Popular thinking goes that Stephen Malkmus recorded his best work when he was fronting indie-rock heroes Pavement. But just listen to “The Hook,” from Malkmus’ 2001 self-titled solo debut, and you’ll ...
The opening track’s guitars have a spacey-sounding warble lilted over a marching beat and they matche the timbre of our vocalist’s verse as it shuffles in its sing-speak delivery in a tone far from ...
Starting the set with "Senator," a song addressing the desire that all people (especially politicians) have for oral pleasure, Malkmus spoke to the quiet, dark places of the psyche, stripping away the ...
As rockers enter middle age, is there a graceful way for their music to reflect that same transition? It's a question that Stephen Malkmus has been trying to answer on a string of recent solo albums.
Stephen Malkmus and Kurt Vile both headlined Raised By Sound Fest in Memphis, Tennessee last night. The respective Pavement and Violators frontmen teamed up to pay homage to Memphis' own Oblivians, ...
The gnarled, experimental New York rockers Guerilla Toss released their impressive album Famously Alive in 2022, and then former guitarist Ben Katzman went on Survivor and did really well. Last year, ...
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“Galaxy Punk” is the first single from NorCal band Sleepy Sun’s new record “Maui Tears” – a blast of psych-rock that is the sonic equivalent of taking a shot of tequila the minute you walk into a bar ...