The Fleeting Season: Songs for the Inevitable Change

By Shane Ryan at 11:02 AM on December 12, 2011

There’s too much pressure on New Year’s Eve. As a holiday, it’s in a league with Valentine’s Day and Mother’s/Father’s Day, those weighty times when you never feel quite like you’re living up to expectations...  read more

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Alabama Shakes: 2011 New Band of the Year

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 9:41 AM on December 12, 2011

“It’s been kind of like a dream, because everything’s happened so fast,” frontwoman Brittany Howard says. “It’s not like you have time to assess what’s going on around you.”  read more

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The Civil Wars Play SXSW

By Paste Staff at 3:00 PM on December 9, 2011

Weeks after playing the first Live from Paste session in our new offices in Decatur, Ga. earlier in the year, The Civil Wars played a nine-song set at the Paste Party in Austin, Texas, during SXSW, including two surprising cover songs you may know. Watch their full SXSW performance here.  read more

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Live From Paste: The Low Anthem

By Max Blau at 9:00 AM on December 9, 2011

Watch The Low Anthem perform "Ghost Woman Blues"--the opening track from their latest album.  read more

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My Morning Jacket: 2011 Live Band of the Year

By Jay Sweet at 8:20 AM on December 9, 2011

"To continually feel awed by the fact that we get to do what we do on a nightly basis is, in fact, the true end game. The trick is to keep it weird and stay humble about it all."  read more

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Seryn Stuns At SXSW

By Paste Staff at 11:00 AM on December 8, 2011

Seryn’s live presence—with each member swapping instruments and all five singing choruses at the top of their lung—can best be described as “joyful,” causing Paste to name their performance the best of this year’s SXSW and their song “We Will All Be Changed” one of the Best of 2011. Check out their entire SXSW performance as our Paste Party in Austin back in March.  read more

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Fleet Foxes: 2011 Song of the Year

By Josh Jackson at 8:05 AM on December 8, 2011

Our pick for the song of the year almost didn’t make it onto the new Fleet Foxes album, but one of the songs wasn’t working out in the studio, and the band needed a replacement.  read more

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Races Into SXSW

By Paste Staff at 1:00 PM on December 7, 2011

Watch Detroit indie-pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. showcase a compelling blend of infectious harmonies and catchy hooks during our Paste Party in Austin at last year’s SXSW.  read more

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Sleeping Beauty

By Annlee Ellingson at 10:46 AM on December 7, 2011

Sucker Punch’s Baby Doll fulfills a male fantasy of an entirely different sort in writer-director Julia Leigh’s debut Sleeping Beauty. Auburn-haired, alabaster-skinned, apple-cheeked Emily Browning stars as Lucy, a Sydney university student struggling to make ends meet. She participates in medical experiments. She buses tables. She makes copies in a generic office building. Then one day she answers an ad in the campus newspaper, and she’s introduced to a high-class underground culture centered on sensual dining and sleeping experiences....  read more

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Live from Paste: Blitzen Trapper

By Clint Alwahab at 9:00 AM on December 7, 2011

Blitzen Trapper's latest album is a step off the path for Earley and the band with its blues and folk undertones, but it's something they did consciously. Watch their Live From Paste session here.  read more

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