Peter Bjorn and John Ready Free Hip-Hop Mixtape
Kanye West's remix of Peter Bjorn and John's "Young Folks" set a high water mark for the small (but growing) realm of hip-hoppers sampling indie acts. And if just one PB&J remix was enough to make music junkies scramble for their "reblog" buttons, then howzabout a whole album of them? As we just learned from MTV, mixtape maven Mick Boogie will be orchestrating the release of Re-Living Things, a hip-hop remix mixtape (remixtape?) of PB&J's Living Things.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLollapalooza 2009 Day One: Crooked Rain
Chicago’s behemoth of pop festivals, though dampened by eight hours of fantastically annoying rain droplets, laced up its rock kicks in prime fashion yesterday, Grant Park playing a muddy host to everything from tribal DJ sets to David Gahan’s iconic Depeche Mode nightcap.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusCoachella 2009, Sunday: My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Vivian Girls, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more
Come along with Paste as we look back on some of the more notable sets from Day Three of Coachella 2009...... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusPeter Bjorn and John: Living Thing
These tuneful Swedes had already been making... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSXSW 2009: Day Three Photos ft. Metallica, Devo, M. Ward, Peter Bjorn and John, Third Eye Blind and more
Photos taken by Amber Roussel (Metallica, Third Eye Blind, Ward, Silversun), Eric Ryan Anderson (Bedouin, PB&J, School, Ra Ra Riot), Mike White (Devo) and Jonathan Jackson (Future, Gil Mantera) at SXSW... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsPeter Bjorn and John stream Living Thing on MySpace
Living Thing, the new album by Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, is currently available in its entirety for free streaming on the band's MySpace page.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Peter Bjorn and John
"If you want to be a mainstream artist, it could be a problem that you only have one hit. When you do your show in Las Vegas in 20 years..." read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesSix Albums to Get Excited About in 2009
When I wrote my Five Movies to Get Excited About in 2009 list a couple weeks ago, ostensibly, I was providing a reader service. But really, I was getting as pumped up about those movies as anyone reading that post. In fact, I'm listening to Ready to Die right now, looking forward to taking in a showing of Notorious this weekend. Looking forward to stuff is fun, and it makes actually experiencing said stuff just that much more awesome (or, alternately, disappointing).Editing the news section of PasteMagazine.com also gets me hyped about forthcoming albums on a daily basis. From big... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPeter Bjorn and John to release Living Thing in March
Still can't get that contagious whistling melody from Peter Bjorn and John's "Young Folks" out of your head? Don't worry, neither can we. But with news of the trio's March 31 release of their new album Living Thing, there appears to be hope.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPeter Bjorn and John take in the Seaside
Number 35 was a respectable showing for the Scandinavian triumvirate known as Peter, Bjorn and John. That was the numerical assessment that the Singin' Swedes (© Paste 2008)* received for Writer's Block, an album that featured the whistlingest tune of the millennium.... read more
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