7.17.2012

Jimi Hendrix is staring intently at Mick Taylor’s fingers. Taylor is caressing a Gibson and looks to be nonchalantly playing the kind of melodic-yet-dangerous guitar lines he used to punctuate what...

A quick Amazon search for “Rolling Stones” will reveal no shortage of books, biographies and compilations that have been released commemorating The Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary. It’s not...

There’s isn’t an I’m Not There for the Rolling Stones. Jagger hasn’t gotten his own Across the Universe or Velvet Goldmine. The band has made concert...

How The Rolling Stones Got Me Through Puberty Mick Jagger doesn’t know it, but he changed my life. That’s not hyperbole, just a fact: If it wasn’t for a man four decades and an ocean away that I’ve...

As a member of the Wolfgang’s Vault family, Paste has access to a rich archive of historic audio interviews from a variety of sources. Many of these interviews have never existed in text form. Our...

It’s always right in the middle of the summer months when the drag sets in. We come to a point, in our slicked-over slacks and through the haze of our incurable dehydration, when we wish that it was...

Prog-metal masterminds find their inner singer/songwriter The members of Baroness have always mixed in a little indie rock with their occasionally sludgy brand of prog metal. And they’ve always...

Hypnotic Nights finds Nashville two-piece JEFF the Brotherhood continuing on their journey from the explosive, all-over-the-place fuzz-rock of their early releases toward the friendlier, catchier and...

Ska gets a bad name in the States, thanks to a million skatastrophic puns, a fanbase that seemingly subsists on hackeysack and Bob Marley posters, and crappy bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and...

If the newfound, baby-faced look of a reggae rapper famous for long hair and a mildly kept beard wasn’t enough of a hint, then the release of Spark Seeker is certain to clear up any hazy...

As a guest voice on Watch the Throne or a modest presence in the rabble-rousing rap group Odd Future, Frank Ocean tends to leave a calming effect on everything he touches. It’s interesting, then, that...

On their sophomore full-length, Roanoke Valley, Va. natives Eternal Summers have produced an album that makes you aware of how quickly summer is slipping through your fingertips. Switching from a lo...

On June 13, 1994, 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay disappeared from his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Being from a turbulent, working-class family, he received little attention from the media and it...

On the eve of the French Revolution, everyone is a prisoner. The starving sans-culottes are powerless prisoners of a government that parties more effectively than it governs. The royals are no better...

It’s easy and even tempting to write off the protagonist of Giorgos Lanthimos’ Alps as just some disturbed freak. The unnamed nurse, played by Aggeliki Papoulia (also a star of Lanthimos’ 2010 tour...

“Miami” was an almost great episode of Louie that was also one of the sweeter episodes the show’s done. It didn’t even require the appearance of the adorable girls who play his daughters in the show....

All of a sudden, I was in the middle of an Anger Management episode and didn’t know how I got there. The latest effort from this freshman comedy had homophobic jokes, racist comments, chauvinistic...

Season five opens up with a flash forward to Walter White, a year ahead of the current time. When the show first started, Walt was 50 years old. He was a tired and weathered man beaten down by life,...

How nice would it be to only feel guilt for five seconds? Sometimes I think dogs are the luckiest beings on the planet, or at least they are in Wilfred’s world.Ryan’s sister is back in the States, but...

This week, Episodes decided to follow up a sex-filled laugh-a-thon with a touching half hour filled with death and mourning. Of course that didn’t stop this comedy from doing what it does best: making...

If there’s been any problem with Comedy Bang! Bang! so far, it’s probably the way the various skits flow into each other. Usually only Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts connect them, but just barely, as...

I am going to try and tell you about Dyad.Dyad is a tunnel shooter. You guide a neon, glowing shape that reminds me of a fishing lure forward (or upward). Locomotion is not propulsion. You latch onto...

A significant portion of Spec Ops: The Line is spent cowering behind a wall. From a third person perspective, we watch Captain Martin Walker follow the orders we input through our controller: wait for...

NihilumbraPlatform: iOSDeveloper: beautiFUN GamesRelease Date: 06/28/12Price: $2.99 Trailer Nihilumbra will likely get a lot of attention for its hauntingly beautiful art style. Unlike a lot of...

Why does high school provide such a fertile setting for mystery novels? Yes, for teenagers and teachers a demand looms for throwaway thrillers to fill the bored haze of study hall. But surely there’s...

There is no denying the impact of a great Stones show, as demonstrated by this two-hour concert at Hampton Coliseum. After a warm introduction, The Rolling Stones take the stage for what was to be one...

Seryn’s live presence—with each member swapping instruments and all five singing choruses at the top of their lung—can best be described as “joyful,” causing Paste to name their performance the best...

This year, HGTV partnered with Paste as we headed down to Gulf Shores, Ala., for what we’d considered the best Hangout Music Fest to date. Beyond watching shows from some of our favorite artists, we...

Caveman is off to an incredible start. The buzzed-about Brooklynites released their critically acclaimed Coco Beware last year, earning themselves a spot on Fat Possum’s roster. As a debut, Coco...

With more than a dozen members, things can get rather crowded for Typhoon. After garnering attention for an EP that came out last spring, A New Kind of House, the Portland band is starting to find...

Merriment is made up of Christie and Collin DuPree, the younger brother and sister of the four siblings that make up Eisley. With a distinct Americana-folk style to their music, the pair has begun to...

Wild Cub may be a relatively new band, but between taking a much coveted spot at the festival by winning the Road to Bonnaroo and preparing their forthcoming album , Youth, they’ve proven themselves...

The song commands attention from the opening moments, with energetic horns and drums driving the melody forward and serving as a complementary background to ChesnuTT’s slick, confident voice. “This...