Malkmus On Shins, Smiths, Thermals, Mullets
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 privileged to know. There's the Kingdom and the Get Hustle. I like this band, the Get Hustle; I think they're weird. The Shins, of course, they're a big... multinational... corporation. The Decemberists, the Shins, that's like... the new black or something.The new Nike?
[Laughs] Yeah. There's just crazy stuff... Marriage Records, this guy Curtis, has got some good stuff. Hutch Harris's band [the Thermals] is good. Modest Mouse live here now—they're on the top of the food chain here by far. I've seen Johnny Marr around town....Are you a Smiths fan?
Yeah, I always liked them. They were kind of unique in a good way, a weird band with a weird sound. I never paid attention—I thought it was just all jangly, but it's more than just jangly, what [Marr] does. I was anti-jangle back then. I liked R.E.M., but the jangle had to go when the '90s came, I'm sorry.Well you guys get jangly here and there....
Yeah, sorta, but it's not fey and drenched in reverb. It's probably a more country jangle. It doesn't come with a mop top. I like a bit of jangle, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it's gotta go. You can be in love with your mullet, but it has to go when you decide to try to get off welfare.
That's fair fashion advice. Head over for Malkmus's thoughts on the Seattle debate ("there is a Scandinavian reticence," but at least there is also an awesome yoga instructor). And on entering his fifth decade, Stephen said, "I don't scream like a teenager. You shouldn't scream if you're 40; that's just ridiculous." Greg Dulli could not be reached for comment.
Posted at 12:34 PM
Tags: Mullets | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The Shins | The Smiths | The Thermals
Stephen actually says that Seattle has the awesome yoga instructor:
"there's a yoga instructor there that's 20 times better than any Portland yoga instructor"
We're in a sea of great yoga instructors here... and of course heroin. Nothing gets you limber like smack.
Namaste.
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Um, can someone please tell me who is the mother of the fruit of SM's loins? Is it that Yoko social worker girl? I'm sorry, but I've been in love with this man for 15 years, so I need to know. Forgive.
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Malkmus = still uninteresting, still a cunt.
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Drake, you're my fact checkin' cuz.
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Anyone notice a similarity in appearance between S. Malkmus and The Thermals' Hutch Harris?
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Maybe the jangle DID have to go when the 90's came (especially if it wasn't masculine and "country" like yours), but when is it time to retire the insecure and ludicrous need to bully Michael Stipe? Because I'm certain for some reason that it's about 9 years expired in terms of relevance.
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portland, portland - and no mention of menomena! absurd!
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Maybe the jangle DID have to go when the 90's came (especially if it wasn't masculine and "country" like yours), but when is it time to retire the insecure and ludicrous need to bully Michael Stipe? Because I'm certain for some reason that it's about 9 years expired in terms of relevance.
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Yeah, Malkmus can be a real cocky SOB. But, I still admire the guys talents and the work in Pavement speaks for itself. They are still my second favorite band...just slightly behind The Replacements :)
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re: scandinavian reticence in seattle.
that's a good dating tip right there.
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Just saw Malkmus & co. play here in Eugene the other night-- if I could play like him and get Janet Weiss in my band, I'd be a cocky SOB too. New songs galore, too, new album should be good, and coming sometime this year...
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Here's Luxe & Reduxe, outtakes from the interview:
http://www.thestranger.com/lineout/2007/01/the_lost_malkmus_tapes
"If I weren’t playing and doing this specific thing, people would see through my tired act quickly."
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the image of malkmus listening to mantar or lucky dragons or yacht or the get hustle or the watery graves is funny to me. people's perception of portland music culture is really funny to me.
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