Black Mountain releases "Wucan" video, tours the world

By Austin L. Ray at 3:07 PM on August 14, 2008

Hey, kids! Enjoy getting psychedelic in the desert? Possibly with a talking coyote? Boy, does Black Mountain have a video for you! The Sabbath-worshiping British Columbians recently retreated to an anonymously sandy place to film the clip for "Wucan," and it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect. Tripped out visuals and the usual Black Mountain rawk abound (see below)....  read more

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The Best of Online College A Capella

By Rachael Maddux at 2:12 PM on August 12, 2008

Thanks to the viral spread of videos of their performances of popular indie songs, Carleton College's Singing Knights are undoubtedly the Internet's most well-known college a capella group. But a slew of other ensembles have used YouTube to foster new audiences beyond the limited notoriety of campus showcases. And while no one's yet topped the Knights' live collaboration on Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" with "the Daft Hands guy" (also a Carleton student), there's no shortage of groups offering up videos of their unexpected, creative and, more often than not, mega-ironic arrangements. Here are six of our favorites. The...  read more

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Zach Galifianakis on his first encounters with...

By Austin L. Ray at 12:09 PM on August 12, 2008

Read our issue 46 feature on Zach Galifianakis here.--...Sean Penn: "He called my cell phone and was like, 'Hey, it's Sean Penn.' And I'm like, 'Uh-huh...' He's like, 'What are you doing next week?' And I said, 'I'm going to Arby's.' Then I kinda realized it was him. I didn't audition [for Into the Wild]; I just showed up to South Dakota. It was me and him and Vince Vaughn and Emile Hirsch in a hunting lodge together for two weeks. But when I first got there, I said to Sean, 'How do you know me?' and he said he'd...  read more

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Girl Talk's Feed the Animals gets 14-video treatment

By Adam Daniels at 2:00 PM on July 22, 2008

Ever since 2006's Night Ripper thrust Greg Gillis and his musical project Girl Talk into the national limelight, he has been one of the most polarizing figures in popular music. Many feel Gillis is cheating the system, stacking the musical tape deck if you will. Sort of like how the Yankees can afford Rodriguez and Jeter in the infield (not that Young Berg and Tony Basil are exactly Jeter and A-Rod, but you get the idea), it just doesn't quite seem right. ...  read more

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Watch Paste's exclusive Bonnaroo video round-up

By Valentina Tapia at 2:52 PM on July 3, 2008

Maybe you've heard of a little ol' "four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn." called Bonnaroo. We went, saw and conquered...  read more

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Radiohead embarks on tour, releases exclusive videos

By Rachel Webster at 1:16 PM on July 2, 2008

Nigel Godrich officially has the coolest Basement of all time. Rather than housing clunky appliances and cast-off toys (who really used Lincoln Logs?), the famed record producer’s Basement is home to a recording studio that features live performance videos of musicians like Damien Rice, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth and Radiohead. ...  read more

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Radiohead announce finalists for video contest

By Michael Saba at 7:00 AM on June 19, 2008

With the primary election season finally finished, we as a nation can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to truly important exercises in democracy. Namely, online contests...  read more

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Rainn Wilson: "The National are uppity douchebags."

By Paste Staff at 7:00 AM on June 5, 2008

If you were at the Sasquatch! festival over Memorial Day weekend, you probably saw actor Rainn Wilson introduce a band. Or you bumped into him as you were wandering from the Wookie! Stage to the Yeti! Stage. Or maybe you saw him get into a tumble-on-the-ground fist fight with the dude selling 24 oz. cans of Coors Light for $12...  read more

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Zach Galifianakis and Kimmel chat on Between Two Ferns

By Kasia Galazka at 7:13 PM on April 21, 2008

People not to take interview cues from: 1. That NPR guy who had a painful interview with Sigur Rós. 2. Bill O'Reilly. 3. Zach Galifianakis. The bearded genius behind his and Will Oldham's alternate video for Kanye West's "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" and a recent Absolut-commissioned advertisement (featuring Tim and Eric) can now add "talk show host" to his colorful work experience. His series Between Two Ferns, posted on FunnyOrDie.com, has already featured a tickle-resistant Michael Cera and now, Jimmy Kimmel. Watch Galifianakis get barefoot, ask his guest about cocker spaniels and mispronounce every name but his own below: Between...  read more

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