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Pete Yorn Launches Second Leg of Headlining Tour
After years of seeing other singer-songwriters breeze past him into the mainstream, Pete Yorn is finally front and center. Which is not to say he hasn't due credit (his first single "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" from his 2001 debut Musicforthemorningafter was a radio hit), but his duet album with Scarlet Johansson is throwing him in the center of many a-music fan's radar.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTwo Arrested for Stealing Noah and the Whale's Equipment
Police have arrested two men, ages 31 and 40, for stealing from all the equipment of London band Noah and the Whale in the midst of its Manchester tour.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFinal Fantasy Reveals Heartland is a Concept Album, Tours
Violinist and all-around virtuoso Owen Pallett named his band after something so inordinately nerdy we dare not mention its name. The joke's on you if you thought he'd let those well-burnished geek credentials atrophy in the slightest: His upcoming and much-awaited third LP Heartland is going to be something of a sci-fi concept album.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Dutchess and the Duke Ready to Tour Their Fiefdom
Don't let their names throw you. Although their curiously-spelled titles hint at the grandeur of royalty and even monarchical consanguinity, the Seattle-based Dutchess and the Duke have been consistent purveyors of warm, subtle pop more suited to pastoral backwoods cabins than palatial halls.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHEALTH Finds Golden Ticket Winner, Announces U.S. Tour
As Paste got to know HEALTH, we found out that the Los Angeles band placed 66 color-coded tickets in random copies of their sophomore LP. Each color designated a prize, ranging from an autographed poster to a framed photo of a band member's mother. But on Monday, one fan found his own golden ticket, winning a trip to Six Flags with the band.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Wilco on A Prairie Home Companion This Saturday
Fans unable to catch Wilco's midwest shows in October can catch a surprise performance Saturday, via St. Paul, Minn.'s Fitzgerald Theater and radio airwaves.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLover! Releases EP, Tours U.S.
Rich Crook has already made quite a name for himself in the Memphis punk underground as a fellow traveler and drummer for The Reatards, later joining Jay Reatard and Alicja Trout as part of the legendary Lost Sounds crew. And after a few more side projects and tours, he took some time off to work an oil rig, where he was baptized in crude and reborn as the maestro of the power-pop outfit Lover!... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBruce Springsteen's Album Shows Kick Off Tonight
An academic symposium about Bruce Springsteen, though highly appropriate, might give the morbid impression that the guy has bit the dust. Don't worry. He's still around, 60-years-young, in fact, and he's arguably just as lively as he was during those days when he was Born to Run.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNeko Case Duets With Meatwad, Announces Nov. Tour
Looks like Neko Case's cyclone is picking up some speed. The Canadian (brain fart, sorry folks!) alt.country chanteuse, whose gorgeous, lush album Middle Cyclone hit #3 on Billboard in the spring, has been gaining momentum all year. The one-time Paste cover star just announced a fall tour that'll take her all over the country.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Three More New Sufjan Stevens Songs
Three more new Sufjan Stevens songs have been revealed through new footage from his performance at Ithaca, N.Y.'s Castaways, Pitchfork reports.... read more
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