There exists a subset of indie rock artists I associate with record store clerks and collectors. Usually it's a bit skuzzier and meaner than whatever's popping in the indie mainstream, maintaining that old aversion to selling out or even crossing over. This music tends to be worshipful toward rock's ragtag early days and an expansive…

Stephen Malkmus is about to release his third album in three years. Following 2018's Sparkle Hard alongside his longtime band the Jicks and 2019's electronically inclined solo effort Groove Denied, the once and future Pavement frontman will allegedly take a rootsy tack with this year's Traditional Techniques. Malkmus recorded this new one with C...

Yesterday would have been David Berman's 53rd birthday and a number of different tribute shows took place around the US in his honor. In Portland, Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich -- both were also occasionally in Silver Jews -- performed a handful of tracks on a bill that also include William…

Earlier this year, the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains mastermind David Berman, one of the most beloved writers in the history of American indie rock, died by suicide at the age of 52. Since then, there have been a great many fond remembrances of Berman, from a Tennessee Titans scoreboard message to a full tribute…

Since Silver Jews and Purple Mountains leader David Berman passed away a couple months ago, a lot of artists have paid tribute to the late musician by covering his songs. Those artists have included his one-time Silver Jews bandmate Stephen Malkmus, Bill Callahan, Animal Collective, Kevin Morby and Woods, First Aid Kit, and many more.