Elizabeth and Hazel: A Story of Racial Integration

By Stephen M. Deusner at 5:08 PM on October 31, 2011

David Margolick doesn’t remember the first time he saw the historic photograph that inspired his new book, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women from Little Rock, but it left an enormous impression on him.  read more

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Justice: Midnight in Paris

By Dan Weiss at 9:03 AM on October 31, 2011

Justice’s sound doesn’t build up and crescendo the way most dance music does; it zooms in and cuts away and teleports from place to place, sounds disappearing and reappearing in a manner that would seem almost cut-and-paste if there wasn’t such songful ingenuity to it.   read more

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Surfer Blood: The Thank-You EP

By Ryan Reed at 11:19 AM on October 28, 2011

There’s a wonderful song on Tarot Classics, the new Surfer Blood EP, called “Drinking Problem.” Vocalist/guitarist/producer/mastermind John Paul “JP” Pitts spits out a bitter, venomous and totally hummable lullaby over a driving bass pulse and trippy programmed beats, stuttering drunkenly across the stereo spectrum.  read more

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From The Vault: Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Helplessly Hoping"

By Paste Staff at 9:30 AM on October 28, 2011

From the preliminary planning stages of Crosby, Stills & Nash, the musicians had always planned to pursue solo projects in conjunction with working together.  read more

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Live From DeLuna: Still Corners

By Allison Ziemba at 2:30 PM on October 27, 2011

Paste headed down to Pensacola, Fla. for DeLuna Fest a couple weeks ago, where London-based band Still Corners got cozy in a hotel room by the beach to play a couple of songs for us.  read more

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Janie Jones: All In the Family

By Michael Dunaway at 1:39 PM on October 27, 2011

One of the best-known aphorisms about writing, “Write what you know,” has led to plenty of terrible screenplays by self-absorbed Hollywood hopefuls. But David Rosenthal turned personal experience into a compelling story.  read more

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Lost In The Trees Perform at SXSW

By Paste Staff at 9:30 AM on October 27, 2011

If you couldn’t make it out to SXSW this year, we captured all 30 of the acts who played the Paste Parties in Austin. Watch Lost in the Trees perform five songs at one of our showcases this past March.  read more

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Still Corners: Best of What's Next

By Luke Larsen at 8:07 AM on October 27, 2011

While most festival bands tend to favor louder and faster songs to keep the party vibe going, the quaint London quintet Still Corners must not have gotten the memo.  read more

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The Half Light: Bishop Allen and the Reality of Failure

By Shane Ryan at 2:33 PM on October 26, 2011

Ripe with talent, ambition, and the connections to make an impact, they seemed like a sure thing. Would they ever be as big as similar bands like The Shins or Belle & Sebastian? The sheer odds made it seem improbable, but at the time, I would have vouched for them. This was a group that couldn’t miss. But they did.  read more

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Live From DeLuna: GIVERS

By Max Blau at 12:00 PM on October 26, 2011

A few weekends ago, Paste traveled down to DeLuna Fest, where we recorded takeaway sessions with several artists performing at the beach-side festival. Watch lighthearted Louisiana indie rockers GIVERS perform "Up, Up, Up" and "Mean Time" inside their hotel room not long after they finished their set.  read more

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