The twentieth anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction will take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West, with the aim of raising some coin for the city's homeless and underprivileged youngsters. Over the years, the Rock for Kids auction has raised more than three million dollars for the cause, and they...

Stephen Malkmus is known for many things, but bringing the funk isn't one of them (maybe Wowee Zowee's "Flux=Rad" or Face the Truth's "Kindling for the Master", OK, but still). Backed by the Jicks last night at the Pageant in St. Louis,  Malkmus played James Gang's groove-oriented classic-rock hit, "Funk #49", with like-minded tourmates...

Portland Filmmaker Dan Woods got a bunch of sorta-familiar indie rockers to sing "Gardenia," which is a fine backup plan when Stephen Malkmus is too much of a Jick to show up to his own video shoot. (J/K, Stevie.) Fortunately Portland is an indie rock theme park and a proven breeding round for fun name-that-cameo videos. In addition to lip-synch...

This whimsical clip for "Gardenia", a track from Stephen Malkmus' Real Emotional Trash, alternates between animation and fun cameos from various folks including Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of the Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, the dudes from Ratatat, and more. As Pitchfork news reported back in August, the vi...

The forthcoming video for Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks' new single 'Gardenia' features a star-studded cast of indie rockers including The Cribs' Gary Jarman, Brian Bell of Weezer and Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer.