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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Mirror Traffic – review

5023 days ago
Guardian Music(Domino)Almost as exciting for Pavement fans as an actual reunion (which duly happened last year, on their 21st anniversary) was the news that Stephen Malkmus would be enlisting Beck as a producer on his fifth album with the Jicks. And what a fine pa... more info

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Mirror Traffic – review

5025 days ago
Guardian Music(Domino)Stephen Malkmus & the JicksMirror Traffic∂∂∂∂∂(Domino)The fifth album from the Jicks – who have now been going as long as Stephen Malkmus's endlessly feted Pavement did – is a treat, albeit not often terribly surprising, and pe... more info

Stream Stephen Malkmus Mirror Traffic

5028 days ago
StereogumOn 8/23, Matador releases Mirror Traffic, the new Jicks album produced by Beck Hansen. It’s been in the can since early 2010 but held back until this year, when the dust had settled from Pavement’s big reunion. Mirror Traffic’s is Janet Weissâ€... more info

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic: album stream

5028 days ago
Guardian MusicAfter last year's Pavement reunion, Malkmus and his Jicks are back ... and this time they've got Beck on production dutiesIt caused more than a ripple of excitement in the indie community when it was announced last year that former Pavement singer St... more info

First Listen: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Mirror Traffic (album stream)

5029 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks collaborate with Beck on the new Mirror Traffic. As the frontman for Pavement, Malkmus won over fans with his oblique stream-of consciousness lyrics, sardonic wit and off-kilter riffs. He returns in top form on the Bec... more info

New band of the day – No 1,082: Zooey

5032 days ago
Guardian MusicThis French duo take the breezy harmonies of Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson to create blissful Balearica-tinged popHometown: South London.The lineup: Matthieu Beck and Marie Merlet.The background: It just so happened that last week we were in Connec... more info

Pavement's Stephen Malkmus - Does Rock'n'Roll Kill Braincells?

5032 days ago
NME - The Bands BlogTesting musicians' memories after a lifetime of abuse. This week we test Pavement's Stephen Malkmus. What happens to which member of Pavement at the barbers in the video to ‘Cut Your Hair’? “Bob [Nastanovich] drinks some tonic from the thing... more info

Stephen Malkmus :: Black Book

5033 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardAugust 23rd marks the release of Mirror Traffic, Stephen Malkmus’s fifth ‘solo’ album since the dissolution of Pavement in 1999. Produced by Beck, the LP is being described as his some of his (and the Jicks) tightest work since his pop-leaning ... more info

Under The Influence: Yuck

5033 days ago
StereogumDinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and Pavement are some of the bands name checked when describing Yuck’s sound, and indeed the London four piece are big fans of ’90s indie. But if you want to dig a bit deeper into what inspired their excellent debut, ch... more info

Shorties (Pavement, Philip Levine, and more)

5033 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyAt NRGM, stream Astrid Swan's covers album Hits (Pavement for Girls). PopMatters lists 20 essential Pavement songs. The New York Times reports that Philip Levine will be the next U.S. poet laureate. Brain Pickings recommends 10 nonfiction graphic nov... more info

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