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Oh, How the EMIghty Have Fallen: OK Go, Danger Mouse and Pink Floyd Tussle With Label
Poor EMI. First, they received a public lashing over a rumor that they planned to sell the historic Abbey Road Studios. OK Go bested them in the public arena during a spat over allowing the YouTube superstars’ music videos to be embedded in blogs and news items. Then, Brian Burton, AKA: Danger Mouse, squeezed a go-ahead out of the label for the release of his long-sequestered Dark Night of the Soul collaboration with David Lynch and the recently departed Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. As if that didn’t constitute a sufficient serving of humble pie, the British high court and OK... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOK Go Defeats Record Label: Watch the Band's New Video
Chicago treadmill champions OK Go are better known for their playful, viral-friendly music video for “Here It Goes Again” than for creating hit singles. We know this. As singer Damien Kulash demonstratd in an op-ed for the New York Times, the band knows this, too. The only people who seemed not to get it, unfortunately, were at the band’s label EMI.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOK Go: Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
Tread Ahead By: Emily Riemer Radio-friendly pop bands often struggle to strip bare the trappings and expectations of success and bravely experiment with their sound, but that’s what OK Go does on Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Leaving behind the band’s ubiquitous treadmill-video gimmick of a few years ago, the new album channels ’80s synth pop, overlaid with Damian Kulash’s Prince-like vocals alongside ’70s rock-guitar riffs and funk, with a smattering of incongruous sound effects. The result, though occasionally bizarre, is a courageous amalgam that gets your head bopping to resoundingly upbeat rhythms and surging bridges, as on... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe 50 Best Music Videos of the Decade (2000-2009)
Apologies to Kanye, but while Beyoncé had some great videos over the last 10 years, none of them were quite strong enough to make this list. And hold on just a minute, Taylor Swift—that goes for you, too... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayTwilight: New Moon Soundtrack Songs Unveiled: Some Thoughts and Predictions
After the first Twilight soundtrack sold 2.2 million copies in the U.S. (3.5 million worldwide) there was some serious jockeying between Sony Pictures and various labels for pole position on the New Moon soundtrack. After all, that's roughly three and a half million pieces of evidence that people will actually go out and buy it instead of just illegally downloading it. Well, the finalized tracklist for the New Moon soundtrack has been revealed, and our best/worst suspicions are confirmed: boy oh boy is it indie-tastic.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSeven Non-Headlining Bands We Can't Wait to See at Monolith this Weekend
The Monolith festival begins at Morrison, Colo.'s breathtakingly gorgeous Red Rocks Amphitheatre this Saturday. Paste will be on-site covering the event, which features a stellar lineup of artists including The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, Of Montreal, The Mars Volta, Method Man & Redman, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Phoenix, Passion Pit and Doom.But with Monolith's stacked, two-day, multiple-stage lineup, there's a whole lot going on in the daylight hours, too. Here are seven bands that'll have us to the festival grounds bright and early.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayOK Go previews new songs as it winds up tour
After a relatively quiet few years, the band that brought you "the treadmill video" for its song "Here It Goes Again" (currently the 16th most viewed video on YouTube) is back with a tour, new songs and of course, more video madness.... read more
Found in: NewsOK Go Wins Inaugural YouTube Video Awards
Earlier this week, Chicago rockers OK Go were crowned "Most Creative" in the first-ever YouTube Video Awards. More than 13 million people have tuned in to their video for "Here It Goes Again," which also won a Grammy for "Best Short-Form Music Video." The jaw-dropping clip was captured in one continuous shot, a feat both of choreography and of sheer endurance. Click here to check out "Here It Goes Again" (warning: not for the treadphobic) or here to view all the other winning entries. Related links: OK Go's homepage YouTube ... read more
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