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
chocolate malk
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
If anyone cares, Malkmus is on WTF today: http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/episode-493-stephen-malkmus
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
any good?
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Just about to start listening.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
it's not bad. not great but not his worst
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
I dunno those MBV songs but "Stick Figures in Love" rules.
― billstevejim, Friday, 2 May 2014 05:28 (ten years ago) link
Happy bday Malkmus, still nifty at 50.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 30 May 2016 04:32 (seven years ago) link
Does Maron talk vaguely about the two Pavement albums he had in college for the duration, lacking a grasp of song titles etc. as usual
― PaulTMA, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:08 (seven years ago) link
Dunno why ppl like that guy (Maron), he's so annoying and not an especially great interviewer
― Wimmels, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
does anyone like him?
― rip van wanko, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
He seems to be very popular
― Wimmels, Monday, 30 May 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
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.
― dlp9001, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Jicks' Dead cover on that new tribute thing is pretty damn good.
― tylerw, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
One of only 6 tunes I ripped from that lousy thing before giving it away to a friend who loves Real Estate
― Wimmels, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
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
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 30 May 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/middle-america/
love this new one
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 February 2018 01:02 (six years ago) link
wow that's great
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 February 2018 02:42 (six years ago) link
Co-sign
― calstars, Monday, 12 February 2018 03:35 (six years ago) link
best thing he's done in ages
― Badgers (dog latin), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
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
― Badgers (dog latin), Monday, 12 February 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
i don't remember a note of any of the last... two? three? this is sounding nice though
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 12 February 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
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.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 12 February 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
"Lariat" was a great single off the last one and very memorable imo
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 February 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
even that one had some horribly formed 'wordplay'
― Badgers (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:27 (six years ago) link
all i recall of that is something something lariat secretariat (?)
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
I keep wanting to get into "Middle America," but can't. Hate the title, for one thing.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 03:43 (six years ago) link
Lyrics are why I couldn't listen, eventually. Loved him on American Water.
― albvivertine, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:25 (six years ago) link