Download The Autumn Defense's "Back of My Mind"
Download The Autumn Defense’s “Back of My Mind.” The Autumn Defense will be on tour throughout November.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Download Chatham County Line's "Crop Comes In"
Download Chatham County Line’s “Crop Comes In.” Chatham County Line’s Wildwood will be released July 13 on Yep Roc.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3The Apples in Stereo: Travellers in Space and Time
Sextet blasts off but remains in orbit Those who’ve come to love The Apples in Stereo for the band’s colorful, high-energy tunes won’t be disappointed by its seventh studio album. Travellers in Space and Time leans heavily on futuristic kitsch, sporting campy touches like robotic pulses, vocoder sound-scrambling and intermittent directions from a Charlie’s Angels-esque commander.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJosh Rouse: El Turista
(Yet) Another side of Josh Rouse Expat singer/songwriter Josh Rouse is a musical chameleon, exploding into beautiful new aural shades with each record. His 2003 album, 1972, was a tribute to the AM pop and proto-disco sounds of his birth year. Two years later, he released Nashville, which explored a more contemporary fusion of folk rock and subtle electronic flourishes. But the biggest sonic shift came in 2006 when Rouse moved to Spain and began soaking up that country’s rich culture.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Apples in Stereo Prep New Album
Psych-pop Elephant 6 act The Apples in Stereo will release their new album, Travellers in Space and Time, on April 20 via Yep Roc/Simian (AKA: Elijah Wood’s label)/Elephant 6. Coming three years after New Magnetic Wonder, Travellers is being billed as “their most hi-fi and hook-laden production to date,” according to Yep Roc.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRobyn Hitchcock Preps Live CD/DVD
Singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock will continue to bulk up his scattered and elusive discography with his I Often Dream of Trains in New York concert-DVD and live-album release. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTodd Snider Tours, Releases...Bobblehead?
Here's another piece of trinket goofiness to add to your collection of the most-awesome commemorative figurines of the summer: To celebrate the release of the singer-songwriter's latest record, The Excitement Plan, Yep Roc is offering a limited supply of Todd Snider bobbleheads! Six and a half inches tall and painted strikingly to Todd's likeness, this little guy can be yours for just $29.99.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTodd Snider: The Excitement Plan
The problem with laughing off a bona-fide wiseass... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJohn Doe & The Sadies: Country Club
X always mixed in a little country with its rockabilly punk, but... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsNIN, Coldplay, Björk, more craft April Fool's Day gags
April Fool's Day is no longer just about telling your family you are getting married or phone calls announcing you've just won an all-expenses paid trip to Nowheresville; it's about bands and the fake news they put up on the good old Internet. On April 1, it's hard to believe everything you see around the web, and bands are taking it to another level. Here are a few of the best music-related pieces of faux-news Paste found today.... read more
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