Closing out her 2025 live show lineup in Sin City, Lainey Wilson welcomed Shane Smith & the Saints to the stage as her opening act. In addition to some of her better-known hits, including “Somewhere ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...

The Toronto Blue Jays made a risky trade in the summer to acquire Shane Bieber. At the time, he was still recovering from Tommy John surgery and was not 100%. However, Bieber pitched well and was a ...

Shane Parish first came on my radar about a year and a half ago when he released his gorgeous fingerstyle guitar interpretation of Aphex Twin's "Avril 14th." He's continued to release beautiful music ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “We talked about how every time these guys aren’t touching, they want to be,” Tierney told Swooon ...

Georgia officials are searching for inmate Timothy Shane, who escaped from an Atlanta hospital on Monday. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said Shane was seen stealing a silver Pontiac Grand Prix ...

An inmate described by authorities as "armed and dangerous" is on the run after escaping from an Atlanta hospital early Monday. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said inmate Timothy Shane fled ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Providence Day junior basketball player Zeke Battier admits the obvious when he talks about being the son of high school, college, professional and international basketball champion Shane Battier.