Modest Mouse, Hold Steady, new issues of Paste

Well I wasn't going to post the May (Summer Festival Preview Issue) cover of Paste for awhile but Stereogum did, so I guess the cat is out of the bag.

Issue 32 (May 2007) of Paste



This is the first national cover for The Hold Steady, who I previously dreamt about in a very Spinal Tap-inspired dream sequence. The cover turned out a little greener than we thought it would... maybe the Georgia pollen got to it...

And now on newsstands is Issue 30 (April 2007) featuring Modest Mouse, who debuted at #1 on Billboard! Incredible. Probably the best example of a band that has been able to go very mainstream and still maintain its indie-cred... maybe Death Cab, too... but the don't have Johnny Marr playing with them and that's beyond cool.



Check out the video for Modest Mouse's first single, "Dashboard"... it makes me laugh.

CK & Lil S'lack present: JUMP, JUMP

I didn't do a lot of my homework in college. I prefered fun things, like playing volleyball at 4am, working at Paste, writing limericks, and making music videos (even in the middle of midterms).

Here is a video from the vault, making its YouTube debut. It was filmed in the ATL (er, Druid Hills) and features me and my rapping roommate, Lil S'lack. Thank you to Jenny for recording, Arunan for lending us guys' clothes, our friends and sorority advisor for making cameos, and Karl the Krazy Squirrel for letting me strike him with a lightning bolt.

Now playing: "Jump, Jump," by CK and Lil S'lack, from the EP Lodgin' Ain't Easy