Video: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - 5 - Senator @ Doug Fir 5-8-09

Mirror Traffic , Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks' new Beck-produced LP, is due out on August 23 via Matador in the U.S., but today — thanks to a listing by the U.K. label, Domino Records — we can preview the full tracklist, which reveals that a tune Malkmus unveiled live in Portland a few years back has made the cut. According to Malkmus, "68% of the tracking, vocals included, took place on one day, a first for me," he wrote on his official [...]

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks rocked the PBR Fest in Milwaukee earlier this evening.

Stephen Malkmus played this new jam a few days ago in Portland. Sounds more like Face the Truth than Real Emotional Trash, which is kind of a good thing. So far we're going with "Senator" as a working title, based on the line "I know what the Senator wants," which appears a couple times in [...]

Stephen Malkmus and his Jicks have been conquering festivals and touring the world since the release of their fine second album, Real Emotional Trash . At a recent stop in their home base of Portland, the band broke out a new track, titled "Senator," that is in line with the proggier, epic, stoner rock that the band has been traveling in recently. I'm not sure if this song has anything to do with senatorial misconduct, but there are some "I know what the senator wants" in the chorus. The Jicks [...]

Video documentation of new music from a pair of beloved Oregonian carpetbaggers has surfaced. First, the Shins, now with a revamped lineup - and let's leave that one alone for the time being - do... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .