Tennis enthusiast Stephen Malkmus is touring these United States with his Jicks in support of the new Sparkle Hard. Last night they stopped at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina, where Malkmus' former Pavement drummer Steve West made a surprise appearance. It was their first time playing together since the Pavement reunion tour ended&a...

"I think they’re just playing like their old hits, they’re not going to bore us with the new album"Pavement's Stephen MalkmusPavement frontman Stephen Malkmus has hit out at Smashing Pumpkins, after the band confirmed plans for a reunion of their …Continue reading »The post Stephen Malkmus hits out at “fake&#...

When Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks announced their new album Sparkle Hard, the big news was that it included a song with Kim Gordon. In Pavement and Sonic Youth, Malkmus and Gordon were out front of two of history's most beloved and important indie rock bands (incidentally, both of which featured Mark Ibold on bass…

The band say live performances 'are ruled out for '15 but not '16'

Pavement’s Wowee Zowee came out 20 years ago today, but while we’re busy looking back, the band has begun teasing some “great news coming soon.” On a new Facebook page (which Matador Records tells us is legit) Spiral Stairs writes: hi pavement fans… spiral here. we’ve taken back our pag...