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Diamond Rugs: Looking Up From the Floor

There’s something about the idea of these guys—Ian St. Pé (Black Lips), John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite) and Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate)—going toe-to-toe with some not-so-benevolent deity that just works.  read more

Black Is the New Animal: The 10 Best Current Bands That Begin with “Black”

A common strategy in naming bands is using a color to evoke a feeling or image in the listener's mind, and by far the most common color found in the names of musical acts is black.  read more

10 Great Band Blogs

Some artists take advantage of their literary chops by posting everything from poetry to food commentary, while others use Tumblr to share photos, live sets and spontaneous videos.  read more

The 20 Best Albums of 2011 (So Far) - Bonnie Stiernberg

It seems like I was just putting the finishing touches on my Best of 2010 list, but we’ve already had what feels like a solid year’s worth of music over the past six months....  read more

The 20 Best Albums of 2011 (So Far) - Max Blau

Our brand new multimedia editor shares his favorite albums from the first half of 2011.  read more

Black Lips Drank Champagne from Mark Ronson's Grammy

Black Lips’ lead singer Cole Alexander recently admitted to Spinner that the band drank champagne from one of producer Mark Ronson’s Grammys before they had even met him....  read more

Austin L. Ray's Greatest Hits: The Paste Years, Volume 1

Or: Some Retrospective Navel Gazing From Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed So, this is my final List of the Day for Paste. This is also my final full-time week with the publication, and while I’m excited to be moving on to new things, it’s going to be weird not editing the majority of the content on this site, writing a list every week, poring over reader feedback, running meetings with interns and doing all the myriad things I’ve grown so accustomed to doing over the past five years....  read more

Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Ty Segall Rock Inaugural Bruise Cruise

The first official act of the Bruise Cruise happened when cruise director Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, Chain and The Gang) took the stage in an immaculate sherbet-orange suit to open the festivities by invoking the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour. “Never before had a rock band taken its fans on such a journey,” he announced dramatically. "Until now.” Then, while 3,000 miles away from his hometown of San Francisco, which was preparing for its first snowfall in 35 years, Ty Segall stepped onstage and tore into his first song. Before his set concluded, the Bruise Cruise had seen...  read more

The Black Lips Release New Single, Video

While you were sitting at home last weekend playing with your Pogs and Tamagotchis (We’ve been meaning to tell you that your hobbies are pretty outdated, by the way.), The Black Lips were busy headlining the Bruise Cruise three day, 400-person high-seas trip to the Bahamas and back. But at least the Lips were thoughtful enough to bring home a souvenir in the form of a video for their new song, “Go Out and Get It!”...  read more

The Black Lips Unveil More Tour Dates

A month ago, we let you know The Black Lips were going to set sail for a few days on the Bruise Cruise with the Vivian Girls (and several other acts), follow by a cross-country tour with the group in April....  read more