Pavement

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks — Real Emotional Trash

By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 11, 2008 9:43 pm

It's been three years since Stephen Malkmus' last record and five since he did a full-length with The Jicks. That's because drummer John Moen basically left the group after the Pig Lib tour and joined The Decemberists. Now, Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss is in the fold and the former Pavement frontman seems to have crafted an album that...

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Pavement — Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition

By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 30, 2007 2:53 pm

Stephen Malkmus told ChartAttack a couple years ago that Wowee Zowee would probably be the last of the double-disc Pavement reissues, and that's a goddamn shame. In addition to the fact that there were plenty of deserving B-sides and live recordings from the Brighten The Corners and Terror Twilight eras, these reissues have been anything but a...

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Preston School of Industry — Monsoon

By Joanne Huffa (CHARTattack) February 17, 2004 11:35 am

Scott Kannberg’s contributions to his old band Pavement often stood out among the Stephen Malkmus-penned masses. Malkmus’ charm lay in his wit, which also often fell into the too-clever-by-half category, while Kannberg was poppier and more accessible, even at his weirdest. Now that Kannberg has his own band, Preston School Of Industry (Malkmus...

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Stephen Malkmus — Stephen Malkmus

By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) February 14, 2001 8:07 am

Much has been made of Malkmus' return to a poppier form that reflected Pavement's earlier form. I think he just got out from under major label morons telling him how to walk, talk and write songs like he was some sort of boy band member. His self-titled solo debut is the best work he's done since '94s Crooked Rain Crooked Rain. Throughout the...

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LISTEN: Real Estate plays DJ on Artist Mixtapes Vol. 52

By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) October 21, 2011 9:03 am

In 2009, Brooklyn-based band Real Estate stirred up a great deal of attention with their debut self-titled album. Earlier this week the band dropped their follow up, Days, which has so far been well-received (and nabbed the coveted, career-boosting Best New Music distinction from Pitchfork). Check out the standout single "It's Real" to get a taste...

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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 17, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 17, 2010 3:43 pm

Do you have a beef you'd like to air publicly? Can you not get through a single day without kvetching? Do you have a grudge against someone and you're tired of carrying it around? Good! Composer Bryce Kulak's World Stage 2010-2011 Complaints Choir is for you. It goes down at various locations from March 21 to 26, and if you're interested in...

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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 16, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 16, 2010 3:12 pm

Silverstein have signed with Universal Music and will release a new EP, Transitions, on Dec. 7 through the label. Their next full-length album will come out in the spring. Here's a trailer: Jason Collett's fourth annual Basement Revue series will return to Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Tuesdays this December. Previous guests and performers...

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I Read The News Today... For June 25, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff June 25, 2010 1:01 pm

Here's another way to get iPod thumb or whatever the hell other repetitive strain injury PEDs are causing these days? Go ahead and download the Rolling Stones track pack for Guitar Hero on iPhone and iPod Touch. —Gigwise Apollo Ghosts are offering a free download of "Coka-Cola Admen," from their Mount Benson album. Hey, did...

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Pavement Save A Hellish Day

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 21, 2010 4:32 pm

In writing an unbiased review of the music at a Toronto Island Concert, one first needs to separate the venue from the bands. The event in itself is a lesson in tolerance and patience, both with other show-goers and with the festival's organizers. If you plan on drinking or eating, lineups will steal at least half of your day, and you'll...

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