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Best Music of 2010 (So Far): Nick Marino, Managing Editor

To celebrate the half-way point of 2010, this week Paste staffers are counting down their favorite albums of the year (so far)...  read more

Rusko: O.M.G.!

Dubstep without boundaries Like all genres, dance music moves in phases. The sound of the moment is dubstep, a brutal British movement led by faceless blokes with names like Caspa and The Bug, and characterized by wobbling basslines that hum like a moving lightsaber. It’s a menacing sound, an oscillating drone that pounds you into submission....  read more

Dance the Pain Away: 5 Songs to Assuage Your Bailout Blues

In 2005, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle released a terrific little song called “Dance Music,” which chronicled the harrowing experience of growing up. The point of the song was that, when times get really hard, it’s easy to find escapist comfort in dance music. In moments of chaos, Darnielle suggests, you can use the simple pleasures of a dance track to drown out the noise—“so this is what the volume knob’s for,” he sings in one memorable line. We love this sentiment. Lately, dance music is practically all we listen to. And perhaps it’s no coincidence that 2008 has been a...  read more