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The Best Worst Voices In Indie Rock

By Kate Kiefer on 8:11 AM on September 10, 2009

Last week we debated the best voices in indie rock. But there’s another kind of great voice out there—the kind that isn’t classically good, but its technical problems just make it more lovable. Here are my picks for the best worst voices—you can listen below. Feel free to add to the list in the comments section.... read more

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The Innocence Mission to release new album

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on January 16, 2007

Since 1988, the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Don and Karen Peris have released eight studio recordings under the moniker of The Innocence Mission, and this spring they’re back with a ninth. Set for release by Badman Recording Co. on March 20, We Walked In Song is The Innocence Mission’s first disc of original material since Befriended was honored by NPR as a “Top 10 Album of the Year for 2003.” The LP was recorded at the Peris’ home studio in Lancaster, Penn., and features Karen on vocals, guitars, pump and Hammond organs, and piano; Don on backing vocals, guitars, drums... read more

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Lyric

By Aaron Belz on 12:00 AM on May 6, 2004

I can’t remember which philosopher observed that life is a series of back and forth movements, from positions of risk to positions of relative safety. This is true not only on an hour-to-hour level—driving a car, then sleeping in a cozy bed—but in a larger sense... read more

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The Innocence Mission

By Jason Killingsworth on 12:00 AM on November 5, 2003

Listening to Innocence Mission singer Karen Peris’ hauntingly exquisite voice is to feel like you’re being entrusted with something precious, a captivating secret to unwrap slowly and savor. One crystalline syllable at a time... read more

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