Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Gnarls Barkley singer Cee-Lo Green (1974) Venezuelan singer Devendra Banhart (1981) Pavement singer Stephen Malkmus (1966) Audioslave/Rage Against The Machine guitarist To... more info

Pitchfork — Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival kicked off its first day with headliners Broken Social Scene, Pavement and the xx. Check out selected write-ups of some of the night's big sets, plus a couple of shots from last night below; then please head ove... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — The Pavement frontman shares his 20 years of lo-fi knowledge. For a feature on why Pavement still matter, pick up the new issue of NME, on sale from 12 May The music that made me want to play rock’n’roll was eighties hardcore Dead Kennedys, Blac... more info

NME — Stephen Malkmus tells Pavement crowd of failed Ecstasy experience at a Streets' gig more info

KEXP Seattle — Were you a kid of the 90s who wondered what a collaboration between Beck and Stephen Malkmus would sound like? You may get your answer next year as it’s been reported that Malkmus and his band, The Jicks, were recording with Beck before Malkmus beg... more info

Guardian Music — Slacker-rock supremo and Pavement frontman team up for mystery collaboration expected to be released next yearIt's like Mick Jagger with John Lennon! Notorious BIG with Eminem! Jacqueline du Pré with Yo-Yo Ma! After being friends for more than a dec... more info

Pitchfork — Beck photo by Autumn de Wilde The idea of Stephen Malkmus and Beck working on music in a studio together-- trading jokes nobody else understands, reminiscing about the 1990s, emitting lethal doses of nonchalant cool-- is the stuff of alt-rock dreams.... more info

NME — Stephen Malkmus and co play at Tripod venue more info

Guardian Music — Pavement, GlasgowNo grand gestures, no big fanfare: the manner of Pavement's re-forming has been handled in about as casual a way as was their split. Witty, and ironic, the band embodied some of the perceived slackness of the 1990s, but none of that ... more info

Guardian Music — Pavement's reunion tour is a gamble in more ways than one – especially for its horse-racing drummerThe points at which indie rock and horse racing intersect are few. But anyone lucky enough to have snagged a ticket for the comeback tour by Ame... more info