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.
Category: Stephen Malkmus
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
AD reader, tim crimson, 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 tour in […]
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. […]