Since the release of 2010’s Causers Of This , Toro y Moi ’s output has become increasingly sleek and sophisticated. In just over a year, he shifted from distorted, synth-driven shoegaze towards a unique brand of funk and jazz-infused pop, as exhibited on his sophomore full-length, Underneath The Pine . September’s Freaking Out EP saw Chaz Bundick arrive at a distillation of the two albums, augmenting his already burgeoning paintbox with an exploration of disco and all-out, four to the floor dance music. So, while a journey into the annals of most artists of a similar vintage might not be ...

La Dispute, Balance & Composure, Sainthood Reps, and All Get Out are currently out on the incredible Wildlife Tour. We’ve put three of the bands together for a great new PropertyOfZack Playlist feature. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading everyone’s thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) For this playlist, I went through some records I really enjoy, and picked out 10 songs. Each of these songs on this playlist are in the same track numbered spot as the original records they appear on. Starting us off is classic record opener….. American Football - Never Meant This is one of my favorite opening tracks to any record, everything about this song makes me feel good, from the fantastic drum beat to the open tuned glassy guitars. Aces. The Police - So Lonely The Police are my favorite band, so they had to make the playlist. Sting and Stewart Copeland lock in like no other rhythm section, well I think maybe some Motown Records session players may have something to say about that, either way “So Lonely” is a classic. Balance And Composure - Quake I have to give some love to some pals on this playlist, its only right. If you haven’t heard B&C;, get out from the rock you are under because they are a special band. “Quake” is track #3 on 2011’s top - of - everyone’s - best - of - list “Separation”. The tune starts off with some dreamy guitars, then swiftly gets gnarly and only continues to tear at Jon’s vocal chords as the song progresses. See them this Spring on The Wildlife tour!! Pavement - Cut Your Hair 90’s icons Pavement put out a great record in 1994 “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain”. “Cut Your Hair” I believe was the lead single off the record. Malkmus’s vocals ...

Os fãs de Pavement podem sorrir: o grupo pode ter declarado o seu fim, mas o antigo líder, Stephen Malkmus, volta aos palcos com os seus Jicks. E esse regresso, com o quinto álbum da banda na bagagem (Mirror Traffic), irá passar pelo Festival EDP Paredes de Coura. A banda atua no dia 14 de [...]

We're starting to suspect the person handling the verification process at Twitter may be screwing with us on purpose. First we learned the microblogging site bestowed a fake version of '00s band Hoobastank with the coveted blue check mark, and now it's come to light that a false version of Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus has been deemed the real deal for over a year...

Sometimes, the Internet does wonderful things like magically presenting us meager web-dwellers with the digitized tapes of Pavement’s second show ever. Recorded on August 12, 1990 at New Jersey’s Maxwell’s club, the 36-minute audio clip has been verified by Matador Records and includes early versions of songs like songs like “Box Elder” and “Home.” Stream the entire tinny, yet glorious set below. ...

On 8/12/90, Pavement played their second show of all time at the Hoboken, New Jersey club Maxwell’s. And through the magic of the internet, a tape recording of that show has now appeared on our computers. The 36-minute audio clip features early versions of songs like “Box Elder” and “Home,” and you can listen to [...]

Interesting that Beck produced both Stephen Malkmus' latest album, Mirror Traffic, and Thurston Moore's 2011 LP, Demolished Thoughts. The two guitarists always seemed like eternal teenagers in their respective bands, Pavement and Sonic Youth, shaggy-haired and shred-ready, but maturity has reared...

The Bats Free All the Monsters [Flying Nun; 2011] by J Arthur Bloom Rating: A new Bats album is like Christmas. Which is to say it’s infrequent, and like the conversations with family members you catch up with for the first time in 12 months, it plays out in a certain familiar, ritualized way, though not without genuine affection. Like family, The Bats are reliable, emerging from the Batcave every few years with a workmanlike long-player for fans of New Zealand’s late-1980s rock scene and Pavement obsessives who heard Stephen Malkmus was pretty hot on the band. This ...

In case you missed Pavement’s rare reunion performances in 2010, be sure to check out former front man Stephen Malkmus’ solo tour this February for some grimy, sludgy, yelping, indie rock and roll.

1994: Pavement - Stuff Up The Cracks by Winston O'Boogie">Dr. Winston O'Boogie on 01-11-2012 It must be some sort of divine stroke of comedy that made Malkums’ reflection on the cover of Pavement’s bootleg compilation Stuff up the Cracks looks exactly like Steve Perry (or maybe I’m just seeing things). There’s a hilarious contrast between the hyper-produced, nauseatingly glossy soft rock that an image of Perry conjures up and the truth of the snarlingly ugly music hidden within. This is Pavement unhinged, captured in a way even their celebrated lo-fi masterpiece Slanted and Enchanted couldn ...

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are hitting the road for series of February dates. The tour will be in support of the Pavement frontman’s fifth solo release, 2011’s Beck-produced Mirror Traffic. See below for the full list of dates. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Tour Dates: 02/13 Salt Lake...

Was abseits von Alben und dem, was in den Mixen Schmelzen , Do(wner)-Fi und Moods XX landete, übrig blieb. Cat's Eyes - I Knew It Was Over Es war eines der ersten Lieder, die ich dieses Jahr hörte und blebt eins meiner Liebsten. Live in der Vatikankirche eingespielter Pop, der an die 60er erinnert, aber mit Orgel und Chor eine Trennung in spirituelle Dimensionen katapultiert. -------------------------- Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Record Shop Kein Album habe ich dieses Jahr dermaßen zu lieben versucht wie das Indiepop-Debüt von Help Stamp Out Loneliness. Doch so unwiderstehlich die Stimme der Sängerin, dauergeknickt wie ein ...

by Jesse Jarnow There's no real sport in arguing the semeticism of David Berman, who named his band the Silver Jews, and very publicly rediscovered Judaism himself after becoming sober around 2004. "Ain'tcha heard the news? Adam and Eve were Jews," he'd sung on 2005's Tanglewood Numbers. When the 15-year running outfit started to perform live for the first time in 2006, Berman brought them to Israel, where he was filmed at the Wailing Wall, wearing tefillin and weeping. One doesn't have to go hunting for it. Unlike Bob Dylan or Lou Reed or Neil ...

Plus que quelques jours à passer en 2011, et au moment où florissent les classements de fin d‘année, le tant attendu MRM top ten albums of the year se dévoile enfin… The Horrors, Noel Gallagher et les Arctic Monkeys en sont les grands vainqueurs… 2011 dans le rétroviseur part 1, c’est parti. A chaud, on pourra soutenir que 2011 aura accouché d’une belle cuvée musicale placée sous le signe de la confirmation. A part le phénomène Wu Lyf on aura vu percer peu de nouveaux groupes cette année mais on aura été ébloui par la confirmation d ...

Cuarteto de Nueva Zelanda liderados por Mark Turner( Little Pictures), que cita como influencias a Modern Lovers, The Clean y Pavement. Queda clara la huella de estos últimos al escuchar sus canciones, temas que nos transportan a los inicios de Stepehen Malkmus y compañía. Han editado un Ep y un par de singles hasta la fecha, los cuales se pueden descargar gratuitamente a través de Lil Chief Records I'm a Conservative.mp3 I'm a Conservative.vídeo