That adorable face you see above belonged to one Stephen Malkmus, back when he was a junior in high school. It comes from a Santa Barbara high school newspaper profile of Malkmus, presumably the…   Read Story »

Where were you in '92. The music world was fascinated by "alternative rock," which was culturally ascendent and extremely commercially viable: 120 Minutes held sway, Nirvana were a year into (and…   Read Story »

On 8/12/90, Pavement played their second show of all time at the Hoboken, New Jersey club Maxwell's. And through the magic of the internet, a tape recording of that show has now appeared on our…   Read Story »

Steve Malkmus needs help writing an FCC-friendly "Senator." Your job's to figure out a replacement for "blowjob" in the oft-repeated: "I know what the senator wants -- what the senator wants is a…   Read Story »

A few years back we hosted Fred Armisen's comedic five part video guide to SXSW 1998. Then we switched video platforms and the clips were swallowed by our system. Whoops! We've finally rescued them…   Read Story »

Last year MTV mentioned that new episodes of Beavis and Butt-head were in the works, but there was no premiere announced, and creator Mike Judge had no comment. But MTV officially announced the show…   Read Story »

Charm City Cakes' horse-shaped Quarantine The Past cake made it to Pavement during one of their Central Park Summerstage Shows as part of the previously mentioned episode of the Food Network's Ace Of…   Read Story »

Pavement will appear on the Food Network show Ace Of Cakes on Thursday. Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland bakes them the sugary, horse-shaped cake and present it to the band after one of their…   Read Story »

You'll have to read Billy Corgan's "[Pavement] have no love" comments through the lens of the similarly phrased Smashing Pumpkins diss in "Range Life," but if you're an old-time advocate of Malkmus…   Read Story »

Grand Rapids-based music blog Halfway House Music recently had Surfer Blood in for a session. They played some album tracks, one unreleased song called "I'm Not Ready" and a cover of Pavement's "Box…   Read Story »