC-10.26.07.mp3", "Paste Magazine Culture Club - October 26, 2007") We kicked off our podcast with a live recording from Giant Bear, a November Four to Watch band. A few months ago, Giant Bear pulled up to Paste's offices in their trusty yellow van, which had a past life as a Stanley Steamer van, and played a few songs for us. In addition to "Clementine", which is on the podcast this week, you can find Giant Bear on the October and November Sampler CDs. Emile Hirsch has been riding high since the release of his new movie, Into the Wild.... read more
Found in: Paste Magazine Culture ClubBand of the Week: Mobius Band
The term “circuit-bent pop songs” might not have infiltrated the music industry lexicon just yet, but Ben Sterling, Peter Sax and Noam Schatz, the trio comprising Mobius Band, might just popularize it, thanks in part to a few re-wired toy keyboards... read more
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Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone?…
