'90s alt-rock fight! As prematurely mentioned, we dig the new Breeders album, Mountain Battles. We also like aspects of Real Emotional Trash, though we still say it runs on (and on). Which is sorta what Kim Deal's saying about the... CONTINUE READING KIM DEAL: "YOU KNOW, MALKMUS IS BEING A BIT OF A BITCH..."»
Posted on April 1, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (46 comments)
Tags: Kim Deal | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The Breeders
If you happened to be watching the Fox News Channel at 3AM this past Friday -- like who wasn't? -- you may have caught a sorta surreal happening on Red Eye: After the Take-Away strains of Real Emotional Trash favorite... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS VISITS FOX NEWS' RED EYE»
Posted on March 31, 2008 in Video (20 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
Through his ThunderAnt collaborations with Carrie Brownstein or his various SNL skits -- recently as Obama -- Fred Armisen's no stranger to Stereogum readers. One extended skit you may not have seen is the short film he made at SXSW... CONTINUE READING FRED ARMISEN'S GUIDE TO MUSIC AND SXSW 1998»
Posted on March 12, 2008 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Fred Armison | Janeane Garofalo | Pavement | Southern Culture On The Skids | Steve Albini | The Aluminum Group | The High Llamas | The Mekons
My Bloody Valentine, the Breeders, the Verve ... and now maybe Pavement? Malkmus may have only just starting airing he and his Jicks' Real Emotional Trash, but there are rumors that a Pavement reunion's in the works. Actually, a little... CONTINUE READING PAVEMENT IS INTO THIS REUNION THING, POSSIBLY BY 2009»
Posted on March 5, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Pavement
We always want more Pavement. That's just how it is. We were kidding when we said VH1's '90s list needed more (c'mon chillun, as if those VHvoters had ever been slanted or enchanted) but now, as if responding to our... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - "BALTIMORE"»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in MP3 (10 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
We've sampled some of Cassettes Won't Listen (aka Jason Drake)'s remixing delicacies before with the nifty, shifty take on Asobi Seksu's Tokyo-tinged "Strawberries." But that was over a year ago, and that was just one track. With this year's giving-season... CONTINUE READING CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN PROVIDES ONE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS»
Posted on December 13, 2007 in MP3 (10 comments)
Tags: Blind Melon | Cassettes Won't Listen | Liz Phair | Pavement | Sebadoh
In the December issue of Blender, the magazine's editors have compiled what they see as the "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever," opening with this little graph:Mumbled lyrics, couldn’t-care-less strumming, white dudes in sweaters—what’s not to love about indie rock?... CONTINUE READING BLENDER'S 100 GREATEST INDIE-ROCK ALBUMS EVER»
Posted on November 14, 2007 in Shit List (260 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Pavement | Pixies | R.E.M. | Sonic Youth | The Replacements | Velvet Underground
As we remember from the halcyon emergence-of-the-indie-yuppie days, aspiring hipsters like buying tees. (And then later selling off their accrued cred to the highest bidder on Craigslist.) So t-shirts and hipsters: It's a bond that runs deep. The creators of... CONTINUE READING "I WROTE 'NEW SLANG' MOTHERFUCKER" ... THE T-SHIRT»
Posted on September 27, 2007 (37 comments)
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie | Pavement | The Shins
With the influx of indie rock kids comps and Bops, it was only a matter of time before little ones started changing road trip sing-a-longs to hepper fare ... but Pavement's "Stereo" en route to karate class? Wowee Zowee!... CONTINUE READING KIDDIES SING PAVEMENT»
Posted on September 17, 2007 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Pavement
Wouldn't be a series of Pitchfork scores without at least one bearing little-to-no relation to the verbiage that followed, right? Well, day last of this year's P4K party in Union Park was another fine one, bringing two more mind-bending... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 [SUNDAY; 7/15] RATING: 6.2»
Posted on July 16, 2007 in Concert (12 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Junior Boys | Menomena | of Montreal | Pavement | Pitchfork Music Festival | Stephen Malkmus | The Field
We left a bunch (more like a ton) of important names off our list of re-formed bands we think should record new material. Sebadoh, The Smashing Pumpkins, J&M Chain, Crowded House -- yes, yes, yes, yes. And the list goes... CONTINUE READING MORE REUNION TALK»
Posted on March 16, 2007 (45 comments)
Tags: Faith No More | Kevin Shields | Mike Patton | My Bloody Valentine | Pavement | Unrest
Stephen had a chat with Seattle's The Stranger, touching on northwestern bands, cities, and fashion styles. Some thoughts on the region's music (via LHB):What about Portland's music scene? There's stuff going on, you know. There's all varieties. I'm not totally... CONTINUE READING MALKMUS ON SHINS, SMITHS, THERMALS, MULLETS»
Posted on January 18, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Mullets | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The Shins | The Smiths | The Thermals
Still no confirmation on a reunited Pavement headlining Coachella '07 (we can dream, can't we?), so Matador's giving us the next best thing: a 50 (!) track reissue of Wowee Zowee. B-sides, rarities, BBC Evening Sessions, and this live version... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD PAVEMENT - "HALF A CANYON" (LIVE IN AUSTRALIA)»
Posted on October 18, 2006 (20 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
Domino's released a new Malkmus remix EP Kindling For The Master that attempts to bring the Face The Truth single to the dancefloor.This promo reveals 4 fantastic remixes over 2 pieces of vinyl. Emperor Machine lays down his exquisitely produced... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS - "KINDLING FOR THE MASTER" REMIXES»
Posted on September 5, 2006 (2 comments)
Tags: Pavement
Today NY Post profiles Ruinedmusic.com, a place "to talk about the music you’ve lost: the songs you can’t stand to hear ever again, that record she always played when she was over at your house, the band you went to... CONTINUE READING ONLY SONGS CAN BREAK YOUR HEART»
Posted on August 24, 2006 (54 comments)
Tags: Pavement
The A.V. Club asks Daily Show correspondent Rob Corrdry to do the iPod Shuffle...Pavement, "Stereo" Oh wow, I'm awesome. Brighten The Corners—I would argue, the best Pavement record. The Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain people can slam a cock, because this... CONTINUE READING CROOKED RAIN PEOPLE CAN SLAM A COCK»
Posted on July 26, 2006 in MP3, Where's The Beef? (25 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Rob Corrdry | Stephen Malkmus | The Daily Show
This previously unreleased cut is from the new annual comp for the 3rd Annual PDX Pop Now! Music Festival, a free, three-day event taking place July 28-30, at Loveland in Portland. The double CD also has unreleased tracks from the... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS - "METS TO INFINITY"»
Posted on June 30, 2006 in Concert, MP3, Video (31 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
In Stereogum's neverending quest to tell you which indie rock song was in which network sitcom last night, we turn to Kris at PantryRaider. He heard some Pavement on that new Doogie Howser show and even took a screengrab..."Since Michelle... CONTINUE READING YOUR MOTHER'S SLANTED, ENCHANTED»
Posted on January 24, 2006 in MP3, Show Tunes (30 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | How I Met Your Mother | Love Monkey | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
No plans for Independence Day? Hit The Lawn at Battery Park.3:30 PM Laura Cantrell 4:20 PM Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 6:00 PM Yo La TengoGates open at 2, and IT'S FREE. Three cheers for FREEDOM.... CONTINUE READING A MATADOR FOURTH OF JULY»
Posted on June 29, 2005 (14 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Yo La Tengo
To celebrate the release of the deluxe edition of Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Domino Records is streaming one of the 21 previously unreleased tracks each day for the rest of October. Check it here.... CONTINUE READING KOREA CAREER»
Posted on October 15, 2004 (5 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
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Posted on December 3, 2003 (6 comments)
Tags: Pavement
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