Irish music sensation CMAT was “deeply saddened” by internet trolls’ commentary about her body on a recent post of her BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance. www.pastemagazine.com/music/cmat/c...

Boards of Canada join a long, growing list of artists unwilling to let President Trump’s administration attach their music to his policies. www.pastemagazine.com/music/boards...

The new albums from Kim Petras, Greg Mendez, and Rare DM should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession. www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n...

While promoting 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' on a TikTok livestream, Paul McCartney admitted that The Beatles were “the greatest band ever.” www.pastemagazine.com/music/paul-m...

In our latest Paste Profile, club supernova Kim Petras discusses 'Detour,' the album that finally confirms her as the pop idol “Heart to Break” promised eight years ago. Read here: www.pastemagazine.com/music/kim-pe...

A 'Good Day Lubbock' news anchor is being hounded by BTS fans after making a weird joke on a recent TV broadcast. www.pastemagazine.com/music/bts/ne...

The online music database Nina Protocol plans to shut down this summer after running as a streaming, distribution, and commentary platform since 2021. www.pastemagazine.com/music/nina-p...

Time, religion, and the origins of the universe collide on 'Inferno,' Boards of Canada's fifth album for Warp Records. Our review: www.pastemagazine.com/music/boards...

Rid of myth and drama, Greg Mendez deals only in absurdly bleak levels of directness, no matter how painful. And his conciseness is admirable: there’s not an ounce of fat on his tremendous Dead Oceans debut. Read our Paste Pick review of 'Beauty Land': www.pastemagazine.com/music/greg-m...

Kevin Morby sat down with us for a conversation about collecting highway scenes on tour, crowding songs with his friends and heroes, and making the best album of his career, ‘Little Wide Open.’ Read our latest digital cover story here: www.pastemagazine.com/music/kevin-...

Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo made $1.2 million betting on Google’s most-searched list by using the company’s nonpublic trend data, the Department of Justice has alleged. www.pastemagazine.com/music/d4vd/g...

Iceage returns with its leanest, meanest album in over a decade. It’s also, somehow, the Danes' most danceable music yet. Our review of 'For Love of Grace & the Hereafter': www.pastemagazine.com/music/iceage...

Less than 24 hours after the event's announcement, public backlash motivated Morris Day and Young MC to depart the upcoming Trump-backed Freedom 250 concert series. www.pastemagazine.com/music/freedo...

The most exciting moments on Paul McCartney's new solo album are adventurous yet reflective, and he strikes that sweet spot many times. Our review of 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane': www.pastemagazine.com/music/paul-m...

This week's best new songs roundup features Wild Pink’s dead Kennedy crunch-rock crisis, SML’s 24-minute freakout workshop, and Westside Cowboy’s nervy, garage-rock assault. www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n...

Katy Perry is getting a little multilingual with it. In August, she'll perform a "free show for all my Mexican KatyGatos" at Feria Nacional Potosina, San Luis Potosí's annual state fair concert. www.pastemagazine.com/music/katy-p...

Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins are teaming up to bring Vengeance Records back to life, beginning with the Alex Chilton-produced Cramps LP 'Gravest Gravy.' www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-cr...

Paul McCartney revealed to BBC2 that his famously thorny contemporary Bob Dylan still makes him “nervous.” www.pastemagazine.com/music/paul-m...

AC/DC has never received a proper “greatest hits” treatment, but the band’s 1986 soundtrack for Stephen King’s 'Maximum Overdrive' adaptation came awfully close. www.pastemagazine.com/music/ac-dc/...

feeble little horse give a nuanced look into online young adulthood during the age of acceleration on 'bitknot.' Read our review: www.pastemagazine.com/music/feeble...

“Since I was seventeen, I have played in bands with Dick on saxophone,” David Gilmour wrote about his friend Dick Parry, who performed the iconic “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and “Us & Them” solos, on Instagram. Parry passed away on May 22 at age 83. www.pastemagazine.com/music/pink-f...

George Harrison’s ex-wife Pattie Boyd says it would have been “polite” to tell her about the upcoming Beatles biopics. “I could have really told them some great stories," she told Chris O'Dell. "But I don’t think they want to know." www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-be...

Jack Osbourne told critics this weekend that his father Ozzy Osbourne's AI hologram would be “so tasteful.” www.pastemagazine.com/music/ozzy-o...

For their planned 'American Idiot' follow-up, Green Day tapped 4 Non Blondes leader Linda Perry to produce. After fan backlash, they dropped her from the project without notice. www.pastemagazine.com/music/green-...

We caught up with Rhododendron, one of Portland’s darkest, gnarliest young bands, to discuss its first album in five years, 'Ascent Effort.' www.pastemagazine.com/music/rhodod...

For our newest Cover Me feature, Kurt Vile talks tells the story behind each of his album covers, including how he was given a previously unused William Eggleston photo for his new record, 'Philadelphia’s been good to me.' www.pastemagazine.com/music/kurt-v...

Sonny Rollins, one of bebop's last living greats, is dead. The jazz saxophonist passed away at his home in Woodstock on May 25, his website confirmed. www.pastemagazine.com/music/sonny-...

On 'Cost of Living Adjustment,' Cola turns wage anxiety, modern unreality, and small acts of observation into something lean, tense, and deeply human. Our review: www.pastemagazine.com/music/cola/c...

Twenty years ago today, Sofia Coppola’s opulent third film received a polarized response at Cannes for its loose, postmodern portrayal of the Queen consort of France’s life, but its legacy endures, especially for its subversive, anachronistic soundtrack. www.pastemagazine.com/music/sofia-...

Thirty years ago, The Wallflowers channeled years of disappointment and rejection into 'Bringing Down the Horse,' one of the most successful roots-rock records of Nineties, with the help of T Bone Burnett, Adam Duritz, and a single headlight. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-wa...

Jeff Parker and the ETA IVtet's latest is a pair of side-length pieces that are big and broad yet manage to preserve the players’ virtuosic synchronicity. Our Paste Pick review of 'Happy Today': www.pastemagazine.com/music/jeff-p...

The new albums from Ed O'Brien, Hyd, and Thomas Dollbaum should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession. www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n...

'everyone for ten minutes' is Jack Antonoff's most ambitious and unrestrained Bleachers record to date, but the eclectic bells and whistles still can’t quite shake off his Springsteen-lite affectations. Our review: www.pastemagazine.com/music/bleach...

On their joint debut album, Bill Orcutt and Mabe Fratti unite their compositional singularities for a suite of eight texturally rich pieces. Our review of 'Almost Waking': www.pastemagazine.com/music/bill-o...

Harry Styles alleges to have first gotten it on to the intro of "Talk Show Host," a deep cut from Radiohead’s 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' EP. Not only is it a horrible song to lose your virginity to, but its intro is only 11 seconds long. www.pastemagazine.com/music/harry-...

Paul McCartney gave Stephen Colbert a proper 'Late Night' send-off last night by performing “Hello, Goodbye” and turning off the lights at Ed Sullivan Theater. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-la...

Gabriela Gonzalez, the mother of boy band singer Jack Avery's seven-year-old child, allegedly tried hiring a hitman to kill him during a custody dispute. www.pastemagazine.com/music/jack-a...

In true Big Ears fashion, V. Selvaganesh and his son Swaminathan Selvaganesh brought a captivating rhythmic energy to their Paste Session. www.pastemagazine.com/music/v-selv...

After Boy Throb brought their pink velour sweatsuits and yellow sneakers to a sold-out “Throbchella” show at the Bowery, the viral group sat down with us for an interview. www.pastemagazine.com/music/boy-th...

Lowertown disentangles its friendship in a sprawling, concept-forward meditation on shame, blame, desire, isolation, and companionship. Our review of 'Ugly Duckling Union': www.pastemagazine.com/music/lowert...

Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a licensing agreement allowing Spotify Premium subscribers to “cover” and remix copyrighted music with the help of AI. www.pastemagazine.com/music/spotif...

This week's best new songs roundup features Dexys Midnight Runners’ unholy union of Northern Soul and modern muzak, Vince Staples’ galactic take on systemic violence, and Wesenyeleh Mebreku’s artifact from Ethiopia’s cassette era. See the full list here: www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n...

“You’re the first guy in America who lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke,” Bruce Springsteen said in a fiery sendoff for 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert last night. www.pastemagazine.com/music/bruce-...

Critics have decided that Travis Scott, whose 2021 Astroworld Festival led to the deaths of ten attendees, should not be starring in a movie about a music festival. www.pastemagazine.com/music/travis...

On his second solo album, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien quilts together the kind of percolating arrangements that define many of his band’s best songs. Read our review of 'Blue Morpho': www.pastemagazine.com/music/ed-obr...

Released on May 20, 2016, Ariana Grande’s third album marked the beginning of a long stretch of pop hits that would see her reach the 21st century’s musical Olympus. Join us as we look back on 10 years of 'Dangerous Woman': www.pastemagazine.com/music/ariana...

Blind Alabama singer Clarence Carter's deep baritone, wild tales of love and infidelity, and iconic laugh were unlike anyone else’s. Join us as we remember the soul legend, who passed away last week at the age of 90. www.pastemagazine.com/music/claren...

In the age of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and LMFAO, it was Adele's throwback sound on '21' that came out on top 15 years ago. www.pastemagazine.com/music/adele/...

Some amateur sleuths found an artist on SoundCloud who makes music under the name Tzar Domynik, an alias that 'Heated Rivalry' star Connor Storrie has also used for his clown persona. www.pastemagazine.com/music/connor...

In our new Paste Q&A, staffers Casey Epstein-Gross and Grace Robins-Somerville discuss Car Seat Headrest's 'Teens of Denial' on its 10th anniversary and respond to its newly-released “update,” 'Joe’s Story,' song by song. www.pastemagazine.com/music/car-se...