Joining Malkmus and his Jicks at the Echoplex in L.A. on Saturday night were the recently loved Fresh & Onlys and Red Cortez. Stephen's amp started channeling a random Spanish language radio station, but he dryly quipped it was as... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS/THE FRESH & ONLYS @ THE ECHOPLEX, LOS ANGELES 7/25/09»
Posted on July 27, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Red Cortez | Stephen Malkmus | The Fresh And Onlys
In today's session SM and his Jicks perform "Vanessa From Queens," "Elmo Delmo," and a cover of the James Gang's "Funk #49." Download at Daytrotter.... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS IS A DAYTROTTER»
Posted on March 30, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Stephen Malkmus | The James Gang | The xx
While we discuss fantasies about a Pavement reunion, Steve Malkmus gives the nerdy ins and outs of his fantasy "hoops" team ("Widespread Perkins") as well as the league he commissions. It's not all sports: SM also mentions his Jicks, his... CONTINUE READING STEVE MALKMUS TALKS FANTASY HOOPS»
Posted on January 14, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | Tom Jones
I've been cynical about the flurry of reunions in '08 (and, you'd assume, '09) because music has always seemed more enjoyable to me when it involves discovery, not nostalgia. Nostalgia is for my parents. That said, as we mentioned last... CONTINUE READING PAVEMENT MAY OR MAY NOT REUNITE»
Posted on January 14, 2009 (36 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The National
Adding another entry to the canon unexpected covers, Steve Malkmus & the Jicks teamed up with stage mates and fellow Portland residents Blitzen Trapper to put a spin on James Gang's James Gang Ride Again classic "Funk #49." The hootenanny... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS & BLITZEN TRAPPER COVER JAMES GANG»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in (6 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | James Gang | Paul McCartney | Stephen Malkmus
Portland Filmmaker Dan Woods got a bunch of sorta-familiar indie rockers to sing "Gardenia," which is a fine backup plan when Stephen Malkmus is too much of a Jick to show up to his own video shoot. (J/K, Stevie.) Fortunately... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS VIDEO - "GARDENIA"»
Posted on October 22, 2008 in (6 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Explosions In The Sky | Girl Talk | Mudhoney | Ratatat | Stephen Malkmus | The Cribs | Weezer
One day into Lolla, and Radiohead have already made the trip worth it. Also Chuck Bass -- we saw him chilling in the media area. Kanye, Wilco, and Obama (ha) are on deck. Rest assured we are charging our camera... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 2, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Bloc Party | CSS | Duffy | Gogol Bordello | Ida Maria | Lollapalooza | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW
I was in the slightly cooler climes of Pitchfork, Illinois this past weekend and didn't make it to Siren Festival, but NYC Taper ably recorded Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks' Real Emotional Trash-heavy set on Saturday, so I've been able... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - "ASTRAL FACIAL" (LIVE AT THE SIREN FESTIVAL)»
Posted on July 22, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Max Tundra | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW
I couldn't make Siren Festival this year and Amrit and Brandon were at Pitchfork, so ... how was it? Based on the photographic display from Kyle Dean Reinford I guess sweaty? How was the sound? Did you shoot the freak?... CONTINUE READING ISLANDS AND ANNUALS AND JICKS: SIREN FEST 2008 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Annuals | Beach House | Broken Social Scene | Dragons Of Zynth | Film School | Islands | Jaguar Love | Parts And Labor | Ra Ra Riot | Stephen Malkmus | The Dodos | The Helio Sequence | These Are Powers | Times New Viking | Victoria Legrand
Our second and final Sasquatch! dispatch comes with fewer bands than Part One, but a deeper look at them. Last time we teased Wayne Coyne's ability to convince young girls to get on stage and dance naked during his U.F.O.... CONTINUE READING SASQUATCH 2008 IN PHOTOS PT. 2»
Posted on May 28, 2008 in (39 comments)
Tags: Battles | Death Cab For Cutie | Flight Of The Conchords | Grammys | Katy Perry | Sasquatch! | Stephen Malkmus | The Cure | The Flaming Lips | The Hives
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Well, this was the best Saturday we've had in awhile. We started the day with an afternoon set by SM & the Jicks. Malkmus, properly protected from the UV rays in his shades,... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS (STARRING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, DEATH CAB, KRAFTWERK, PORTISHEAD & PRINCE)»
Posted on April 27, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Death Cab For Cutie | Gun Outfit | Kraftwerk | Prince | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW
When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great. Brandon worked at... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW IS RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 18, 2008 (34 comments)
Tags: Björk | Built To Spill | Dead Meadow | Death Cab For Cutie | Deerhunter | Grizzly Bear | Interpol | Prurient | R.E.M. | Regina Spektor | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW | Tapes 'N Tapes | The Black Keys | The New Pornographers | Vampire Weekend | Young Widows
Malkmus is definitely in (and on) the air these days. We know we've been a bit fixated, and we really did try to resist the charms of this A.V. Club interview between SM and Amanda Petrusich, but it's just too... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS: "U2 WANTS TO HANG AROUND WITH ARCADE FIRE. U2 DIDN'T WANT TO HANG AROUND WITH PAVEMENT."»
Posted on April 2, 2008 (28 comments)
Tags: Stephen Malkmus
'90s alt-rock fight! As prematurely mentioned, we dig the new Breeders album, Mountain Battles. We also like aspects of Real Emotional Trash, though we still say it runs on (and on). Which is sorta what Kim Deal's saying about the... CONTINUE READING KIM DEAL: "YOU KNOW, MALKMUS IS BEING A BIT OF A BITCH..."»
Posted on April 1, 2008 in (46 comments)
Tags: Kim Deal | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The Breeders
If you happened to be watching the Fox News Channel at 3AM this past Friday -- like who wasn't? -- you may have caught a sorta surreal happening on Red Eye: After the Take-Away strains of Real Emotional Trash favorite... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS VISITS FOX NEWS' RED EYE»
Posted on March 31, 2008 in (24 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
The idea of a Pavement reunion's in the air, but Stephen Malkmus & his Jicks are everywhere else, including a Take-Away in San Francisco and a secret show in Portland. The Take-Away includes a trio of Real Emotional Trash tunes,... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS DO R.E.M. IN SAN FRANCISCO, SECRET SHOW IN PORTLAND»
Posted on March 6, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Stephen Malkmus
Parts of Real Emotional Trash are real good. Such as "Out Of Reaches," a song that's become a favorite around here after we got all premature on Malkmus & The Jicks. It's a treat then to see the song soundchecked... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS SOUNDCHECK "OUT OF REACHES"»
Posted on February 20, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Stephen Malkmus
How rangy do you like your guitar jams? Well, if you're not into shutting your mouth and letting the fretboard do the talking, you might not be that into digging through Real Emotional Trash. Yup, we've already visited Baltimore, presented... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUTION: STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH»
Posted on February 1, 2008 in (25 comments)
Tags: Stephen Malkmus
We've only just started picking through Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks' Richard Avedon-referencing Real Emotional Trash, so it's still too premature to get Premature. Though we certainly did like the first MP3, "Baltimore" and its run-on guitars. Actually, the whole... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS' REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH ALBUM ART, TRACKLIST»
Posted on January 9, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Stephen Malkmus
We always want more Pavement. That's just how it is. We were kidding when we said VH1's '90s list needed more (c'mon chillun, as if those VHvoters had ever been slanted or enchanted) but now, as if responding to our... CONTINUE READING NEW STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - "BALTIMORE"»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
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 fine one, bringing two more mind-bending... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 [SUNDAY; 7/15] RATING: 6.2»
Posted on July 16, 2007 in (12 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Junior Boys | Menomena | of Montreal | Pavement | Pitchfork Music Festival | Stephen Malkmus | The Field
The night before the mainstream music industry self-fellated on worldwide television, the indie scene had a little backslapping of its own at Irving Plaza for the PLUG Awards show which, despite being rough around the edges, was a decent time.... CONTINUE READING 2007 PLUG AWARDS»
Posted on February 12, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Band Of Horses | David Cross | Neko Case | Stephen Malkmus | Sufjan Stevens | Yo La Tengo
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... CONTINUE READING MALKMUS ON SHINS, SMITHS, THERMALS, MULLETS»
Posted on January 18, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Mullets | Pavement | Stephen Malkmus | The Shins | The Smiths | The Thermals
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, BBC Evening Sessions, and this live version... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD PAVEMENT - "HALF A CANYON" (LIVE IN AUSTRALIA)»
Posted on October 18, 2006 (20 comments)
Tags: Pavement | Stephen Malkmus
