Long Live Play: When Games Tell The Truth
There is value in escaping reality, but if that’s all videogames can do, it will remain a shallow medium. I believe games can and are doing more. If we have eyes to see, games will not merely give us a break from reality but confront us with it. read more
Found in: Games, ColumnsDevon Sproule: The Best of What's Next
“I’m desperate for entertainment over here!” confesses Devon Sproule, lounging in the bedroom of her modest Berlin apartment. “All the German TV is dubbed. Last night, my Internet went out, and I ended up watching Flashdance dubbed into German!” read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFrom The Vault: The Motels - "Dressing Up"
The Motels held court in the red-hot LA club scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, where bands like the Go Gos, Mötley Crüe, and the Chili Peppers were also emerging. read more
Found in: Featured VideosTegan and Sara: In the Movies
For most bands, merchandise is a pain in the ass, a necessary evil to keep the machine running. For Tegan and Sara, however, merchandise is an opportunity, a way to pursue fashion, film, video, books and web design. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFuturebirds Fly Into SXSW
Watch Athens, Ga. rockers Futurebirds perform seven songs at the Paste Party in Austin during last March's SXSW. read more
Found in: Featured VideosR.E.M. From Beginning To End
The last time Michael Stipe was in a studio, he, Peter Buck and Mike Mills recorded the final song for R.E.M.’s farewell compilation. So you’ll have to forgive him if he’s a little choked up when he walks into our interview at the KMA Studio in New York’s famous Brill Building. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Muppets
It’s been a strained twelve years since everyone’s favorite felt misfits played the music, lit the lights or set foot on the big screen. Purchased by Disney in 2004, the Muppets have spent most of the aughties laying low, popping up in the occasional web series or comic book. While Jim Henson’s beloved creations have stayed out of the public eye for a decade plus, the public eye never quit looking for the Muppets. So it’s with a sigh of relief that a gaggle of bawdy comedians have resurrected Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang in a candid love letter... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsLive From Paste: The Antlers
The Antlers' refusal to change for the sake being different has stood out as their most impressive move with Burst Apart. Watch their entire session here. read more
Found in: Featured VideosYelawolf: Radioactive
For many, Yelawolf is hip-hop’s great white hope. His start-stop flow resembles an unwinding sandbag accelerating from theater rafters, over the cleanest “dirty South” instrumental skitter of any audio stylist in an otherwise woozy, muddy year for beats. And like his hypnotizing number of neck tattoos on an otherwise lithe spaghetti body, he decorates these spotlessly metronomic shows of dexterity with a homespun grittiness the Coen Brothers could fetishize. Last year’s breakthrough single “Pop the Trunk” for instance, was Ghostface Killah’s man-on-street-corner “Shakey Dog” burned through at blink-and-you’ll-miss-something speed, pausing occasionally for an arrhythmic hook. With similarly technical, “on-the-beat” marvels... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsLive From DeLuna: Kevin Devine
By the time we met up with Kevin Devine at the DeLuna festival in Pensacola Beach, Fla., he had already played two sets--one as Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band and the other with Bad Books, a collaborative effort between Devine and members of Manchester Orchestra. Watch his three-song DeLuna session here. read more
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