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The Best Albums of the Decade (Readers' Picks)

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on November 2, 2009

We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best Albums of the Decade:...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Ten Songs Inspired by Movies

By Gage Henry on 7:00 AM on October 24, 2009

Movies are inspiring. Not just to the average Joe on the street, but also to the average (and not-so-average) songwriter. Here is a list of songs inspired by elements by the cinema:...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Five Great (and Strange) Musical Origin Stories

By Justin Jacobs on 7:00 AM on October 19, 2009

At a recent Decemberists show in Athens, Ga., Colin Meloy explained how he, in fact, created R.E.M. The epic tale went like this: Meloy was tirelessly working to complete a song entitled "Dracula's Daughter." Upon finishing the track, he realized it was the worst song that had ever been written. Apparently agreeing with Meloy, God himself wept a single tear—a tear that fell over Athens, Ga. in the form of torrential downpour. Caught without an umbrella, young Peter Buck and Michael Stipe rushed into a nearby record emporium to take cover, where they soon made each others acquaintance. And that...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

U.S. Postal Service Celebrates Classic TV With New Stamps

By Catherine Prewitt on 1:45 PM on August 14, 2009

While we're still waiting on something new from the Tamborello-Gibbard cross-country collaboration of same name, this week the United States Postal Service released its "Early TV Memories" stamp collection, celebrating classic moments from 20 of America's most beloved television shows....  read more

Found in: Culture, News

Seven Brilliant, Terrible and Brilliantly Terrible Metal Covers of Pop Songs

By Michael Saba on 7:00 AM on August 3, 2009

Your average metal band usually has wildly different musical sensibilities from top 40 radio pop (and that goes double for said average metal band's fans). But is there really any good reason for that other than genre segregation that forbids metal fans from rubbing their leather-clad elbows with bubblegum popsters? That question may remain unanswered for now, but some metal acts are bridging the divide with covers of pop tracks that range from excellent to execrable. Let's take a look, and see how they stack up against the originals....  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Dntel to unleash 50 unreleased songs in April

By Joey Shearer on 1:52 PM on March 13, 2009

Fifteen years after he began creating music under Dntel, Jimmy Tamborello (also of The Postal Service) has dug into the archives and unearthed material from that project dating back to 1994. Set for release April 14, the three-disc set will include a whopping 50 tracks....  read more

Found in: Music, News

The Postal Service Reaches Agreement with USPS

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on November 3, 2004

Sub Pop Records has announced that The Postal Service has finally reached an agreement with the United States Postal Service, and the band no longer has to consider changing its name. As part of the agreement, the group will play a three-song set at the USPS convention in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 17. With total sales nearing 400,000, The Postal Service’s Give Up ranks second only to Nirvana’s Bleach in Sub Pop’s history. In other Sub Pop news, watch for new records by Iron & Wine, Love as Laughter, Kinski, Fruit Bats and Wolf Parade (produced by Modest Mouse's Isaac...  read more

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