JamBase — Watch Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks perform "Middle America" for Minneapolis radio station The Current. The post Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Performs In-Studio Session For The Current appeared first on JamBase. more info

NME — "I think they’re just playing like their old hits, they’re not going to bore us with the new album" Pavement's Stephen Malkmus Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus has hit out at Smashing Pumpkins, after the band confirmed plans for a reunion o... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — As the Laker Girls twirled to a thumping dance remix of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” indie rocker Stephen Malkmus leaned back in his seat at Staples Center and explained a counterintuitive idea: Not enough classic-rock legends have die... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As the Laker Girls twirled to a thumping dance remix of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” indie rocker Stephen Malkmus leaned back in his seat at Staples Center and explained a counterintuitive idea: Not enough classic-rock legends have die... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bill Gates recommended summer reading. NPR Music is streaming Sudan Archives' new album Sink. May's best eBook deals. Stephen Malkmus played guest DJ at All Songs Considered. Drowned in Sound interviewed Malkmus. The 2017 Nebula Awards winners have b... more info

DrownedInSound — The supremely chill quinquagenarian still brims with the same slacker, erudite spirit more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week in the Indie Basement: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Tunng, Teleman, Frog Eyes, Melody's Echo Chamber and more. Continue reading… more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Courtney Barnett, Ray LaMontagne, Ryley Walker, Bombino and Parquet Courts. The post Release Day Picks: May 18th New Album Highlights appeared first on JamBase. more info

Consequence of Sound — The long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s Wig Out at Jagbags. more info

DrownedInSound — Stephen Malkmus and his band show no signs of either running out of creativity or falling back on former glories more info