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Reunited Cranberries Announce First Tour in Seven Years

By Justin Jacobs on 10:30 AM on September 28, 2009

If you're a current or former alt-rock fan somewhere in the age group of rougly 20-35, you know the music of The Cranberries. There's even a good chance one of the following scenarios really happened to you: 1. Slow dancing to "Linger" at some sort of school function2. Angrily driving your 1996 Toyota sedan (or, better yet, your mom's minivan) while howling along to "Zombie"3. Wondering to yourself, sometime in the last decade, "What the hell happened to The Cranberries?"...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Catching Up With... The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan

By Justin Jacobs on 1:00 PM on August 28, 2009

Although Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan may be best known for her alt-rock hit “Zombie,” when she calls Paste from a Toronto hotel, she couldn’t sound more alive...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Band Names That Sound Too Much Alike

By Kate Kiefer and Josh Baker on 7:00 AM on July 16, 2009

When our esteemed designer Josh Baker heard that Dignan was playing in our studio, he thought Dungen was coming in. Fortunately, both bands are awesome so he wasn’t disappointed—just a little confused. But it got us thinking about other bands with names that are too much alike. Here are our favorites:...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Different Songs With The Same Names

By Kate Kiefer on 7:00 AM on July 9, 2009

There are a lot of songs out there—every artist runs the risk of doubling up on a title or two. Here are some of our favorite songs with the same titles. As you read this list, my fellow editor Steve is writing a song called "Stairway to Heaven" for his band Attractive Eighties Women. And it's not a cover....  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Current Events: "Joe the Plumber" Megamix

By Steve LaBate on 2:40 PM on October 17, 2008

Last Wednesday night, a blue-collar hero went down in history. Toledo, Ohio’s own Joe Wurzelbacher—aka “Joe the Plumber”—was invoked no less than 26 times, making him more central to the third presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama than anything else, including taxes, education, the war, terrorism, the environment and energy independence.Seeing as how a playlist about plumbers would’ve been pretty short, today’s Current Events megamix will focus simply on great songs about guys named Joe. Here’s to you, plumber man!...  read more

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