<font size="2">Band of the Week (7.09.07): St. Vincent</font>

Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Fun Fact: Sole member Annie Clark served as a tour manager for her jazz-musician uncle when she was just 15.
Why She's Worth Watching: Clark's clever debut Marry Me comes out July 10, and she's touring hard through the summer to support …

<font size="2">Band of the Week (7.02.07): Battles</font>

Hometown: New York, NY
Members: [l-r] John Stanier (drums); Ian Williams (guitar); Dave Konopka (bass, guitar); Tyondai Braxton (guitar, vocals)
Fun Fact: Battles claim a close spiritual kinship with Stanley Kubrick, going so far as to half-seriously describe their …

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The 5th Anniversary issue of Paste Magazine hits newsstands this week--asking readers everywhere, "Can Rock Save the World?"

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<font size="2">New <i>Paste</i> website!</font>

Check out our www.pastemagazine.com">newly redesigned site complete with new and easy-to-use browsing tools, as well as the Paste Station-- a one-stop media player streaming songs and videos for everyone to enjoy.

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<font size="2">New music + new podcast!</font>

Paste 4 to Watch artists (for the month of June) Joan as Police Woman and FIELDS are now featured on our music player! "The Ride" by Joan as Police Woman is from her debut album Real Life and is also featured on our July sampler CD. "Song for the Fields" from FIELDS' …

<font size="2">Band of the Week (6.25.07): Von Südenfed</font>

Hometown: Düsseldorf, Germany and Manchester, England
Fun Fact: Von Südenfed is named after the region where Jan St. Werner grew up, and it may also refer to a common decongestant.
Why It's Worth Watching: The band is a union of three radically different but equally …

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<font size="2">New music up from <i>Paste</i> 4 to Watch artist!</font>

"American Prehistoric" by Paste 4 to Watch artist Warm in the Wake is now up on our music player, so enjoy! Warm in the Wake is featured in our June issue as a "Paste-approved artist you must know". Their album American Prehistoric comes out August 28 on Livewire …

<font size="2">Band of the Week (6.18.07): Minus Story</font>

Hometown: Lawrence, Kan.
Fun Fact: The title of the band's new album, My Ion Truss, is an anagram of "Minus Story."
Why It's Worth Watching: Psychedelic sounds and surreal lyrics combined with able pop songwriting distinguishes Minus Story from an ever-increasing pool …

<font size="2">America's 40 Best Music Venues</font>

Paste readers nominated more than 500 different venues at PasteMagazine.com--from hole-in-the-wall rock clubs to elegant theaters, legendary halls to brand new bars, quiet listening rooms to rock extravaganzas.
To find out which ones made the cut, click here.