Live From SXSW: The Lumineers

By Paste Staff at 10:00 AM on June 1, 2012

Watch The Lumineers' entire performance at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

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Codeine: A Commemoration 20 Years in the Making

By Stephen M. Deusner at 9:05 AM on May 31, 2012

“It’s hard getting back on a slow bicycle,” says Stephen Immerwahr, singer and bass player for the newly reactivated band Codeine. “I told a couple of friends that the group was getting back together, and they said it was good that we played so slow because it wouldn’t be as hard to learn the songs again. We wouldn’t have to learn to shred all over again.”  read more

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The Half Light: The Rarity of True Stage Charisma

By Shane Ryan at 5:15 PM on May 30, 2012

A truly dynamic performer is a rare thing, even among great musicians. It doesn’t necessarily depend on comfort—you get the feeling that Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell would be disastrous at public speaking, for example—but it does entail a unique ability to transform.  read more

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Ryan Monroe

By Ilana Kaplan at 11:01 AM on May 29, 2012

"They always say it takes your whole life to make your first record and three months to write your second. I’m glad I got this one out of the way."  read more

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From The Vault: The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"

By Paste Staff at 4:00 PM on May 25, 2012

L.A.’s long-haired answer to the British Invasion took off with the Byrds, a hootenanny-bred, country/soft rock band credited with pioneering psychedelic rock and inserting jangling guitar play into the folk mix.  read more

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Sigur Rós: Deconstructing The Band

By Ryan Reed at 10:19 AM on May 25, 2012

Sigur Rós’ sixth studio album, Valtari, closes with eight minutes of crawling, pointillistic ambience called “Fjögur píanó” (translated in English to “Four Pianos”), a track built almost entirely on four gorgeous piano lines that trickle like waterfalls—one part played by each member of the band.  read more

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Live From SXSW: The Belle Brigade

By Paste Staff at 10:00 AM on May 25, 2012

Watch The Belle Brigade's entire performance at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

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Live From Paste: Adron

By Max Blau at 4:00 PM on May 24, 2012

On her second full Organismo, Adron draws from a wide range of worldly influences that include ’60s Brazilian Tropicàlia as well as the American folk traditions of Joni Mitchell and Harry Nilsson.  read more

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El-P: Attempts at Optimism

By Max Blau at 9:40 AM on May 24, 2012

As David Letterman thanked him in the closing moments of the show, Jaime Meline goofed off behind the host, making faces and embracing his spotlight to the fullest. Things seem to be going well for El-P these days.  read more

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Kimbra: Vows

By Ryan Reed at 12:11 PM on May 23, 2012

Kimbra Johnson is young (22), kinda-sorta sexy (not hating the Mary Tyler Moore hairdo) and blessed with both a genre-hopping musical sensibility and a hair-raising voice that swoons and soars straight to your deepest pleasure zones. If you’re a non-New Zealander, it’s likely your first brush with Kimbra euphoria came from the singer’s brief-yet-memorable cameo on Gotye’s lush break-up jam “Somebody That I Used To Know,” quite possibly the year’s most inescapable pop sensation. But Kimbra’s not exactly a newbie: Her solo debut album, 2011’s Vows, was a goldmine in both Australia and her home country—now the rest of us...  read more

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