Stephen Malkmus

My people!

(though I like Pig Lib equally).

I'd go top three:

Pig Lib
S/T
Trad Techniques

Groove Denied was abysmal

I like Mirror Traffic and Real Emotional Trash a lot

Even the albums I don’t much like, when I go back they’re better than remembered - it was startling recently to pull out Real Emotional Trash and Wig Out and feel, finally, like I fully *got* those albums. Everything kinda clicked.

real emotional trash is the best thing he ever did

I must try RET again, I thought it was a bit wanky at the time although I thought that about Pig Lib for years too

I think that on some level, when they came out I thought both RET and Wag Out were a bit too silly or goofy, somehow.

I do like jammy Malkmus tho

leaning into the jams is what makes it so great

it was startling recently to pull out Real Emotional Trash and Wig Out and feel, finally, like I fully *got* those albums. Everything kinda clicked.

that happened to me with Wig Out recently too. I'd always thought of it as a lesser retread of Mirror Traffic, but for now I'd rather listen to that than MT. Sparkle Hard felt like a huge step up from both of them though. The S/T and Pig Lib are probably always going to be my favorites for sentimental reasons, but Sparkle Hard is my non-sentimental favorite.

i have not spent enough time with Sparkle Hard, I need to

real emotional trash is the best thing he ever did

― ufo, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 21:29 (two days ago) link

totally otm, really feels like the peak of his playing and arranging post-pavement

I shrugged at RET back when it came out but I pulled it out last night and idk what kind of shit I had in my ears in 2008 because it really is incredible. Pig Lib has always been my favorite and it sounded like that but more

SM@TTTPDX-022424
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFc6q0VNU_A

(shredded vocal tonezzz, raw COVID superspread edition)

Funny that I was about 15 feet away from that, but there was a standing crowd between the table I was at and the stage, so only listened to it.

Thanks, Steve!

Alright which one of you runs the AcidCasualties youtube channel lol.