Stereogum — James Greer first came to prominence as a music journalist, and his memories proved invaluable when I was compiling an oral history of Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Greer then spent time playing in Guided By Voices and ended up writing a b... more info

Stereogum — Silver Jews, David Berman’s meditative, poetic, much-beloved indie-rock project that served as a sort of sister band to Pavement, has been defunct since 2009, when Berman ended the band and exposed his father as “a union buster” and “a despic... more info

Stereogum — WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf is about to launch a short southern US tour, and he’s marking the occasion with a limited edition covers tape called Snowjams. The project will be limited to 300 copies, and it contains Wolf’s characteristically quirky ren... more info

Stereogum — Right now, the War On Drugs are embroiled in the bitterest alt-rock blood feud since Pavement/Smashing Pumpkins. (Somehow, though, both the War On Drugs and Sun Kil Moon are Pavement in this one, albeit in different ways. Does Mark Kozelek really thi... more info

Stereogum — Thurston Moore’s latest interview to promote his new solo album The Best Day comes via The Wall Street Journal. It’s a fascinating conversation that touches on Moore’s mom (whose photo adorns The Best Day’s cover), the lingering insight behin... more info

Stereogum — Young British rockers James Hoare (of Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (of Mazes) made a record together under the name Ultimate Painting, and they’re coming to America to promote it this October. “Ten Street,” the single they’re sharing today... more info

Stereogum — When Pavement’s iconic album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain turned 20 earlier this year, we put together an oral history of it to celebrate. British label Art Is Hard decided to put together a tribute album, which they called Jam Kids, for Cassette Sto... more info

Stereogum — Parquet Courts have released another video from their resolutely knotty post-punk party record Sunbathing Animal. The song is a reminder that yes, Parquet Courts actually do sound a lot like Pavement — come on guys, just accept it. The video, meanw... more info

Stereogum — Dublin noise-punks Girl Band released a stark black-and-white video for their great single “Lawman,” and their new clip for “De Bom Bom” matches that aesthetic. Not much happens in the video, so it works as a kaleidoscopic portrait of the ban... more info

Perez Hilton — Billy Eichner was put on this earth for one reason… to be on the street… Billy On The Street! Oh and to make us laugh too! So we guess that's two things… Anyways, things got knocked up a notch when Seth Meyers actually joined Billy on the stree... more info