Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Pavement released Wowee Zowee. There is still no castration fear in a chair. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Pavement’s Slanted And Enchanted: The post Pavement Released “Wowee Zowee” 30 Years Ago Today appeared f... more info

Stereogum — These days, a whole lot of American bands have their own takes on shoegaze, and Oakland’s Softie are among their number. Softie’s version of the genre is loose and hazy, with some of the shrugging sprawl of Pavement mixed in with all the dream... more info

Stereogum — Ultra Lights play ’90s slacker indie with a bit of classic rock swagger and a pinch of Southern flavor. One listen through “It’s Your Funeral,” the opening track on the Atlanta quartet’s self-titled debut EP, will inevitably elicit Pavem... more info

Stereogum — Pavements , director Alex Ross Perry’s shaggy and impossible-to-categorize movie about Pavement, has been in the works for eons. The movie is apparently part biopic, part documentary, and all self-conscious art experiment. Pavement’s first n... more info

Magnet Magazine — 15 years ago today, Pavement released Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement. It has a nice ring when you laugh. Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Pavement’s Slanted And Enchanted: The post Pavement Released “Quarantine The Past: The B... more info

Stereogum — Pittsburgh’s Gotobeds always had a misleading name. They use the sonic language of ’90s punk and noise-rock, but they use it to make classically scraped-raw rock ‘n’ roll. They always reminded me of Hot Snakes, and nobody is going to bed w... more info

Stereogum — Last fall, Alex Ross Perry premiered Pavements , his biopic/documentary hybrid about Pavement, at Venice Film Festival. We saw a teaser clip back then that spliced together soundbites of Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Scott Kannberg, Steve Wes... more info

Stereogum — Last year, four indie rock lifers got together to start a new band and to release an album. The Hard Quartet is the team of Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney, the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly, and the Dirty Three’s Jim White. ... more info

Obscure Sound — Los Angeles-based rockers Dress Kit unleash a fervent rock appeal on recent track “Manhattan,” off their new EP, Twin. “Show me something I have never seen,” the compelling vocal presence lets out, maintaining a balance between debonair intri... more info

Stereogum — Pavements, director Alex Ross Perry’s high-concept biopic/documentary/experimental art film about indie rock legends Pavement, made the festival rounds this fall, and it’s getting a proper theatrical release in the spring. That release will b... more info