Miley Cyrus, Paramore, Lorde and the National headline an all-star lineup on A24’s companion tribute album for Stop Making Sense’s 40th anniversary, but most of the covers aren’t exciting enough to warrant even pressing play to begin with.
It’s a good sign that Jake Gyllenhaal hosts Saturday Night Live like he doesn’t have something to plug.
Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Van Halen’s generational debut, which would define the decade of rock ‘n’ roll that arrived after its release in 1978 and turn the Pasadena four-piece into living legends long before they became commercial slam-dunks.
They call themselves the Bramily, and they showed up in force on Miramar Beach, Florida, for Brandi Carlile’s Mothership festival.
Hulu’s jumping into the streaming stand-up space. Cool.