Guardian Music — Looking beyond summer, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks will be playing Constellations (Leeds University, 12 Nov), where Three Trapped Tigers, Spectrals, Vondelpark and Braids join a bill topped by Wild Beasts …Before that, Broken Records and the Xcerts... more info

Altsounds — Constellations Festival are pleased to announce that Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks has been added to the festival as their very special guests. Joining them will be Three Trapped Tigers, Spectrals, Vondelpark, Braids, Givers, Islet, Big Deal and Fear o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Malkmus @ Siren Fest 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) Stephen Malkmus is playing two free acoustic in-stores on August 25 in NYC before he & The Jicks go on tour in support of their upcoming LP Mirror Traffic, due out... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing 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

Aquarium Drunkard — August 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

Impose Magazine — Maybe Stephen Malkmus is one of Ty Segall's inspirations; both have decided to make lesser knowns of their band and perform / tour behind their own names. At least in Segall's case, there's no iconic group to live up to. And now that thos... more info

Altsounds — We are thrilled to announce details of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks' forthcoming UK tour in November, dates are as follows (tickets will be on sale on Friday July 29th): * 9th Dublin Button Factory - 0818 719 300 / www.ticketmaster.ie (http://www.tic... more info

DrownedInSound — Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks release a new record later this year, on August 22 through Domino. It is called Mirror Traffic. Now there's a UK tour to support it in November. I mean, you could call it a tour, but it's not very long. Anyway, this is all... more info

DrownedInSound — New bands for festival funtimes. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Loser singer working on comeback album for country musician who sold 25m records in the 80s and 90sBeck is reportedly working on a comeback album by country singer Dwight Yoakam. Yoakam, who sold more than 25m records in the 80s and 90s, is plotting ... more info