A couple Octobers ago I spoke with Pissed Jeans frontman Matt Korvette about his job as a claims adjuster. When I asked him what the typical adjuster's like, he told me: In a 40 hour work-week, the average adjuster is... CONTINUE READING NEW PISSED JEANS - "DREAM SMOTHERER" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 17, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Pissed Jeans
We mentioned Sub Pop's 20th Anniversary a ways back -- well, it's officially time to party (especially if you live in the Pacific Northwest). The rumors have been circling the web, and now we have official details about SP20, a... CONTINUE READING SP20: SUB POP'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT FESTIVAL PARTIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED»
Posted on April 15, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Beachwood Sparks | Comets On Fire | Fleet Foxes | Flight Of The Conchords | Foals | Grand Archives | Green River | Iron And Wine | Kinski | Low | Mudhoney | No Age | Pissed Jeans | Red Red Meat | Seaweed | The Helio Sequence | The Ruby Suns | Wolf Parade
The original plan on Friday was to see Zooey and Matt Ward (the she and him of She & Him) at Merge's 12AM showcase at the Parish, because she's got a good voice and he's cute. And vice versa. But... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 16, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Handsome Furs | Liam Finn | Lykke Li | M. Ward | Peter Bjorn And John | Pissed Jeans | She And Him | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | Super Bowl | SXSW | The Whigs | Zooey Deschanel
When my gal was young she assumed her uncle was Billy Joel because he played the piano and lived in Allentown. No dice, Joel was just singing about rusty, steel-lined Allentown -- plus, the piano man was born in the... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: PISSED JEANS»
Posted on October 10, 2007 in , (3 comments)
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We're making a grand tradition out of seeing stacked shows to celebrate Stereogum Presents... releases. For OKX, we swung over to Hiro to see Zach Galifianakis take someone else's bid on an ostrich painting that really belonged on the... CONTINUE READING PISSED JEANS/CELEBRATION/MAN MAN @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC 10/2/07 (AND MAN MAN'S "LITTLE BOXES")»
Posted on October 4, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Celebration | Man Man | Pissed Jeans
You have director Monty Buckles to thank for this clip to the punk track of the year, in which the devil comes disguised as a grinning, wholesome ice cream man, and Pissed Jeans come as the special ingredient to Satan's... CONTINUE READING NEW PISSED JEANS VIDEO - "I'VE STILL GOT YOU (ICE CREAM)"»
Posted on September 21, 2007 in , (9 comments)
Tags: Cut Off Your Hands | Laurie Anderson | Pissed Jeans