# best song (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover best song. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trust falls at the Knockdown Center](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/clipping/trust-falls-at-the-knockdown-center-splendor-and-misery) _2026-08-22 · Dash Lewis · Paste Magazine_ After the 10-year celebration of clipping.'s Splendor & Misery at NYC's Knockdown Center, Paste writer Dash Lewis considers what experimental music actually is. ## [Watch The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis' Paste Session at Solid Sound](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis/watch-the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis-paste-session-at-solid-sound) _2026-08-22 · Abby Jones · Paste Magazine_ In June, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis brought three songs from their new album Deface the Currency to Fresh Studio 9 in North Adams. ## [Apple Music to label AI-generated tracks later this year](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/apple-music/apple-music-to-label-ai-generated-tracks-later-this-year) _2026-08-21 · Mariam Abdel-Razek · Paste Magazine_ The streaming service is the latest to announce a labeling system, following Spotify, Tidal, and Deezer in labeling AI-created music and artists. ## [Vivian Campbell's cancer has returned](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/def-leppard/vivian-campbells-cancer-has-returned) _2026-08-21 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ The Def Leppard guitarist revealed how a stem cell transplant meant to keep his cancer at bay failed. ## [The Hollies disband after 64 years](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-hollies/the-hollies-disband-after-64-years) _2026-08-21 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ The British Invasion band, known for hits like “Bus Stop,” “The Air That I Breathe,” and “Carrie Anne,” announced that its last two “classic lineup” members have retired. ## [13 new albums to stream today](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-albums/best-new-albums-august-21-2026) _2026-08-21 · Paste Staff · Paste Magazine_ The new albums from Westside Cowboy, Rapsody, and Brennan Wedl should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession. ## [Brennan Wedl crash-lands in the spotlight on her ANTI- debut](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/brennan-wedl/brennan-wedl-album-review) _2026-08-21 · Grace Robins-Somerville · Paste Magazine_ Paste Pick: Co-produced by Katie Crutchfield and Brad Cook, the Nashville singer-songwriter’s eponymous album confirms her to be the next leading lady of Southern rock. ## [Shania Twain is still writing herself into our lives](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/shania-twain/shania-twain-interview-august-2026) _2026-08-21 · Matt Mitchell · Paste Magazine_ After selling 100 million records and surviving a career-threatening vocal injury, the country-pop icon has reached the rarest place in music: She has nothing left to prove. ## [Materia reveals new mysteries in Julia Holter’s voice](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/julia-holter/julia-holter-materia-review) _2026-08-21 · Ryan Reed · Paste Magazine_ The art-pop artist’s latest album, a companion piece to 2024’s Something in the Room She Moves , moves from calming chaos to stirring minimalism. ## [Brandon Flowers’ new solo album is all pastiche and little panache](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/brandon-flowers/brandon-flowers-thrasher-review) _2026-08-21 · Grant Sharples · Paste Magazine_ Thrasher marks the Killers frontman’s pivot to country, but it mostly feels contrived, like he’s hitching a bandwagon rather than blazing his own trail. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PrvzuOOiduJd) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Charley Crockett is still acting like a loser on Facebook](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/charley-crockett/charley-crockett-is-still-acting-like-a-loser-on-facebook) _2026-08-20 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ “If you want the smoke, I’m your man,” the country singer wrote online after accusing Jack White of being a “champagne socialist” who drives a Lamborghini and puts his kids in private school. ## [Twisted Teens sign to Sub Pop](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/twisted-teens/twisted-teens-sign-to-sub-pop) _2026-08-20 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ Having already dropped two albums this year, the New Orleans punk band is readying a third with the backing of an alt-rock titan. ## [5 songs you need to hear this week](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-songs/best-new-songs-august-20-2026) _2026-08-20 · Paste Staff · Paste Magazine_ Squirrel Flower dreams of moving to a Cleveland suburb, Alex G gets an assist from The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan, and Troye Sivan pays tribute to thot daughters in this week’s best new songs roundup. ## [Texas Is The Reason are grateful for their past](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/texas-is-the-reason/texas-is-the-reason-interview-august-2026) _2026-08-20 · Abby Jones · Paste Magazine_ Paste Q&A: As the New York post-hardcore greats celebrate 30 years of their sole album Do You Know Who You Are? , frontman Garrett Klahn reflects on being a young punk, falling back in love with old music, and why suddenly breaking up was the smartest move the band ever made. ## [7 acts we can’t wait to see at this year’s Bazooka! Fest](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/bazooka-fest/7-acts-we-cant-wait-to-see-at-this-years-bazooka-fest) _2026-08-20 · Grace Robins-Somerville · Paste Magazine_ The two-day festival starts this weekend at The Meadows in Brooklyn and will feature more than two dozen great acts, but here are a few we’re really excited about. ## [Solange honors Bring It On co-star Hayden Panettiere](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/solange/solange-honors-bring-it-on-co-star-hayden-panettiere) _2026-08-20 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ “Rest in peace Hayden. In peace, because you are so deserving of it,” the notoriously private musician wrote on Instagram. Panettiere passed away on August 16 after going into cardiac arrest. ## [Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going is Squirrel Flower’s storied travelogue](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/squirrel-flower/squirrel-flower-say-a-prayer-to-the-gods-of-getting-going) _2026-08-20 · Grant Sharples · Paste Magazine_ Ella O’Connor Williams’ new album is constantly in motion, a peripatetic pursuit whose endpoint lies within the voyage itself. ## [“Harm of Will” is the soft center of Björk’s Vespertine](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/bjork/harm-of-will-is-the-soft-center-of-bjork-vespertine) _2026-08-20 · Elise Soutar · Paste Magazine_ On her fourth album’s least-streamed song, Harmony Korine’s words feel like a salve passing through Björk’s lips, like she’s made you clean again in her image. ## [Will Ferrell’s son earns Best New Artist nomination at VMAs](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/will-ferrell/will-ferrells-son-earns-best-new-artist-nomination-at-vmas) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ Magnus Ferrell’s “Asleep Talking” blew up online thanks to, you guessed it, his dad. ## [ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/zz-top/zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-dead-at-77) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ Beard had been performing with the group since its 1969 inception, appearing on classics like Tres Hombres to Eliminator . ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zJrXSBDMenva) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Jack White and Charley Crockett are fighting online](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jack-white/jack-white-and-charley-crockett-are-fighting-online) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ Ever since Crockett complained about White bringing the Satanic doo-wop group Twin Temple on tour with him, both musicians have been making catty posts about each other on social media. ## [Phoebe Bridgers gets appendicitis for her birthday, cancels intimate UK tour dates](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/phoebe-bridgers/phoebe-bridgers-gets-appendicitis-for-her-birthday) _2026-08-19 · Grace Robins-Somerville · Paste Magazine_ The shows will be rescheduled for a later date, Bridgers confirmed on social media. ## [Cameron Winter to release his first live album](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/cameron-winter/cameron-winter-to-release-his-first-live-album) _2026-08-19 · Abby Jones · Paste Magazine_ Live At Carnegie Hall , which the Geese singer recorded last December, is out this October on Partisan/PIAS. ## [Anna Shoemaker wants to tell you everything](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/anna-shoemaker/anna-shoemaker-interview-august-2026) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ After a breakup made Shoemaker retreat to her childhood home, she later emerged with a deeply felt portrait of starting over. In an exclusive interview, the LA-based musician talks to Paste about Back to Pennsylvania . ## [Wild Pink tells stories lower to the ground](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/wild-pink/wild-pink-interview-august-2026) _2026-08-19 · Grant Sharples · Paste Magazine_ Bandleader John Ross talks about movies, fatherhood, and continuing the heavier style of Dulling the Horns on its equally excellent successor, Still Coming Down . ## [Friendship powers perfection on Westside Cowboy's It Goes On](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/westside-cowboy/westside-cowboy-it-goes-on-album-review) _2026-08-19 · Matt Mitchell · Paste Magazine_ Paste Pick: What an undeniable rock inferno this British band has unleashed, where even the quiet parts will swallow or split you. ## [Phoebe Bridgers recorded an hour-long college radio show](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/phoebe-bridgers/phoebe-bridgers-recorded-an-hour-long-college-radio-show) _2026-08-19 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ The musician explained the meaning behind each song on her new album Lost Weekend during a special broadcast last weekend. ## [It looks like Fontaines D.C. used AI in their new music video](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/fontaines-d-c/it-looks-like-fontaines-d-c-used-ai-in-their-new-music-video) _2026-08-18 · Abby Jones · Paste Magazine_ The Dublin band’s new clip for “Marianne” listed AI “artists” in its credits on YouTube. ## [The best concerts we’ve seen lately (August 3 – August 17)](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/gig-report/gig-report-best-concerts-august-18-2026) _2026-08-18 · Paste Staff · Paste Magazine_ This week’s Gig Report features Water From Your Eyes’ yearly boat show, Sweeping Promises at a toy shop, and a train-tacular morning at Bob Baker Marionette Theater. ## [Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham’s 10 Things I Hate About You musical to debut on Broadway in 2027](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/carly-rae-jepsen/carly-rae-jepsen-and-lena-dunham-10-things-i-hate-about-you-musical-to-debut-in-2027) _2026-08-18 · Mariam Abdel-Razek · Paste Magazine_ An adaptation of the 1999 rom-com will begin preview performances next August. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1u8gdBE2jcXm) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Columbia House to cease operations after 71 years](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/columbia-house/columbia-house-to-cease-operations-after-71-years) _2026-08-18 · Mariam Abdel-Razek · Paste Magazine_ The mail-order media company Columbia House announced that it will shut down on September 15, 2026. ## [Rush’s Fifty Something Tour makes time stand still](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/rush/rush-fifty-something-tour-review) _2026-08-18 · Andy Steiner · Paste Magazine_ The band’s first tour after drummer Neil Peart’s death never feels like another arena rock band trying to cash in on nostalgia. What I saw, three nights in a row, was iconically complicated music still pushing Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to their limits, and them loving every minute of it. ## [Hovvdy’s album covers bring their “lo-fi in IMAX” sound to life](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/hovvdy/cover-me-hovvdy-august-2026) _2026-08-18 · Grant Sharples · Paste Magazine_ In our latest Cover Me feature, Will Taylor and Charlie Martin dive into the creative process behind all of their album artwork, including their latest, Big World . ## [R.I.P. Dave Marsh: Rock critic and Bruce Springsteen biographer dead at 76](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/dave-marsh/r-i-p-dave-marsh-rock-critic-and-bruce-springsteen-biographer-dead-at-76) _2026-08-17 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ Marsh, one of the sharpest voices in the history of music criticism, saw his health in decline after fighting a degenerative brain disease. ## [The 7 best songs about Arizona ever made](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-state-songs/the-7-best-songs-about-arizona-ever-made) _2026-08-17 · Abby Jones · Paste Magazine_ Our tribute to the best songs ever written about the Grand Canyon State, featuring "Big Iron," "Goodbye Sky Harbor," and others. ## [Courtney Love says her new album is done, but that she almost died while making it](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/courtney-love/courtney-love-says-she-almost-died-while-making-new-album) _2026-08-17 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ The singer shared on Instagram that she was “healthy” after an illness in 2020. ## [Frankie Valli retires and then unretires](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/frankie-valli/frankie-valli-retires-and-then-unretires) _2026-08-17 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ After the nonagenarian singer’s brother claimed he was done working, Valli disputed the narrative. ## [Watch Elizabeth Moen’s Paste Session at Solid Sound](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/elizabeth-moen/watch-elizabeth-moens-paste-session-at-solid-sound) _2026-08-17 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ In June, the Chicago singer-songwriter brought three original songs off her forthcoming album Fields On Fire —and one sneaky Willie Nelson cover—to Fresh Studio 9 in North Adams. ## [Dance music is Icona Pop’s medicine on the uneven Ritual](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/icona-pop/icona-pop-ritual-review) _2026-08-16 · Miranda Wollen · Paste Magazine_ The Swedish duo’s fourth album is at its best a meditation on womanhood and the self, and at its worst, something of a non-event. ## [Paste Session of the Day](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/paste-session-of-the-day/paste-session-of-the-day) _2026-08-16 · Paste · Paste Magazine_ Chicago's Elizabeth Moen performed a Paste Session at this year's Solid Sound. Watch here. ## [The 10 greatest grunge music videos of all time](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-music-videos/greatest-grunge-music-videos-of-all-time) _2026-08-16 · Matt Melis · Paste Magazine_ If you didn’t have the nerve to drop out of school and hitchhike to Seattle, watching these videos was the next best thing. ## [Predictability clouds Jungle’s Sunshine](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jungle/jungle-sunshine-album-review) _2026-08-15 · Mariam Abdel-Razek · Paste Magazine_ The London trio’s fifth album is pleasant enough to leave on, but rarely compelling enough to listen to. ## [11 new albums to stream today](https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-albums/best-new-albums-august-14-2026) _2026-08-14 · Paste Staff · Paste Magazine_ The new albums from Hovvdy, L'Rain, and Phoebe Bridgers should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession.