Talihina Sky: Doc looks past Kings of Leon image
The skinny-jeans-wearing rock band whose smash hits include “Use Somebody” and “Sex on Fire” might not seem the most natural choice to have a thoughtful documentary made about them. But director Stephen Mitchell has known the three brothers and a cousin since they were just small-town Oklahoma boys. read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesJonny Corndawg Goes Museum Hopping
Paste recently caught up with Jonny Corndawg from the National Mall in Washington D.C. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesLive From Paste: Empress Hotel
Watch New Orleans indie rockers Empress Hotel perform their Live From Paste here. read more
Found in: Live at PasteRobert Earl Keen: More Cactus
In 1993, Robert Earl Keen recorded a song called “Paint the Town Beige,” a clear-eyed rumination about a man retiring from big-city bustle to the quiet family life in a small town. It’s an amazingly well-observed character study about finding simple joys in narrower horizons, especially from a guy who was still in his twenties and largely untested. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesGod and the Modern Artist: How a few talented believers have won a secular audience
What happens when musicians and filmmakers and writers who market their music to an audience predominantly opposed to theism, against reason and against the grain, actually believe in God? read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsFrom The Vault: The Sex Pistols - "God Save The Queen"
Watch The Sex Pistols play "God Save The Queen" at the Winterland in San Francisco, Calif. on January 14, 1978. read more
Found in: Featured VideosEisley Performs At SXSW
Watch Texas familial rockers Eisley perform at Paste's Party in Austin during this past March's SXSW Music Festival. read more
Found in: Featured VideosLaura Marling: That Awkward English Charm
A few seconds after taking the stage at the New York venue and book store Housing Works, Laura Marling looks out into the crowd and thanks them for being here instead of the official opening of the Spider-Man Broadway musical, also bowing that night. She seems reasonably sincere as she says this. There’s polite laughter. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesLive From Newport: Freelance Whales
Watch the Freelance Whales perform "Generator 2nd Floor" at the Newport Folk Festival. read more
Found in: Featured VideosListening To My Life: “Are You There, Mick? It’s Me, Bonnie”
Mick Jagger doesn't know it, but he changed my life. That's not hyperbole, just a fact: If it wasn't for a man four decades and an ocean away that I've never met, you wouldn't be reading this article right now. read more
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