Stephen Malkmus News

Silkworm Documentary Out Now, Features Interviews With Steve Albini, Jeff Tweedy, Stephen Malkmus

Couldn't You Wait? is a documentary about the Chicago indie rock band Silkworm , and it's out today.

Watch: Stephen Malkmus Covers Can’s “Ege Bamyasi”

Last weekend Stephen Malkmus honored the impact the record had on his musical upbringing by performing the record in full at the Week-End Fest in Cologne, Germany.

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks @ Factory Theatre

To think close to twenty years ago I was reveling in the glory of Pavement.

Pavement, Stephen Malkmus: Watch Stephen Malkmus Do Rare Solo Gig, Play Pavement Songs

Last year, Stephen Malkmus moved to Berlin with his family, and now German fans can be treated with surprise sightings of the indie king.

Feist, Stephen Malkmus, The Hold Steady and lots more playing Calgary's Sled Island Festival (full line-up)

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See Stephen Malkmus In High School

That adorable face you see above belonged to one Stephen Malkmus, back when he was a junior in high school.

Fake Stephen Malkmus Twitter Was Verified For Over A Year

According to Buzzfeed, a fake Stephen Malkmus account, @stephenmalkmus1, was verified for over a year, and it featured Tweets about Chipotle, being lazy, SOPA, and hummus.

Green Man 2012 Line Up Expands

The line up for this year's Green Man festival has expanded, with Stephen Malkmus, tUne-yArDs and more due to perform.

Green Man announce new additions, including Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

tUnE-yArDs, of Montreal and KingCreosote & Jon Hopkins, Friends, Field Music, Three Trapped Tigers, Willy Mason, TOY, Gang Colours, Cold Specks, Laura J Martin, Stealing Sheep, Treetop Flyers, Seamus Fogerty, Georgia Ruth Williams, The Pictish Trail and Trembling Bells.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks announce new single

Summer is on its way, helped not only by the degree of tilt the Earth's axis has in relation to the Sun, but also Portland's own sunshine merchants Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks.

Hear Stephen Malkmus Cover The L.A. Guns

Back in December, it was announced that Stephen Malkmus and L.A. hair metal vets L.A. Guns were going to be covering each other on a new single for Matador Records.

Stephen Malkmus, L.A. Guns Team Up for Split Single

Matador Records are set to launch a new 7-inch single subscription series with a split single featuring label mainstay Stephen Malkmus and hair-metal lifers L.A. Guns. The series, titled Singles Going Home Alone , will include six vinyl-only singles released over the course of 2012, available for $45 in the United States through Matador's online store.

Stephen Malkmus, L.A. Guns Cover Each Other For Matador Singles

As they fully acknowledge on their blog , the folks at Matador Records aren't the first to roll out a limited-edition subscription series of 7" singles.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Stephen Malkmus is an acknowledged anti-guitar demi-god.

Stream: Stephen Malkmus Playlist

Stephen Malkmus has compiled a new playlist containing 'walk on' songs for Pavement.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Koko, London

Tonight's proceedings may be less grand, but that doesn't change the fact that one of rock's wittiest and most engaging lyricists and frontmen is five albums (the Jicks have played on all of them) into a solo career that continues to produce work almost as strong as Pavement's back catalogue.

Win: Huge ticket giveaway… Stephen Malkmus, Eleanor Friedberger, Iceage, The Field and more!

In the spirit of good will and togetherness our buddies over at Eat Your Own Ears want you to tell a friend / potential life partner / family member / stranger about a gig you'd like to take them to this Autumn.

[video] Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks // Senator

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Stephen Malkmus Considered LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy to Produce 'Mirror Traffic' Before Beck Signed On

"We never asked him but we've got mutual friends in New York so I thought about him," Malkmus tells Spinner.

Watch: Jack Black Runs For Office In Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Video For 'Senator'

As the 2012 presidential race is just getting heated up, who better than Jack Black and indie rock oldies the Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks to remind us that the candidates are generally much more raw (perhaps not this raw) than their public personas that they spend so much time massaging.

Don’t miss at TIMF 2011: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

While wading through the rather substantial catalog of both Stephen Malkmus and Pavement albums, I've learned it's ideal to simply sit back and follow the guitar.

Live Review: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks at Chicago’s Metro (10/6)

When the world first heard the offbeat guitar gravel of "You're Killing Me", the opening track on Pavement's 1989 debut EP Slay Tracks (1933-1969) , few could have surmised that frontman Stephen Malkmus would grow into a bona fide guitar hero.

Stephen Malkmus: "Tigers" (Live On Don't Look Down) (Video)

Stephen Malkmus and his Jicks are the latest guests on Pitchfork TV's Don't Look Down Series, bringing songs from their recently released Mirror Traffic to a rooftop in New York. I'm always blown away by how awesome whoever is engineering this can make this sound, since the band is outside on a roof, and it always sounds perfect.

Take Cover: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Mirror Traffic

Take Cover features interviews with the people behind today's most striking album covers.

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

One of the few good things to come out of the University of Virginia in the last century was the cult indie-rock outfit Pavement and their lead singer Stephen Malkmus.

Watch the New Bizarre Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Video-"Tigers"

The new Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks video for " Tigers " is bizarre.

Album Review: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Mirror Traffic

'Mirror Traffic' (UK Release: 22 August '11) // Words: Simon Opie Beck Hansen is the producer of choice just now for a certain genre and after his work with Thurston Moore previously reviewed here, he turns his attention to another veteran genius, Stephen Malkmus.

Watch Stephen Malkmus Play a New Song in NYC

"When you are releasing a constant stream of music, it can cheapen the work-- we want each song to linger with people."

The Word On... Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mirror Traffic

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – “Brain Gallop” Live In Studio on KCRW

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Stephen Malkmus, BNLX, Male Bonding, Violens, David Kilgour, Dive, Joe Pernice & more in This Week in Indie

Academy Records in Williamsburg at 6pm and then Other Music at 9PM.