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.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 11 October 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
Not mad on the last three albums, the first two are great though.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 11 October 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
pig lib and real emotional trash are my favorites.
― oxnard christian soldiers (get bent), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
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?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
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!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
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
― millmeister, Thursday, 17 October 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
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...
― alpine static, Thursday, 17 October 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
i think there is a new album finished, maybe coming out early next year?
― willem, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:14 (ten years ago) link
Lol at the Day Nasty reference, don't see many of those in 2013
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
dag neither
― pervilege as a meme (contenderizer), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 13:07 (ten years ago) link
terrible cover
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/malkmus-lp.jpg
01 Planetary Motion02 The Janitor Revealed03 Lariat04 Houston Hades05 Shibboleth06 J Smoov07 Rumble at the Rainbo08 Chartjunk09 Independence Street10 Scattegories11 Cinnamon and Lesbians12 Surreal Teenagers
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Ouch.
― millmeister, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
10 Scattegories
Lol
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
11 Cinnamon and Lesbians
tasty things that go together?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
If ever tracklist cried out for Ilx precovers
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYC5JASqWnI
into it
― adam, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
haw, nice sun city girls reference. i like it! actually has a crooked rain vibe, which is a little bit surprising.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
P. good. Also I'm in love with that girl
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
j smoov better be about detroit pistons' josh smith
― illegalblues, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
The cover sucks so hard
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
but the title owns
― adam, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
xpost Malkmus is a basketball fan, so it probably is.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
Well, he probably got the name directly from josh smith, in any case. I don't imagine Malkmus actually wrote a ballad about him.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
j smoove bricks have inspired a lot of depressing feelings the hearts of many men. it's an underrated subject
― illegalblues, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
has SM made any statements about Lou Reed's passing?
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link
nah, he did this thoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-fi_2uYgc
― Number None, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
Inexplicable decision to leave that off Brighten The Corners.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
Nah, that is one of my favorite Pavement tracks all time, but it's the epitome of a fucking awesome b-side
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 02:22 (ten years ago) link
ok love this song and 100% surprised he hadn't already gotten to the "we lived on Tennyson and Venison and the Grateful Dead" lyric before now, such an all-time Malkmus line!
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
This song is completely awful.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:35 (ten years ago) link
Scattegories
it's spelled Scattergories though?
― Atomized Laphroaig (get bent), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 06:41 (ten years ago) link
Wig Out At Jagbags is inspired by Cologne, Germany, Mark Von Schlegell, Rosemarie Trockel, Von Spar and Jan Lankisch, Can and Gas; Stephen-Malkmus-imagined Weezer/Chili Peppers, Sic Alps, UVA in the late 80′s, NYRB, Aroma Charlottenburg, inactivity, Jamming, Indie guys trying to sound Memphis, Flipper, Pete Townshend, Pavement, The Joggers, The NBA and home life in the 2010′s...
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
song is good. lyrics are kinda dumb. haven't really been feeling him on the lyric front post-Pig Lib - but i haven't actually purchased or spent any significant amount of time with any of those records, either.
― |citation needed| (will), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.splicetoday.com/music/an-empty-gesture-where-the-cover-should-be
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
it's an album cover, man
― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
man grumpy people are really getting desperate in creating covers (see what i did there?) for their real agenda of thinkpieces bemoaning how times are changing and how people don't experience albums like they SHOULD.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure why people hate the cover...seems fine to me.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
everyone knows parquet courts have taken over the pavementy album cover gambit
― the haxan 5 (get bent), Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:06 (ten years ago) link
hate the title but love the cover. song sounds good but i've thought that the past few albums and then never had any urge to revisit them after a month or so.
― balls, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:25 (ten years ago) link
needs it's own thread
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link
or deserves one, a new album is good news and one in 2013 works.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:39 (ten years ago) link
on board with that new song. his best since the solo debut? i shouldn't say that ... I haven't given anything since a ton of spins.
that tune has a nice fuzzy laid-back vibe a la CRCR, tho.
no idea what that videos all about. another bizarre clip from SM.
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 November 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link
new album, full stream:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001922841
― alpine static, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
sounding very good on first listen
― tylerw, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
really like this; it might be second to pig lib for me.
― sext of light (get bent), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
Heard "Stick Figures In Love" today and to these ears it sounded like something off an early MBV EP (Ecstasy or Strawberry Wine?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 23 February 2014 04:25 (ten years ago) link
Okay, so they closed the encore last night at the Bowery with a great new song apparently called "Kite In A Closet".
Now here's the thing (cue Boards of Canada marketing campaign anthem):
As of right this moment (2/27/2014, 3:35pm EST) if you google "kite in a closet" (with quotes), you get only about 10 results...
One of which is an ILX thread, this message in particular:Kites
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
help us out here...where you goin' with this
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Big Malk a.k.a. the Pavedriver
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link