Stephen Malkmus en Primavera Sound 08

[TheAshOfOurFriends]

PEACEBONE

[SOADafi]

Stephen looks like J Mascis

[chrisbowcutt]

"we're not nessecarily ironic"

what's up with music journalists and their undying love for irony?? music is just music!

[blrgrl]

SM aka Clark Kent

[Hoss06]

YEA

[karsynisrad]

opening little bass number is from

Okkervil River - A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene

another band I like :D

[juleswinns]

he's handsome and weird

[Evocati2008]

Totally agree. His guitar playing was always exceptional, except when he was all high (he'd get a little sloppy...and bored it seemed).

But in Real Emotional Trash, he is absolutely brilliant. I always believed his strength was his songwriting ability, but his playing doesn't get enough credit.

He is truly a legend in my eyes too, and I hope his contributions get more recognized. As i tell all my friends, just listen to Pavement and the Jicks a few times and let it sink in. Such range too. A+

[Pomeray8]

I like the sloppy and bored (or maybe slightly frustrated sounding) solos. That's one reason I listen to Pavement, and just bought Wowee Zowee. I dig good tube style atonalism. I think the unpredictability of his off-kilter, or angular solos and his sing-speak vocals are what makes him great to me, much like the velvet underground, which were like a perfect blend of velvety pop and wiry avant garde at once, and able to freely shift between the two.

[tweetermkyman]

The man is a legend in my eyes. I actually play his solo albums and with the Jicks more now a days than I do Pavement albums. The me at 17 would say that I am insane but they are that good. Saw him this past summer and his guitar playing has gotten amazingly good.