The Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks song “Senator” has a video now, and it’s a doozy. Jack Black, hamming it up hardcore as always, plays an unstable, cattle prod-wielding politician who tries to party with his much-younger campaign aides. Things, as you’d imagine, do not go well. Gary Cole, the boss from Of...

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks already have a video for one Mirror Traffic song, “No One Is (As I Are Be).” And now there’s another one, for “Tigers.” Malkmus and his band don’t actually show up in this one. Instead, a horrifying jungle cat stalks its prey through an unforgiving urban la...

Last night Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks took Mirror Traffic‘s “Senator” to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, though it didn’t appear that Malkmus had indeed swapped out the song’s lyric “blow job” for “corn dog” as promised. Then why even have the conte...

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' 'Senator' single is now radio-friendly

Fresh off their performance at Amoeba Records, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks stopped by the Village Studios for two “rock blocks” for KCRW. Performing eight songs from Mirror Traffic, Malkmus talked about working with Beck, possibly playing a Pavement song(s) during their upcoming tour, and unveiling that new radio friendly ...