Divine Fits: The Unquiet Life
Don’t use the S word around the members of Divine Fits. The band may feature two of the most charismatic indie-rock frontmen working today—Britt Daniel of Spoon and Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesAlanis Morissette: Catcher in the Rock
The latest from Alanis Morissette, Havoc and Bright Lights, is unlike anything the Canadian pop star has ever released in that it’s her first album since since becoming a mother. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe 20 Best Belle & Sebastian Songs About Troubled Young People
When you’ve been as obsessed with a band like Belle & Sebastian as long as I have, and when that obsession proves unshakable, it’s inevitable that you begin to notice some thematic similarities between songs. read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsFrom The Vault: Bruce Springsteen - "Badlands"
Bruce Springsteen's career has been characterized by its versatility and longevity, swinging from soulful introspection to plugged-in arena rock, group to solo efforts and widespread touring to intense periods of writing. read more
Found in: Featured VideosLive From Paste: Nada Surf
Watch Nada Surf perform a five-song session in this week's Paste mPlayer issue. read more
Found in: Featured VideosThe Curmudgeon: Music Machines
Last month I found myself in Traverse City, Mich., at the Music House Museum. The museum started as a collection of pre-1930s music-making machines stored in a farmer’s barn amid the area’s omnipresent orchards. read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsYeasayer: Colorful Contradictions
Paste's Tyler Kane talked to Yeasayer's Chris Keating about the band's new album Fragrant World. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWild Cub: Youth
On their first full-length, Wild Cub sound much more experienced than one would expect a band that has been together just under a year to, as the duo officially came together last November. But a quick peek at their collective resume quickly explains that away: Nashville music veteran Jeremy Bullock has worked with the likes of Madi Diaz and Pico vs. Island Trees, while Keegan DeWitt previously scored films in addition to his solo career. The album also sounds startlingly more hi-fi than a record put together in the makeshift studio in Bullock’s home would suggest, but on Youth, that... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSo Many Wizards: Warm Nothing
As a youngster, Nima Kazerouni fled a war-streaked Iran, bouncing around throughout South America, Europe, and (briefly) the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica—all before winding up in his current home, Los Angeles. But for a guy with such a rich tapestry of cultural experiences, his debut full-length, Warm Nothing, fails to draw from that diversity. Instead, it’s breezy, tuneful, dreamy and ultimately pedestrian—all those adjectives you’d expect from any pleasantly anonymous L.A. indie-pop quartet. Nope, Warm Nothing isn’t at all concerned with originality: At turns, Kazerouni’s songs nod—unsubtly—to bands like Fleet Foxes, Real Estate and especially The Shins, whose reverb-drenched early... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJanka Nabay and The Bubu Gang: En Yay Sah
Janka Nabay is from Sierra Leone, a country most people associate almost exclusively with diamonds, oppression and Kanye West. He plays bubu, a style of African music indigenous to his home country that most people have never heard of. read more
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