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The 50 best albums of 2026 so far
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (118+ words) Read: "Dry Cleaning is a total work of art" Read: "Slayyyter has always been a star" Read: "OHYUNG: Explosions in the heartland" Read: "Namasenda is ready to meet you at her realest" Read: "Loraine James is learning to be proud…...
Fontaines D. C. manager Trevor Dietz passes away
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (404+ words) Paste Magazine Fontaines D. C. manager Trevor Dietz passes away In an Instagram post Tuesday, the Irish band described being "heartbroken" by the passing of their friend Dietz, who was a "sixth member of the band." Irish rock band Fontaines D. C. announced today…...
Musicians union sues UMG and Warner Music over AI use
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (413+ words) Paste Magazine Musicians union sues UMG and Warner Music over AI use The American Federation of Musicians sued the two music companies over alleged licensing of music to two AI companies, Suno and Udio. The world's largest union for professional…...
Greg Mendez's art transports us to Beauty Land
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (1166+ words) Cover Me is a column highlighting the stories behind great album covers, as told to Grant Sharples by the artists and bands who made them. Greg Mendez: It was my friend Cody, and that picture is just from this bar,…...
Olivia Rodrigo debuts new song with The Cure's Robert Smith at Primavera
1+ day, 55+ min ago (310+ words) Paste Magazine Olivia Rodrigo debuts new song with The Cure's Robert Smith at Primavera The pop star performed "what's wrong with me" with The Cure frontman during her Saturday set at Primavera Sound. We all love Robert Smith, but Olivia…...
The imagined odyssey of Fastball's "The Way" opened the door to another world
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1470+ words) Paste Magazine The imagined odyssey of Fastball's "The Way" opened the door to another world Alt-Rock Dept: The hit rock song was once a pleasant radio melody, then it became a fond memory, and then it slowly evolved into a…...
Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out of This Country is still twee music at its finest
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (804+ words) Camera Obscura's 'Let's Get Out of This Country' is still twee music at its finest Paste Magazine Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out of This Country is still twee music at its finest Time Capsule: Released on this day twenty years…...
Phoebe Bridgers, phones at shows, and fan entitlement
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1095+ words) Paste Magazine Phoebe Bridgers, phones at shows, and fan entitlement If this latest wave of "phones at concerts" discourse has made one thing clear, it's that we haven't come very far since Mitski bemoaned audiences who "film entire songs or…...
11 new albums to stream today
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (119+ words) Paste Magazine 11 new albums to stream today The new albums from Navy Blue, Death Cab for Cutie, and Vince Staples should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession. Paste is the place…...
Last night, Phoebe Bridgers' living room was a basketball arena
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (912+ words) Last night, Phoebe Bridgers" living room was a basketball arena Paste Magazine Last night, Phoebe Bridgers" living room was a basketball arena Bridgers' phoneless $1 Madison Square Garden show felt like Nickelodeon"s Worldwide Day of Play for zillennials on Lexapro....