Despite a slew of great tunes, Stephen Malkmus’ self-titled, post-Pavement debut felt restrained, reining in his more extreme tendencies. This is in stark contrast to the follow up record, 2003’s Pig Lib. Credited to Malkmus and the Jicks, this is the first record where SM is thinking of himself as a member of the rock band The Jicks. And as a Jick, Malkmus can to lean into his extremes (guitar indulgence, poetic weirdness), and it shows.
Category: Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus on Traditional Techniques: We’re Just Going To Wing It
For all its visionary put-ons, Stephen Malkmus’ Traditional Techniques hums with sincerity. Aquarium Drunkard caught up with Malkmus on a typical quarantine day to discuss the new record, punks finding their various freak flags, and the status of the upcoming Pavement reunion.
Stephen Malkmus :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“Some of these songs have this kind of ramshackle rhythm first of all, and it’ll kind of get into something and then kind of fall apart a bit.” This is […]
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks :: Mirror Traffic
It’s interesting to see an artist well known for their role in a particular band reach the point in their solo career when they eventually release as many albums independently […]
Stephen Malkmus :: Black Book
August 23rd marks the release of Mirror Traffic , Stephen Malkmus’s fifth ‘solo’ album since the dissolution of Pavement in 1999. Produced by Beck, the LP is being described as his some […]
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks :: Senator
With Pavement on the road most of last year I almost forgot Malkmus had been fronting his other band, the Jicks, for nearly a decade. With his old band is […]
AD Presents :: Stephen Malkmus @ Echoplex, 7.25
Saturday, July 25th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks at the Echoplex in Echo Park, L.A. If memory serves, this is the first eastside Malkmus show in a long time. Expect a packed house. […]
Bob Dylan/Malkmus :: Can’t Leave Her Behind
An AD reader recently reminded me of this great clip from 1966 of Dylan playing “Can’t Leave Her Behind”, filmed in a Glasgow hotel room with Robbie Robertson while on […]
Stephen Malkmus/Blitzen Trapper :: Funk 49
Ahoy. Just returned to L.A. after a long weekend in Austin for the third annual Fun Fun Fun festivus, and, yes, as expected it was indeed “fun.” The vibe and atmosphere was very […]
La Blogotheque :: The Jicks (San Francisco)
Capturing truly unique performances, our friends at La Blogotheque have been working overtime, this year, since expanding their operations stateside. Now with a West coast base, the Take Away Shows have been moving up and […]
Malkmus :: Real Emotional Trash
God bless the “event album.” Each year I can (usually) look forward to a few of these by some of my favorite artists. Even now, in the era of instant-everything, […]
Stephen Malkmus :: Real Emotional Trash
There was news earlier today – via Billboard – per Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks upcoming album which is set to drop March 4th of next year. See tracklisting here . Details: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks have […]
Stephen Malkmus :: (Nine Unreleased) Live Jams
A big thank you to Matt Picasso for originally sharing these unreleased, live Malkmus tracks (and then later re-hooking me up after I promptly lost them.) The sound quality on these is fantastic. […]