Stephen Malkmus

Indie Rock 

Fight This Generation: Pavement’s Wowee Zowee Turns 30

April 11, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, 30th Anniversary, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, Pavement, Spiral Stairs, Stephen Malkmus, Steve West, Wowee Zowee

Paying homage to the band’s seminal third album

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Alternative Rock Disco Indie Rock Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Jicks Drummer Jake Morris Shares ‘Paradise Cove’

September 24, 2024September 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Jake Morris, Paradise Cove, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, Street Nights

New album from Stephen Malkmus sideman, The Long Goodbye, out in October

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Indie Rock 

Inside This Leather Terrarium: Brighten The Corners at 25

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, Bob Nastanovich, Brighten The Corners, Fin, Geddy Lee, Magnet Magazine, Mark Ibold, Matador Records, MTV, Pavement, Shady Lane, Spiral Stairs, Starlings on the Slipstream, Stephen Malkmus, Stereo, Steve West, Transport Is Arranged

Looking back on the album that helped Pavement become a band again

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Indie Rock Remembrance 

I Believe Stars Are the Headlights of Angels: Remembering David Berman

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Actual Air, American Water, Bob Nastanovich, David Berman, Drag City, I'm getting back into getting back into you, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, Pavement, RIP, Starlite Walker, Stephen Malkmus, Tanglewood Numbers, The Natural Bridge, The Silver Jews

The beloved poet, songwriter and leader of indie rock institution The Silver Jews was 52

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Artful Americana

October 20, 2018July 27, 2022 Justin Joffe 1 Comment 1998, 20th Anniversary, David Berman, Drag City, Pavement, Silver Jews, Stephen Malkmus

20 Years Later, The Silver Jews’ ‘American Water’ remains a profoundly surreal document of otherness at home

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Punk Rock 

Why You Gotta Ask? Why Don’t You Just Know?

June 11, 2018April 15, 2019 Raymond Cummings 5 Comments Indie rock, Matador Records, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus

Sparkle Hard (Matador), from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is wan, wilful, and winning.

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