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10 Brilliant Musicians Who've Battled Mental Illness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. So we decided to honor a few of those musicians who have battled with mental illness against all odds, while giving us wonderful music.  read more

SXSW 2010: The Absolute Best Of Everything So Far

At this relatively-early point in the evening of the very first day of SXSW 2010, having been awake since five o'clock this morning and quite close to taping my eyelids up just to edit this blog post, I feel absolutely qualified to award the following superlatives.  read more

Paste Reveals SXSW 2010 Party Lineups

More than 1,800 bands are now on the schedule for next month’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and Paste is happy to announce our affiliated shows. You can find us at the Galaxy Room (formerly Bourbon Rocks) March 17 and 18....  read more

Roky Erickson and Okkervil River Ready New Album for April Release

[Photo by Rob Inderrieden] It’s been a tough life for Roky Erickson since his 13th Floor Elevators emerged with “You’re Gonna Miss Me” in 1966. Just three years later, Erickson was imprisoned in Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Texas for possession of a single joint. There, he underwent electroshock therapy and experimental antipsychotic treatments. He was released in 1972 to mismanagement and poverty....  read more

Six Greatest Live Shows I Saw In 2008

[Above: Of Montreal gets its weird on at the Tabernacle.]My granny-hermit tendencies really showed themselves this year, and I found myself going to fewer live shows than I did in the salad days of aught-seven. (Oh, to be 23 again!) Still, I seem to have managed quality over quantity: There weren't all that many to parse through, but my favorite shows of the year sure were great.  ...  read more

Austin City Limits 2008 - Day 2

[Above: We Go To 11]Photos taken at Austin City Limits by Rob Inderrieden...  read more

Austin City Limits 2008, Day 2: Roky Erickson

Wound up going with Kate and Kevin to see Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band at the AT&T stage on the way to Roky Erickson last night. It was a huge surprise for me-- with this new musical turn, he's shed not just the Bright Eyes name but the Bright Eyes mannerisms and affectations. Last night he seemed looser and happier than I'd ever seen him, and I believe he did a better Dylan than Dylan himself did last year on the very same stage. But more on that from Kate later. (Actual conversation we just had: "Do you...  read more

Austin City Limits 2008, Day 2: Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, CSS, Man Man

Let me add this to Kate’s Fleet Foxes write-up: Though they seemed more than a little overwhelmed by the immensity of the AMD stage (“We’re not used to communicating on this scale,” lead singer Robin Pecknold apologized) when the awkward banter finally dissolved into music, it was fantastic. “Ragged Wood” always gives me goosebumps—and even today, in the heat of the day, they rolled right up my sweaty legs. ...  read more

Paul Drummond

An incredible tale lurks in the 400+ pages of tiny type here...  read more

Psych-Rocker Roky Erickson Gets Film Treatment

Few lives are as fascinating, as troubled or as influential as that of musical pioneer Roky Erickson, whose 13th Floor Elevators originally coined the term "psychedelic rock." With Erickson finally out of the hospital and back in the music business, it's due time the Texas native received his just deserve in the form of an equally volatile documentary. Thankfully, Keven McAlester's directorial debut, You're Gonna Miss Me, is exactly that. The film, recently nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, details the rise and fall of Erickson, every drugged-out step of the way. Though You're Gonna Miss...  read more