The entertainment magazine for thinking adults, Paste looks for "signs of life" in music, film, and culture. Celebrating craft over fad with a focus on the best of the new and striving to be sophisticated without being stuffy, Paste features dozens of reviews of CDs, DVDs, and films in each issue, along with interviews and profiles. Every issue includes a free Editor's Picks CD or DVD sampler and sometimes both.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Banal, patronizing:
I subscribed to Paste on a promotion and paid one dollar for a year. I was excited to have an antidote to Pitchfork's pretension. Paste did not satisfy. While I appreciated some of the content and perspectives, I found most of it trivial. If you're looking for thoughtful insights into current media, I do not recommend Paste. If you're looking for a forum in which Scarlett Johansson can tell you about everything you never wanted to know, check it out. I say, Onion A/V Club, all the way.
Great new music:
Starting picking up Paste Mag while in Iraq and have really discovered some new and fresh music to listen too. Every issue comes with a sampler CD with 20 or so songs on it of new music. If you are looking for new music of every genre....try checking out a copy.
Unadventurous and stagnant:
Paste is aimed towards post-college adults whose musical tastes veer left of center. Unfortunately, they miss the mark badly. Readers are offered an unchallenging menu of staid triple-AAA and commercial-ready indie. The sampler CDs are heavy on mid-tempo ballads and are eminently boring. Admittedly, I have been spoiled by several years of The Wire and its series of sampler CDs that rarely fail to dazzle the ears. While I didn't expect Paste to be as adventurous as The Wire, I also didn't expect it to be as... more info
Don't waste your time & money:
I have subscribed to Paste since 07/05. They used to include a CD of all new artists featured that month. I think they got bought out by a mainstream company cuz now if you are a current subscriber you can only get the CD if you pay an additional $10 for the remainder of your subscription. I used to love the true "indie" aspects of this monthly rag. Not only music but BOOKS & movies. Now those features are scaled way down. Now they are leaning more mainstream(if I wanted Spin of god forbid Rolling Stone... more info
