KEXP Seattle — Stephen Malkmus hasn’t released new material with his band The Jicks since 2008′s Real Emotional Trash, but he’s had his hands full with the Pavement reunion tour. With drummer Janet Weiss joining grrrl-rock outfit Wild Flag (with former Sleate... more info

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Stereogum — Matador announced Stephen Malkmus’s latest album with The Jicks today via their Matablog. The record’s called Mirror Traffic, and it was produced by Beck Hansen. Malkmus and Hansen recorded the album in early 2010, but because of Pavement’s tou... more info

DrownedInSound — Although he's been fairly busy in the last couple of years with all the reunited Pavement stuff going on, Stephen Malkmus has found time to record and release the next Jicks album, which comes out through Domino on August 22. Read the full stor... more info

Guardian Music — What's it all about, Arthur? A lucky drip of critical perspectives, finds our Lamb. Elsewhere in the music press, there's a meeting of minds and a creative spark at NMEIt should be a strange and rather sad feeling to stumble on the last rites of a mu... more info

Bradley's Almanac — I was able to catch Pavement a couple of times during last year's traveling nostalgia-fest, and they were wildly different experiences. The first, here in Boston at the cavernous Agganis Arena, was sonically weak but emotionally strong. The quintet w... more info

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Guardian Music — 12 December: Banish those Monday morning blues with Domino's playlist for your journey into workFor the 12th Day Of Christmas Domino Records sent to us ... a playlist to help us get through tomorrow's journey into work. We hope it comes in useful. He... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Lil Wayne - I Am Not a Human Being (2010)- Review - I was surprised to read some of the negative reviews for this album, I think it’s excellent. Sure, Lil Wayne can do and has done better, but he is still funny as hell, and has... more info

Guardian Music — Smashing Pumpkins frontman resurrects 15-year-old feud with indie-rock band, calling them 'the death of the alternative dream'Fifteen years on, Billy Corgan is trying to reignite a row with Pavement. The leader of the relaunched (but not re-formed) S... more info