The 20 Best New Bands of 2011

By Josh Jackson at 7:45 AM on December 7, 2011

Our Best New Artist considerations are a little different than the Grammys so you won't see Bon Iver. You also won't see artists that broke bigger this year but have been covered in Paste before (like Cults, Givers, tUne-YaRdS and Lord Huron—some of whom were named among our Best New Bands of 2010).  read more

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Live From Newport: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

By Max Blau at 5:15 PM on August 4, 2011

Watch Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside perform John Prine's "In Spite Of Ourselves" and "Cage" in the Paste ruins inside Fort Adams at Newport Folk Festival.  read more

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Best of What's Next: Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside

By Ashley Melzer at 10:43 AM on May 25, 2011

"When I turn on the radio it all sounds the same," sings Ford on “I Swear,” the album opener. “What have these people done to music?” she asks a second later.  read more

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Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside: Dirty Radio

By Wyndham Wyeth at 9:59 AM on May 24, 2011

Sallie Ford isn’t content with the state of modern music. If this isn’t clear from the hints of Etta James and others greats who came before her, Ford comes right out and says so in the opening track of Dirty Radio. “When I turn on the radio, it all sounds the same,” she laments in the first line of “I Swear.” “What have these people done to music? I just don’t care anymore.”...  read more

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12 May Albums Worth Checking Out

By Josh Jackson at 11:54 AM on April 28, 2011

For much of the U.S., this was a rough winter. But spring has more going for it than budding flowers and baseball games. May is packed with some great new music. We’ve highlighted a dozen albums we’re particularly looking forward to....  read more

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