The final day of 2010's Pitchfork Festival was just as hot as Saturday, with stages that needed quick shots of energy to pull the audience out of its languor. Girls were pretty but wispy -- though…   Read Story »

Jesus Lizard put on great shows in the '90s. Just as intense, albeit in a different way, were Guided By Voices' acrobatic karate-kicking, beer-swilling collagist epics. It's unclear if Robert Pollard…   Read Story »

Pavement's on their way to a long summer of festivals and one-off gigs, but curating an ATP is a sweet way to get things started. (It's also a sweet way to get in some time with their side projects…   Read Story »

This wasn't the band's first time playing "Stereo" this year, and it won't be the last, but witnessing Pavement reunited firsthand felt so good, if a bit lonely. This was my first Coachella (It'll be…   Read Story »

Friday got us dancing with LCD and Jay-Z, Saturday featured less clothing, and Sunday closed things out with a generally mellower lineup (plus more amazing weather). It was fitting the reunited…   Read Story »

Last night Pavement readied themselves for Coachella, playing their first U.S. reunion-tour show, a 31-song set at the Fox Theater in  Pomona, CA. The Middle East opened, but people were there for…   Read Story »

Pavement launched their reunion tour today at Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand. There's a 13-hour time difference between Auckland/Brooklyn, so the show already happened. Since we're here: Honestly,…   Read Story »

"It was the first time some of us had been in the same room together for close to 10 years," he writes. "I think we all were a little nervous." Other Pavement tour clues in his entry: the band…   Read Story »

Well before the lineup trickled its way out, the Sasquatch! site's streaming player hosted a playlist stocked with tons of Pavement. So you're not surprised that the band with the fat pockets will…   Read Story »

The Pitchfork annual, scheduled for 7/16-18 at Union Park in Chicago, will also feature LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells, among…   Read Story »