Georgia native Katie Pruitt released her sparkling, honest debut alt-country album Expectations in February, and she stopped by the Paste Studio in New York City a few days before its arrival to play four songs from the record: the title track, "Out Of The Blue," "Normal" and My Mind's A Ship (That's Going Down).

Katie Pruitt

New England folk-pop trio The Ballroom Thieves released Unlovely, their third LP that touches on political themes as well as personal ones, in February. They visited the Paste Studio NYC on release day to share four new songs with us: "Homme Run," "Love Is Easy," "Pendulum" and "For Hitchens."

The Ballroom Thieves

Portland retro pop singer/songwriter Alexandra Savior popped into the Paste HQ to perform songs from her 2020 sophomore album The Archer, out now via Danger Mouse's 30th Century Records.

Alexandra Savior

Fans of the shapeshifting funk group Vulfpeck will recognize Theo Katzman, a regular member among the band's rotating cast of talented characters. He has three solo albums, including Modern Johnny Sings: Songs in the Age of Vibe, which arrived this year. Katzman dropped by the NYC studio this week to perform a few songs from that record—and jam the hell out.

Theo Katzman

Indie rock band Saint Motel, perhaps best known for their hit 2013 single "My Type," stopped by the Paste Studio in New York City back in February to play us some songs. They performed "Diane Mozart," "Sisters" and "Van Horn," all from a 2019 EP called The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Pt. 1.

Saint Motel

Indie folkster Anthony da Costa will release his new album at the end of March 2020. Feet on the Dashboard will be the singer/songwriter's first new full-length release since 2017. In February, da Costa stopped by the Paste Studio in New York City to play the title track from the new album, plus a few other new songs.

Anthony da Costa

Indie-folk singer/songwriter Jesca Hoop recently stopped by our NYC studio to perform three songs from her 2019 album Stonechild: "Shoulder Change," "All Time Low" and "Outside of Eden."

Jesca Hoop

Beach Bunny, the Chicago DIY and pop-punk band fronted by Lili Trifilio, recently released their debut album Honeymoon to waves of praise, including from our critic Steven Edelstone, who wrote that the new album is "impossible to hate." The band stopped by our NYC studio late last year with a special preview of the record. They treated us to "Dream Boy," "6 Weeks" and an acoustic version of fan favorite "Prom Queen."

Beach Bunny

Pop-rockers Colony House recently released their third LP, Leave What's Lost Behind, on Jan. 24. The full four-piece stopped by our NYC studio late last year to play two songs from the record, "Original Material" and "Looking For Some Light," plus a cut from their 2017 album Only The Lonely, "You Know It."

Colony House

Late last year, singer/songwriter Victoria Canal stopped by Paste's New York City studio to play four songs. The Spanish-American artist played us a string of singles (she doesn't yet have a full-length release, but she has plenty of accolades, having toured with the likes of Michael Franti): "Second," "Drama" and "Favor," plus a mashup of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Canal's own "Ebony."

Victoria Canal

Indie/folk rocker Hiss Golden Messenger (aka MC Taylor) makes warm, thoughtful music about occasionally dark times. His most recent album, Terms of Surrender, is especially contemplative. He stopped by the Paste Studio in NYC to play us stripped-down versions of three songs from that record: the title track, "Happy Birthday, Baby" and "I Need a Teacher." He also played one song from his 2017 release, Hallelujah Anyhow: "Lost Out in the Darkness."

Hiss Golden Messenger

Americana duo The Milk Carton Kids released their fifth record last year, titled The Only Ones, and they stopped by the Paste studio in October to play three songs from it, in coinciding order with the tracklist: "I Meant Every Word I Said," "I'll Be Gone" and the title track.

The Milk Carton Kids

Rising country star and former Voice contestant Lauren Duski stopped by the Paste Studio in New York City late last year to play three songs from her growing discography: "Chasing Me," "The Weather (Grandpa's Song)" and "Costume Party."

Lauren Duski

As Paste critic Max Freedman noted, Kate Davis' debut album Trophy "primarily addresses deeply millennial woes: general aimlessness, the quest for self-acceptance, existential dread." However angsty her music may be, it still has a brightness to it, as displayed by her recent Paste Studio session. During her set, Davis performed the title track from Trophy, as well as "Daisy," "Cloud" and "rbbts."

Kate Davis

In November, Eva Hendricks and her band Charly Bliss (made up of Eva's brother and keyboardist Sam, guitarist Spencer Fox and bassist Dan Shure) lit up the Paste Studio with that incredible live spirit and three songs from their 2019 sophomore album Young Enough. Singles from the record included "Capacity" and "Chatroom," but for this session (the second for Paste in the band's history), the foursome opted for some deeper cuts: "Camera," "Hurt Me" and "The Truth." "Camera" is a song Hendricks wrote while on hold with her bank after her credit card was stolen and used to "buy a camera in California," Hendricks discloses after performing the song. And whether the thief would've used the camera to create a "masterpiece" or make "something sick and twisted," we'll never know, as Hendricks sings in this slightly paired-down version of the track. Also during the session, Hendricks mentions some of the band's influences while making Young Enough, which range from Lorde and Taylor Swift to Superorganism. Young Enough is the group's second LP, following 2017's glistening pop-punk feat Guppy. Charly Bliss also have a new EP, Supermoon, out now.

Charly Bliss

Scarypoolparty, aka Los Angeles-based artist and former American Idol contestant Alejandro Aranda, released his debut album under the moniker last year. He visited the Paste Studio in October to play three songs from Exit Form: "Out Loud," "10 Years" and "Millennial Love."

Scarypoolparty

You may know Marcus King as the frontman of the Marcus King Band, but the southern rock star also records music solo. In fact, he just released a new solo LP called El Dorado. A few months ago, he stopped by the Paste Studio in NYC with just one guitar in hand to preview a few songs on the record, five, to be exact: "Beautiful Stranger," "Sweet Mariona," "One Day She's Here," "Wildflowers & Wine" and "The Well."

Marcus King

Susto released his fourth full-length LP Ever Since I Lost My Mind last year. In October, he dropped by the Paste Studio in New York to play a few songs from the record, including his hit "Homeboy." He also played his singles "Daniel" and "Weather Balloons," a song featuring some old tour mates Frances Cone.

Susto

Fruit Bats, aka the indie-folk/rock songwriting project and band of Eric D. Johnson, released their latest album Gold Past Life, in June 2019. Johnson has been on the road much of the time since then, and he's also part of supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, the band made up of Anaïs Mitchell, Johnson and Josh Kaufman. Their debut LP is out this January. In the meantime, enjoy Johnson's Paste Studio session, taped in NYC late last year and featuring three songs  from Gold Past Life: "Ocean," "Mandy from Mohawk (Wherever You May Be)" and "Cazadera."

Fruit Bats

Los Angeles-based producer/songwriter Mr. Carmack stopped at Paste's Atlanta studio in December during his Immersion tour, which features a full seven-piece band—a requirement to bring the songs from Mr. Carmack's new self-produced album Viista to life. This album has been five years in the making and is Carmack's first vocal-centric album to date and a huge departure from the EDM that put Carmack on the map. Aaron Carmack and the band play four powerful songs from Viista: "Sociopath", "All These Flags", "Reciprocity" and "Okay!," taking us through the experiential storytelling that is Viista. Immensely groovy, thoughtful and dynamic, these songs will stick with you.

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