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The Very Best Sells T-Shirts for Invisible Children

The Very Best, hot off the release of their album Super Mom earlier this year, is selling awesome t-shirts for the non-profit organization Invisible Children. The band made the announcement yesterday via their official twitter account. Invisible Children is a grassroots-led organization that “use the power of media to inspire young people to help end the longest war in Africa.” Their work involves using a variety of media to work on a variety of Central African issues from education to peace. Mwamwaya was born and raised in Malawai and later moved to London where he met the DJ duo Radioclit...  read more

Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls Tour Together

After a summer of festival dates, mostly in Europe, Vampire Weekend are merging with Sub Poppers Beach House and Dum Dum Girls for a tour that stretches into the fall. The trek will kick off in Vancouver and make its way across the north, finishing off with three days in New York’s Radio City Music Hall and a date in Los Angeles. One of the three New York shows has already sold out....  read more

The Very Best: Warm Heart of Africa

While I never needed to hear the...  read more

Download The Very Best's "Rain Dance (Featuring M.I.A.)"

Download The Very Best's "Rain Dance (Featuring M.I.A.)" here.The Very Best's Warm Heart of Africa will be released Oct. 6 on Green Owl. ...  read more

Five Reasons Why Globalization Rocks

The world is getting smaller. We're increasingly more connected to folks around the world and have broader access to other cultures' news and arts than ever before. We at Paste are continually excited as global collaborations in the vein of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mombazo's Graceland seem to be springing up every day. Some are made possible by the ease of modern travel, others by the infinite potential for exploration in the internet's music library and the growing bandwidth that allows musicians to telecommute across continents, laying down synth in Brooklyn and drumbeats in Bangkok. Here's a list that...  read more

The Very Best Prep Debut LP, Stream Track Featuring Vampire Weekend Frontman

Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig has found a new outlet for his Paul Simon-eque affinity for Afro-pop, sharing the mic with Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya on the title track of The Very Best's upcoming debut LP The Warm Heart of Africa. The track, on which the unlikely duo sings atop a fusion of traditional African drums and electronic dance beats, began streaming on the band's MySpace last week. ...  read more