Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

The StingRay, first introduced in 1976, took cues from the Fender Precision Bass, which Leo Fender had designed years prior. The StingRay was put together by Fender, as well Tom Walker and Forrest ...

As best as we can tell, the kickoff song on Roundelays debut album, Regional Romantic, “One Day With You”, is not technically a roundelay, though it has plenty of deliciously brain-tickling internal ...

The American swim villain who once vowed to “smash the Aussies like guitars” received an unexpected lifeline from his former ...

Eighty-two years ago today, the songwriter behind Bakersfield sound classics who also played bass for Merle Haggard was born.

Eighteen upcoming concerts for the Gen-X crowd include Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Xzibit, Too $hort, Silversun Pickups and Talib ...

R.E.M. ran into some internal strife on their album 'Monster'. But the album still yielded their last ever Top 40 single.

Eddie Van Halen was dubbed the best guitarist of the 1980s. But this one rivalling player lurked behind him in the shadows. Read more here.

Despite being released almost eight years ago, Red Dead Redemption 2 is still filled with unsolved mysteries, with new clues ...

From Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Slowdive to Show Me The Body and Death Grips, here are ten bands that need to record a ...

This modern PA speaker is incredibly versatile. It can be used as a stand-alone system for the budding singer-songwriter; a pair could easily be used as the front-of-house speakers for a full band; ...

Buck Meek’s fourth solo album was inspired by a conversation with his Big Thief bandmate and producer James Krivchenia: What if they added some electronica to their sound? Ditch ...