From The Vault: Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Teach Your Children"
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
Found in: Featured VideosLive From Paste: Vintage Trouble
A month after their riveting set at the Sennheiser and Paste Present "The Stages on Sixth" day parties during SXSW, Vintage Trouble stopped by the office to perform a Live From Paste session. read more
Found in: Live at PasteLive From SXSW: Caveman
Watch Caveman's entire performance at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth. read more
Found in: Featured VideosLaetitia Sadier: Silencio!
“Lightning Thunderbolt” is the track you’re looking for, if you’re curious how far Laetitia Sadier could possibly get from her decades-long outfit Stereolab. Over pensive acoustic guitar and either real or fake flute solos, she sings about fires and shimmering spirits, sounding for all the world like a take on something from Beck’s Sea Change. The thing is, solo album or no solo album, Sadier will never be a traditional songwriter, and fine as her voice is, her command isn’t out front enough for it to feel right reducing her to “singer.” She’s a texturalist, a sonic bricklayer, and if... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBig Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock by Jesse Jarnow
My wife sings, but not in public. At least not beyond karaoke. I can get her to sing a short song that I’ve written or a cover I’m working on, but she hates recording and she would never get on a stage. Still, I keep asking her to, gently but selfishly trying to force my own musical ambitions upon her. It’s all Yo La Tengo’s fault. I’m just one of a legion of record collector nerds trying to draft their partners into a band after falling in love with Yo La Tengo. The group has existed for almost 30 years,... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsNine O'Clock Blue by Teresa Henkle Langness
Faith is the trickiest of subjects, and those who believe in original sin and the beast within every living human surely have a case to make. It’s my own belief, though, that a general great benevolence lies over mankind, and that most times, most people, no matter the color or creed, mean to do well by their neighbors. Our natures, our souls, aspire to grace, to goodness. The Golden Rule generally applies and serves us well. How else could there be seven billion of us here in this world together, with neighborhoods and schools and symphonies and other energetic collections... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsBreaking Bad Review: "Madrigal" (Episode 5.02)
“If what we do, we do for good reasons, then we’ve got nothing to worry about. And what better reason than family?” “Madrigal” ends similarly to last week’s premiere “Live Free or Die,” with a terrified Skyler being caressed by Walt as he tries to control her fear. There’s sincerity when he mumbles “it gets easier." The closing scene paints a very clear picture of where Walter White is at. On the one hand, he’s fully accepted who he is and has even become comfortable with being a murderous criminal, yet, there is still a sense of denial with how... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsInside Men Review: "Episode 1.04"
For the first three episodes of Inside Men’s four episode run, the show told us the story of three very different men executing one big crime. Inside Men showed us the slow and steady changes of this trio over the course of a few months. With the exception of a few minor mistakes, the show was successful at building tension towards an event we already knew played out successfully. But with the final episode, Inside Men makes plenty of missteps to make up for the lack of them in the series and ends on one of the least satisfying and confusing finales in recent memory. read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe Newsroom Review: "Amen" (Episode 1.05)
In last week’s review, I admitted to “hate-watching” the first few episodes of this series, and I want to clarify that point. I approached the series with great optimism, but I felt the first sampling was so awful that it warranted noting. My only experience with Aaron Sorkin had been The Social Network and Moneyball, both of which were solid films. Ruminating on this between episodes, I had a Sorkpiphany: The subjects of those movies, Mark Zuckerberg and Billy Beane, respectively, were more intelligent than their peers. The focus of each story, in fact, is how that superior intellect allowed... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsTrue Blood Review: “In the Beginning” (Episode 5.07)
Last week, I mulled over the possibility that the True Blood writers were running out of ways to top themselves. I spoke too soon.... read more
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