11.20.2012

Earlier this month, Alt-J was awarded the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at a ceremony in London. The award is given annually to the artist that produces the year’s best U.K. album, and simply to be...

“Look, I always say with theater, pick a show, put it on a calendar and get twenty people to invest and I guarantee you, that show’s gonna happen on that day. But you know, you need someone to leap...

The first time I ever read the words “Brendan O’Hare” was on August 7, 2012. I know this because the first time I ever read the words “Brendan O’Hare” was on Twitter when a friend retweeted something...

Sallie Ford could fool everyone if she wanted to. She could have her way with us. (She just might want to have her way with us anyway, for all we...

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...

As Sufjan Stevens proves with Silver & Gold, his five-EP sequel to 2006’s Songs for Christmas, there’s a clear distinction between a “holiday album” and a “Christmas album.” Holiday albums are...

For some bands, maturity is proportional to mass—in other words, sophistication comes from adorning your songs with string arrangements and complex chord patterns and busy production techniques. For...

Brian Eno’s ambient touches can be heard in his own work as well as the numerous records he’s produced for Talking Heads, U2 and Devo. In those four decades Eno has also squeezed in a handful of works...

If you’re a new artist, the point of an EP is to showcase different aspects of your overall body of work to allow listeners to wet their feet with your sound. The 1975, the indie quartet from...

Seattle’s The Pharmacy are road dogs, seemingly always touring whether it be here in the States or across the pond. That doesn’t leave much time for the studio. It comes as no surprise then that the...

The Weeknd’s cinematic grandeur has proved a blessing and may end up a curse, in part because we know how the movie ends. It was certainly unconventional to debut with three entire albums in one year,...

Though the plot of Starlet may sound formulaic—an aimless, young woman forms an unlikely friendship with a crotchety, elderly woman—the film is handled with a level of care and understatement that...

Last night, while watching The Mindy Project, it occurred to me that Dr. Mindy Lahiri is Kelly Kapoor with a medical degree. Like the character Mindy Kaling played on The Office, Dr. Lahiri is boy...

The classic sitcom formula requires that everything resets at the end of the episode. Many of the best comedies ever made follow this, but the great thing about our current range of television...

Season two of Homeland has been just as exhilarating and surprising as last year’s Emmy Award-winning freshman season. Recently, Showtime announced that Homeland has been renewed for a third season,...

Angry Birds Star WarsPlatform: Android / iOSDevelopers: RovioRelease Date: 11/08/2012Price: $0.99 For Star Wars fans, the past couple of weeks have been something of an emotional roller-coaster. First...

Mick Jagger – written by Philip Norman, who has previously authored books about John Lennon, Buddy Holly, Elton John, and the Rolling Stones — adds yet another entry to the seemingly endless...

Pete Townshend’s new autobiography, Who I Am, describes the career of the lead guitarist and chief architect of the English rock band The Who. A man in the right place at the right time—playing guitar...

“Drums in the living room, singer in the bedroom, four-track cassette recorder, cases of beer, whiskey, sandwiches and a sunny porch."That’s how Birger Olsen describes his band Denver’s self-titled...

Hey Rosetta! has been a growing presence on the music scene for many years thanks to their careful melodies and folk-infused rock sound. The band has...

Jackie Greene has built a solid musical reputation thanks to several successful studio albums, a constant touring schedule, and an array of high-profile collaborations. From his his work with Bob Weir...