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,…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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,…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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,…   Read Story »

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.…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »