Stephen Malkmus

Dunno why ppl like that guy (Maron), he's so annoying and not an especially great interviewer

does anyone like him?

He seems to be very popular

He lived too late to be a great prog-rocker, which is a loss to us all. His whole career is sort of like Peter Hammill accidentally joins Swell Maps.

Jicks' Dead cover on that new tribute thing is pretty damn good.

One of only 6 tunes I ripped from that lousy thing before giving it away to a friend who loves Real Estate

i was taken aback by that cover, it sort of lurches along in a weird way for me. although i'm used to the medley on europe 72 which just feels so effortless. i'll have to give another listen

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/middle-america/

love this new one

wow that's great

Co-sign

best thing he's done in ages

Got so fed up with his schtick for a while, he was bordering on self parody on Wig Out at Jagbags. Can't forget how terrible that song that went 'Scattegories, categories, Condoleeza's Rice scattered on the floor' was

i don't remember a note of any of the last... two? three? this is sounding nice though

I found Mirror Traffic was the best album of Malkmus entire career including the Pavement stuff. It had the upbeat punch and the tunes. He really has got that knack for melody.

"Lariat" was a great single off the last one and very memorable imo

even that one had some horribly formed 'wordplay'

all i recall of that is something something lariat secretariat (?)

I keep wanting to get into "Middle America," but can't. Hate the title, for one thing.

Lyrics are why I couldn't listen, eventually. Loved him on American Water.

I really like this new song

I must give Mirror Traffic another listen. It made no impression on me whatsoever last time I heard it.

His voice sounds so thin, this weak weird half falsetto on the high notes. Also, Drums also sound anemic and his interplay with rhythm - not to mention just enjoying Gary and Steve - that was so good in pavement seems absent. But I like the buildup to the chorus, reminds me of some p-ment song I can’t think of atm.

I must give Mirror Traffic another listen. It made no impression on me whatsoever last time I heard it.

― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, February 13, 2018 3:46 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it has its highs and lows but i ride hard for "stick figures in love"

"Tigers", "Stick Figures", "No One Is"... "Share The Red" is like an American Water outtake. I'd take all of those over "Shady Lane" or "Ann Don't Cry" or whatever late Pavement throwaways that people clutch close to vest.

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

Spiral Stairs 50th Birthday

Thumbs Off (The Clean cover)
Cinnamon and Lesbians
Spazz
Away (Meat Puppets cover)
Golden Brown (The Stranglers cover)
Scattegories
The Janitor Revealed
J Smoov
My Kingdom (Echo & The Bunnymen cover)
Real Emotional Trash
Fall Away
Cocaine (J.J. Cale cover) ;-)
No One Is (As I Are Be)
Forever 28
Androgynous (The Replacements cover)

Encore:
Falling Away (Preston School of Industry cover) (with Spiral Stairs)
Date w/ Ikea (Pavement cover) (with Spiral Stairs)
Kennel District (Pavement cover) (with Spiral Stairs)
Summer Babe (Pavement cover) (with Spiral Stairs)

that's a fun show! thx for sharing.

Yes, what CAD said, thanks! Good to see Spiral in action, too.

A Malkmus/Jicks tracks poll would be welcome at this stage. Although I can kind of imagine people just voting for the whole of Pig Lib

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCNJytiXyLE&feature=youtu.be

our man S.M. is finally starting to show his age

Have yet to hear Sparkle Hard but this already feels like one of those times where a late period album by a prestige indie artist suddenly gets a load of attention for some reason and I'm the only person who prefers the previous album that was either ignored or outright eviscerated

Like for instance I thought Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle was soooo much better than Apocalypse

And I'm one of the six or seven people who thought Wig Out At Jagbags was great

these songs sound wonderful

This is nice, if you haven't seen it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKpi9cAmnfo

Alpine Static's youtube is a dead link for me. What is it?

It's this (I had to search, as well):

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

Malk and a 12-string is a good combo

And I'm one of the six or seven people who thought Wig Out At Jagbags was great

Haven't heard much of the new one, but I still think Jagbags was really good!

sorry bout the bad link

ty morris, np alpine!

Opening shot of what you initially think is a tube amp being switched on turning out to be a tennis ball pitching machine = maybe most Malkmus thing ever

I haven't cared about anything he's done post-Pavement but that film was p fun

^^ same

I mean, I care ... it just all falls short to me. I wish it weren't so, but it is.

that being said, i'd watch/listen/read an interview with him anytime. last night i watched that video above, then went and listened to his 90-minute WTF podcast ... which wasn't even that interesting!

I thought this was an interesting/entertaining podcast: https://soundcloud.com/thetalkhouse/stephen-malkmus-with-emil-amos

Indeed, that one is really good. Much better than Maron.

That one made headlines because of his (very interesting) comments on working w/ Nigel Godrich, and how you ought to be able to make a really good record for what they spent.

Yeah, I saw Nigel said something on Twitter in his "defense"; like, "I slept on a friend's floor the whole time we were making that record!" -- which didn't seem to really address the critique.

As an addendum: I’m not sure how much better the album could have been with a different producer. But the experience w/Godrich is kind of a bummer, for the band’s swan song.

He seems amiable in this interview:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/arts/music/stephen-malkmus-jicks-pavement-sparkle-hard.html

I saw a mother in Toni Tennille — like, a perfect mom. She was a mother that I wanted to [make love to], but I didn’t know how to yet.

Haha, nice edit

Gerard Cosloy [the editor of Conflict], was snarky and sarcastic, like Mad Magazine gone hipster, with music. And there were really bitchy bands, like Royal Trux.

Jennifer called Pavement “boring” in a recent magazine interview (and Neil was like, “She said it, not me!”). Wonder if this is payback...

As an addendum: I’m not sure how much better the album could have been with a different producer. But the experience w/Godrich is kind of a bummer, for the band’s swan song.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:41 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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