Recent Posts from Pasta Primavera

Pasta Primavera — Saratoga Springs, NY. Skidmore College. Mostly known in the music world for the place where Ratatat hooked up. Perhaps in the near future it will be known for the place that is home to the duo of... [go to the website to read the rest of the a... read more »

Pasta Primavera — How friggin great is Mos Def. A new track has surfaced (thanks to Kanye) called “The Tournament”. Apparently it’s an outtake from his sweet LP The Ecstatic. This could have... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s a... read more »

Pasta Primavera — What was going on in 2008 when I managed to miss Brooklyn’s Lemonade’s S/T debut album?  It better have been important because DAMN Lemonade is killing my ears (in a good way of course)... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, downl... read more »

Pasta Primavera — We’ve reached midday here and I’m starting to fade fast (that Memory Tapes from the morning only buzzed me for so long).  Lucky for me (and you) I’ve been spicin’ up my lunch... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s an... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Is there a better way to kick off this crazy week than with some downright slick remixes from the always on point/always mysterious Memory Tapes?  I think not.  They recently dropped a super swell... [go to the website to read the rest of the art... read more »

Pasta Primavera — It seems like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album It’s Blitz came out ages ago, but really no.  They’ve just released a video for the track “Skeletons” off of it.  Take a look: mp3:... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and m... read more »

Pasta Primavera — I need something fun.  I’ve got just the thing!  Tom Caruana’s Wu Tang Vs. The Beatles album, Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers, where he blends the two.   Yeah this has been done quite... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, down... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Drink Up Buttercup’s debut album Born and Thrown On A Hook is almost definitely going to be residing in my “Best of 2010 Albums” list at the end of the year.  I know that’s a... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s an... read more »

Pasta Primavera — One piece of music that is getting an overwhelming amount of play in the Pasta household is My Gold Mask’s A Thousand Voices EP.  If you haven’t had a chance to get it – pick it up... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download m... read more »

Pasta Primavera — By now all should be keen on The xx (if not – where you been?), and most, including me, are all in agreement that they’re pretty rad.  So when they release a new video, like they just did... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, dow... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Florida’s MillionYoung aka Mike Diaz and his new tape/EP Be So True has softened my ears and jolted my senses.  Drum machines topped with Diaz’s soaked reverb heavy vocals are sewn... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download m... read more »

Pasta Primavera — The Antlers and their stunning album Hospice has garnered praise from just about everyone (including me) for creating a heartfelt and honest album.   As you can imagine I was nervous when retro disco... [go to the website to read the rest of the ... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Lefse Records, the place that brought us the likes of Neon Indian, Phaseone, and Tape Deck Mountain, have begun an offshoot label Waaga Records.  To celebrate this new beginning they have offered a... [go to the website to read the rest of the ar... read more »

Pasta Primavera — San Diego’s Rafter Roberts aka Rafter has just released the first taste of his upcoming album Animal Feelings with the track “Paper”.  People familiar with Rafter’s sound will... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s a... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Sometimes things just need to be L O U D.  In music it’s a rare thing for me to be into the harder side of rock.  Sometimes it’s way too abrasive for my tastes, but on occasion a band... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, downloa... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Blah blah blah blah…it doesn’t matter what I write right now…it’s a brand new (leaked…officially…sort of) Gorillaz track off of the upcoming highly anticipated... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more] ... read more »

Pasta Primavera — A vision of the best albums of 2010 is slowly starting to appear in my head and low and behold Toro Y Moi’s Causers Of This is definitely high on it.  Since receiving the promotional copy of... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, ... read more »

Pasta Primavera — In December the mysterious band from Sweden, jj, was signed to the always awesome label, Secretly Canadian.  SC will be releasing their follow up to the outstanding  jj nº 2 with (you guessed it) jj... [go to the website to read the rest of the a... read more »

Pasta Primavera — Brooklyn band Bear Hands is about to release a new single “What A Drag” in February, but you can download it free via their website for the next month.  They bring back the same energetic... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, dow... read more »

Pasta Primavera — I feel bad.  Somehow I left The Horrors‘ Primary Colours off my best of 2009 list.  It was that good, and I feel terrible for the omission.  Ah well… as my tribute to them I’ve... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s ... read more »