Matt Mitchell

Ohio

Head Music Editor at Paste

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Articles

Ivy Announce First New Album in 15 Years

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Ivy, founded by Andy Chase, Dominique Durand, and the late Adam Schlesinger in 1994, will return in 2025 with their first album in 14 years, since 2011’s All Hours. Traces of You will arrive September 5 via Bar/None Records. “The world thought Ivy was gone after 2012, and for a time we did too. And after Adam’s death in 2020 it seemed certain,” Chase said in a press release.
McKinley Dixon Finds His Wings in the Bombast of Magic, Alive!

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

McKinley Dixon is on one hell of a run. Ever since dropping Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? and The Importance of Self Belief back-to-back in 2018, the Virginia-raised, Chicago-based rapper has periodically released the best rap novel of all-time—only to one-up himself again two or three years later on the next. He’s been skyrocketing for nearly half-a-generation, chronicling the poetry of the world like he’s got Frank O’Hara’s eye and June Jordan’s vocab.
Hand Habits Announces New Album Blue Reminder, Hear: "Wheel of Change"

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Hand Habits, the project of LA singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy, will release Blue Reminder on August 22 via Fat Possum. The LP marks Duffy’s first project since 2023’s Sugar the Bruise, and it was recorded in Duffy’s home city with Alan Wyffels, Gregory Uhlmann, Olivia Kaplan, Blake Mills, Tim Carr, Daniel Aged, and SML’s Joshua Johnson and Anna Butters.
Superchunk Announce New Album Songs in the Key of Yikes

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

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Miley Cyrus is at Her Best on Something Beautiful

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Miley Cyrus’ pop-stardom is confounding. She is undoubtedly one of the greatest living performers—one of the few Disney stars to break away from their child acting origins and carve out a meaningful career in adulthood. You could—and should—argue that Cyrus is the best of that crop, usurping Hilary Duff’s reign when Hannah Montana ended in 2011 and the Bangerz era began two years later. But, on a macro level, Miley’s discography has been pitifully underwhelming since 2013.
Miley Cyrus Is at Her Best on Something Beautiful

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Matt Mitchell

1 hour agoMiley Cyrus Went Shirtless in the Trend that Beyoncé and Selena Gomez Love to WearYou'll want to pin this look to your inspo board. Miley Cyrus went shirtless with a black pinstripe summer suit. • Styling a suit with little to no layers can create a sleek, effortless look for warmer weather à la Beyoncé and Selena Gomez. • This suit style can be perfect for the office or weekend …NowCelebrities Who Got Married in SecretHigh-key guest list, low-key ceremony.
COVER STORY | Sufjan Stevens Communicates With Ghosts

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. “Death’s way, awkward in sunlight,” June Jordan’s words beckon, “single in a double bed at night and hurtling out of mind and out of sight.” What’s finite forever lingers, around every corner yet always within. We may not know death, but we’ve likely encountered it, in both our grief and our connection to dark energy and dark matter around us—to the illegible cursive that illustrates a universe we claim to know.
TOPS Announce New Album Bury the Key

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Today, Canadian band TOPS—Jane Penny, David Carriere, Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck—have announced their next album, Bury the Key.
Ty Segall Picks His Favorite Guitarists

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Skip to the content Ty Segall is the kind of artist to let his guitar do his talking. Quite literally—the most recent time I saw him perform in London, he failed to say a single word to the audience, eschewing banter in-between songs in favor of rupturing eardrums and boggling brains with his fretwork for the entire set. The prolific SoCal musician is also fairly selective when it comes to interviews.
Rock Guitarist Rick Derringer Passes Away at Age 77

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Matt Mitchell

Derringer, born in Celina, Ohio, first came to prominence as a member of the McCoys, whose single “Hang On Sloopy” was a #1 hit in 1965. In the ’70s, the musician found solo acclaim, namely thanks to Top 40 hit “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo” and his tenure producing (and playing guitar on) records by Edgar Winter, including “Frankenstein” and “Free Ride” in 1973. That same year, he appeared on Steely Dan‘s Countdown to Ecstasy and returned later on Katy Lied and Gaucho.