Brooklyn Vegan — In the Hollywood office of Mr. Hansen's managers, decorated with Sonic Youth posters, "Ghost World" action figures and framed portraits of Donna Summer and Valerie Bertinelli, [Stephen and Beck] were longtime peers turned improbable elder statesmen. ... more info

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

Brooklyn Vegan — Emil Amos with Grails at KF in April (more by BBG) Holy Sons, aka Emil Amos of Om/Grails, will support Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks on part of their upcoming jaunt across the East Coast/Mid-West, including at Terminal 5 on... more info

VH1 Blog — Beck And Stephen Malkmus Riff In The Paper Of Record In a Sunday New York Times feature posted today, Beck and Stephen Malkmus (formerly of Pavement) talk to Dave Itzkoff about the forthcoming Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks record Mirror Traffic, whic... more info

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

DrownedInSound — A fruitful and distinctive addition to Malkmus’ oeuvre. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks album, Mirror Traffic (out August 23rd). Malkmus talks to DIY about the album. The Newark Star-Ledger profiles filmmaker and author John Sayles. NPR is streaming the Muppets: The Green Album... more info

Stereogum — On 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

Guardian Music — After 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

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