The 20 Best Velvet Underground Songs

Whether you prefer to call them protopunks, art rock or just simply the epitome of cool, there's no denying that The Velvet Underground is as essential as they come.  read more

Ears We Trust: Nellie McKay

In this long-running feature, music-industry tastemakers tell us what they’re listening to and loving. Today’s columnist: New York songstress Nellie McKay…...  read more

50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more