Stephen Malkmus

Also: set needs more blasted oldies

posted this over in some other malkmus thread:
Saw malkmus/jicks this week in boulder-- pretty sweet show, though some of the long jams never quite reached the climaxes they seemed to be searching for. it was pretty proggy, that's for sure. jicks are an excellent band, they really seem to have figured out how to play with malkmus. whereas he always had to kind of carry pavement up the hill (not necessarily a bad thing) he can groove with the jicks a bit more. anyhoo, just found a recording of the show over yonder: soundcloud.com/fatah-ruark/sm-jicks-the-fox

so the Can - EgeBamyasy cover turned out to be quite awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eUFQ3Ue-rBs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Loju93Ep57c#!

ha, I like that, but something tells me that the people who were aghast at the very idea of malkmus doing this won't be convinced.

i see where you're coming from, but i'm enjoying this

http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c58c382810248f28a8bfcef5e237f97/tumblr_muf3rgNdDl1r2xls3o1_400.jpg

I thought that was a new picture for a second

apparently he's one of those rare individuals that is skinnier as an adult than as a high schooler.

ha that's so perfect

Pumped for his new album Athletics, Punk Band

^hahaha

Cate is in Carpenteria not Santa Barbara, just a little pedantism from yours truly.

Carpinteria, even.

pedantry

More errata from the article: http://www.stereogum.com/1015681/see-stephen-malkmus-in-high-school/news/

It says the article is from Cate's paper but that's not true...

Malkmus went to Cate for grades 9-10, then got kicked out of the elite preppy boarding school for alcohol/drugs violation and then got shipped home back to Stockton. That clipping is from Tokay High School's paper after Malkmus had returned home. Located in nearby Lodi, the Tokay Tigers are the arch-rivals of the Linden Lions.

Haha, sorry about the misspell!

Okay, the story is actually all in the comments: he got busted from shrooms and got expelled. That's fantastic.

haha he really is @StephenMalkmus1.

Wow! Just read all this thread and I had previously been under the impression that most people liked Malkmus solo just as much or more than Pavement. I like the solo stuff more, I think Pig Lib is enormous fun and the best thing he ever done (tho I think I'm missing some Pavement eps, haven't heard his stuff with Robert Pollard and I've only heard my brother play the recent Malkmus album a couple of times, but it sounded very good).

No mention of "Wicked Wanda"? I really think that is one of the best songs he ever done. Real Emotional Trash is probably my second favourite.

you're definitely in the minority although i agree that most of his solo stuff is excellent and a little under-appreciated. i wouldn't put any solo album over any of pavement's first three, but everything else is about on the same plane for me

early pavement's not bad but his first two solo albums are my favorite things he's been involved with besides american water. what a charmed life dude's had. the grace kelly of indie rock indeed

i def listen to his solo stuff more than pavement these days, but not sure i would ever say it's better. pavement is so tied up with high school and tons of different personal stuff for me.
real emotional trash easily my least favorite of his solo albums though

I thought Face The Truth was the weakest, but still good. "Pencil Rot" was awesome. I hope he releases a b-side compilation someday, the Pig Lib bonus tracks were amazing. It scares me to think of how many good b-sides I've never heard by all sorts of bands. Waahhhhh, I wish singles didn't exist, everything is easier when they just stick to albums and eps.

Not mad on the last three albums, the first two are great though.

pig lib and real emotional trash are my favorites.

i really loved "mirror traffic". it is amazingly consistent and tuneful. i just realized that it is already two years old. has he done anything after that or is there something in the pipeline?

i think there is a new album finished, maybe coming out early next year?
i agree, mirror traffic is quite good. i dunno, i like most everything this guy does.

yup

re-fell in love with "jenny and the ess dog" this week after not hearing it for probably years, and actually paid attention to the lyrics this time. kind of brutal!

Have been re-acquainting myself with Pig Lib in the car this last week. Every track is a winner - top top album. Picked up Real Emotional Trash not long after it came out and it's still sitting in a box somewhere. Will dig it out.

OTM >>>

i def listen to his solo stuff more than pavement these days, but not sure i would ever say it's better. pavement is so tied up with high school and tons of different personal stuff for me.

― mizzell

if SM was a record label he'd be my answer to that "what record label best approximates your own personal taste?" thread.

xp: jenny + ess dog is so great...

i think there is a new album finished, maybe coming out early next year?

Lol at the Day Nasty reference, don't see many of those in 2013

dag neither

terrible cover

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/malkmus-lp.jpg

01 Planetary Motion
02 The Janitor Revealed
03 Lariat
04 Houston Hades
05 Shibboleth
06 J Smoov
07 Rumble at the Rainbo
08 Chartjunk
09 Independence Street
10 Scattegories
11 Cinnamon and Lesbians
12 Surreal Teenagers

Ouch.

10 Scattegories

Lol

11 Cinnamon and Lesbians

tasty things that go together?

If ever tracklist cried out for Ilx precovers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYC5JASqWnI

into it

haw, nice sun city girls reference. i like it! actually has a crooked rain vibe, which is a little bit surprising.

P. good. Also I'm in love with that girl

j smoov better be about detroit pistons' josh smith

The cover sucks so hard

but the title owns

xpost Malkmus is a basketball fan, so it probably is.

Well, he probably got the name directly from josh smith, in any case. I don't imagine Malkmus actually wrote a ballad about him.

j smoove bricks have inspired a lot of depressing feelings the hearts of many men. it's an underrated subject

has SM made any statements about Lou Reed's passing?

nah, he did this though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-fi_2uYgc

Inexplicable decision to leave that off Brighten The Corners.