There was news earlier today - via Billboard - per Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks upcoming album which is set to drop March 4th of next year. See tracklisting here. Details: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks have set a March 4 date for their next Matador album, titled "Real Emotional Trash." The 10-song set [...]
Comin' atcha first thing every Monday morning, it's The Pony Track, a super-fantastic short distance dedication to BadmintonStamps Collective founding member and internationally renowned symbol for musical excellence Aaron "Pony" Child. No fancy links, no clever write-ups, 'cause these awesome songs don't need no splainin'. So c'mon, ride the pony!
Stephen Malkmus and the Million Dollar Bashers "Ballad of a Thin Man" - David Edelstein's review of Todd Haynes' new film I'm Not There in the most recent issue of New York Magazine may be positive, but in complaining that Haynes is more concerned with deconstructing Bob Dylan than getting inside his head, he clues us in to just how little he understood what the movie is actually about, i.e., not the guy who sleeps and eats and DJs on [...]

I don't have time for a long post today, so here's the quick hits from the day. 1. JD Drew , despite the evidence of the past 6 months, is actually a very good baseball player. He demonstrated this fact tonight. It's all down to game 7 and Dice-K . Exciting times tomorrow. 2. OMG, how did I not find out about Kate Nash until this weekend?! Made of Bricks is not (quite) my favorite record of the year, but it includes three or four of [...]
I'm beginning to lose my mind. So here goes: The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Walker Kong - We Are the Falling Stars Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry Stephen Malkmus - Fractions and Feelings The Format - I'm Ready, I Am Page France - Rooster and its Crow X - Johnny Hit and Run Paulene [...]

MP3: Ice Cube - "My Summer Vacation" MP3: Northern State - "Mic Tester" MP3: Devendra Banhart - "Summertime" MP3: Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry" MP3: Lenny Kravitz - "Breathe" (Chromeo Remix) MP3: Stephen Malkmus - "Baby C'Mon"

"The fourth solo album from the former three-term Stockton, CA city councilman could well be the crowning achievement of his political/musical life. But since I'm not about to start inventing song or album titles just to please you jackals, you're just gonna have to sit tight." - matador looks like the new album from stephen malkmus & the jicks will be coming out in march...no title or tracklist, but the album was recorded this past spring at snowghost music studios in montana by t.j. doherty (who's worked with canary faves wilco & steely dan in [...]

As mentioned in the last installment, I recently received a cache of albums from my friend Sam with explicit instructions to review them on this page. Of course, Sam has always been something of a subverter, and enjoys art which tends to question or go against the establishment. Because he's a joker at heart, I was not surprised when I found out the three records he sent me were attributed to the National Socialist black metal movement. Sam is something of a savant, so his gift ideas make perfect sense: send the Jew albums which were recorded by bands who [...]

About a year and half ago, I posted about a Stephen Malkmus bootleg that I was loving. It was from a show in Buenos Aires in 2004 where he performed solo with just an electric guitar and did a mix of Pavement and solo material. Well, now with the extra bandwidth, he's the full show. By the way, Malkmus has covered "Maggie's Farm", "Ballad of a Thin Man" and "Can't Leave Her Behind" for the soundtrack of the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There . [...]
thanks very much to humblmunkey for this great recording and allowin me to share this with the rest of y'all. its mr malkmus w/ bobby n on drums(for 2 songs) at the pfork fest on july 15, 07. 1. intro 2. heaven is a truck 3. blue arrangements silver jews 4. new song 5. us 6. extradition 7. loud cloud crowd 8. spit [...]
Stuff we talked about this past week: The Avett Brothers - Paranoia in Bb Major The Avett Brothers - Will You Return? The Avett Brothers - Colorshow Pedro the Lion - When They Really Get to Know You They Will Run Ryan Adams - Goodnight Rose (Alternate Take) Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows (Alternate Take) [...]
Malkmus and Nastanovich treated the Pitchfork crowd to a couple of old Pavement tunes yesterday. Here are a couple of videos I snagged from Youtube as well as a couple of acoustic tracks from a KCRW session back in 2005. Also... from Pitchfork : "basic trax for (new) album committed to tape...67.4685% completed...Looks to be done sometime in Late June." Woo-Hoo! [...]
7 Means of Movement: Sailing Fairport Convention, A Sailor's Life (alternate take). Clifford Jenkins, The Sailor's Alphabet. World Party, Ship of Fools. As dark night drew on, the sea roughened: larger waves swayed strong against the vessel's side. It was strange to reflect that blackness and water were round us, and to feel the ship ploughing straight on her pathless way, despite noise,

Ah, The Smell. Where it's so stuffy it's hard to breathe, and even if you could, you might not want to savor that breath of air. Fawn and I met her friend Ashley, her bandmate Marla and the guys from Binges at a pizza place around the corner for a few minutes before they ducked out to set up for their set. One of them, Chris, stuck around to talk while he waited for a pizza. A nice guy from Chicago, he was. But then again, who from Chicago isn't nice? (Answer: Billy Corgan, John Cusack, etc.). Tent [...]
A big thank you to Matt Picasso for originally sharing these unreleased, live Malkmus tracks (and then later re-hooking me up after I promptly lost them.) The sound quality on these is fantastic. The following nine tracks are culled from The Jicks January 20th gig in Portland during this past winter's tour. I was at [...]
Hey there. Tomorrow show last night (I know that doesn't make sense to you) was fun. Everyone was there. If you weren't, you're a nobody. Also, I was privileged enough to met a few more new people, all of whom were very nice. Except that one guy. God, what an asshole! Today I drank some booze and watched a lot of baseball. Lazy days... Hey, here's a mix tape. I scored a lot of this material from Steve, in return for his spending the past week raping my entire CD collection and my portable hard drive. [...]

R.I.P. D.I.C.K. F.A.C.E. Stephen Malkmus "Old Jerry"

This is either the greatest post we have ever done or the worst. Past more impressive ones include Lorine Niedecker's poetry , my favorite H.L. Hix poem , Bob Dylan , Ashbery ( massaging anus with leaf ), and Creeley himself . Below this post are links, music, and diary, so don't forget to scroll down so you can get a proper grip on what a disturbed individual I am. The Door by [...]
Pitchfork Media recently reported that Drunkard hero, Portland inhabitant, and indie rock guru, Stephen Malkmus is two-thirds done with his next LP (to be released by longtime label home, Matador). According to his website: "Basic trax for album committed to tape. 67.4685% completed. Looks to be done sometime in Late June." "Tj Doherty, fresh from [...]
Everything is ending here? Nicht ganz. Während man "Here" in der zurückgelehnten Version vom "Slanted and Enchanted" kennt (Streber natürlich auch die gecoverte Version von den "Tindersticks"), schrubbten die Jungens bei John Peel noch einmal über die Saiten und versenkten alle Melancholie des Stückes. [See post to listen to audio] Pavement / Here (John Peel Session) Support the artist Technorati Tags: Pavement , Stephen Malkmus , Tindersticks , free mp3 download , gratis mp3 [...]