Last night in a live webcast celebrating the release of Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks’ solid Beck Hanson-produced LP Mirror Traffic, Mr. Malkmus announced the winner of the band’s contest to find a suitable, FCC-friendly replacement for the phrase “blow job” in the band’s single, “Senat...

Through most of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ “No One Is (As I Are Be)” clip, all we see is Malkmus singing and making droll faces at the camera while seemingly random athletic footage is projected on his face. But towards the end, the video suddenly becomes an absolutely adorable reel of Malkmus and various [...]

On 8/23, Matador releases Mirror Traffic, the new Jicks album produced by Beck Hansen. It’s been in the can since early 2010 but held back until this year, when the dust had settled from Pavement’s big reunion. Mirror Traffic’s is Janet Weiss’s last bow as a Jick — she’s off and running...

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks ask fans to replace the saucy word on their track ‘Senator’

Steve Malkmus needs help writing an FCC-friendly “Senator.” The line that needs shifting’s the oft repeated “I know what the senator wants — what the senator wants is a blowjob.” Your job is to figure out a replacement for “blowjob.” If your entry’s chosen, Malkmus...