wow, they did "Random Rules"? nice!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd love to hear "We Dance" but I think I would absolutely DIE if they played "All My Friends" or "Fillmore Jive"
― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, seriously, could you close a main set better than with "Fillmore Jive"?
I haven't been able to get interested in the Pavement reunion, probably because I saw them 3 times in the 90s and they were pretty awful all 3 times.
Kinda want to go to the show with the Clean supporting tho.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
S-K sounds lost w/o pavemnt in that kloserman article; the last line is 100% malkmus
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
if i'm paying to see this live i really don't need to watch a ton of poor qual youtubes months in advance, but maybe that's just me
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Great show in Tokyo last night. Loads of stuff from Enchanted.
― sam500, Thursday, 8 April 2010 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Got my ticket for September in Broomfield ('burb of Denver)... own all their albums, so my bias is there: I like them.
― kelpolaris, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, i'm going to the broomfield show, too! i'll be the 31-year-old guy w. a beard and glasses.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
hey random question -- does anyone have a rip of the vinyl bonus trax from Brighten The Corners deluxe edition? In particular looking for that What Goes On cover ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
What goes on in your mind/I gotta love my baby from behind
― willem, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, that's a pretty fantastic cover!
― willem, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
is it on that page? i'm just getting a blank page ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Really? Erm, check yr mail in a minute.
― willem, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
that what goes on cover is so horrible... ugh.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
what's so horrible about it? love the droney synth backdrop for one.
― willem, Thursday, 8 April 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
heyo, thanks, willem! i liked this version when i heard it way back when ... not the band's finest hour or anything, but fun.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
fun's definitely a big part of the appeal, but not just that. well, maybe being very tired/lack of sleep helps as well :)
― willem, Thursday, 8 April 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
isn't the version on the btc vinyl reish the one from kcrw, and not this version?
― Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Thursday, 8 April 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
btc deluxe version is from kcrw yeah ... wish i could get it w/o buying an absurdly priced vinyl box set! it really isn't available for sale digitally anywhere?
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw them in Glasgow tonight - pleasantly surprised by how excellent it was. Only rough spots were S&E cuts...not enough treble.
― mcoll, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
What was setlist? I'll be seeing them in....................................................................................................September.
― kelpolaris, Thursday, 6 May 2010 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty much just most of Quarantine
― mcoll, Thursday, 6 May 2010 11:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, and Silence Kit and Kennel District. Those didn't make it onto QTP did they
― mcoll, Thursday, 6 May 2010 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Great gig in Dublin the other night.
― Freedom, Thursday, 6 May 2010 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Classic. I'm fairly seriously blown away by the Jicks project too. Sweet acid fried guitar swirls there.
― ImprovSpirit, Thursday, 6 May 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
just heard a rumor that Beck is producing the new Jicks album? weird. don't really believe it.
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 May 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Beck did a great job on last year's Charlotte Gainsbourg album.
― willem, Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
according to the latest issue of mojo, beck is indeed producing the album, which they're saying should be out in september
― kamerad, Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw them in Dublin during the week. Got off to a bit of a shaky start i thought but by the end they had really picked up steam. Malkmus really didn't seem to be into it however. Apparently he and Mark Ibold did have to make something of an epic trip to circumvent the ash cloud though so he could have just been tired.
― Number None, Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
pitchfork also says that the jicks recorded with beck, but the pavement reunion will delay the release until next year.
― mizzell, Saturday, 8 May 2010 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a shame they left the between song banter off the kcrw parts of the brighten the corners reissue...really funny stuff
― iago g., Sunday, 9 May 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Hoping the next Jicks album is less produced, and further reminiscent of Pavement. Which obviously isn't what Malkmus is going for.
― kelpolaris, Sunday, 9 May 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
last jicks was pretty great
― sveltko (k3vin k.), Sunday, 9 May 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
A few photos from the Pavement @ Barrowlands, Glasgow show...
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p768494433-2.jpg
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v17/p492176709-2.jpg
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v17/p851277676-2.jpg
― krakow, Sunday, 9 May 2010 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yesterday Pavement played a great show @ Paradiso, Amsterdam. Mostly songs from Quarantine The Past, with a few notable extras (The Hexx, Father To A Sister Of Thought, We Dance, Rattled By The Rush, Kennel District and Starlings Of The Slipstream). I'm seriously considering going to the other Dutch show in July.
― Marty Innerlogic, Sunday, 9 May 2010 12:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Malkmus was really bratty and uncommitted in Glasgow as well. His playing and singing was fine, but he looked quite petulant at times, especially when Spiral did a song. He'd pull ironic shapes and dick around with his guitar held high. People have said this is what he's always been like, but that's no excuse. It was a very different Malkmus to the one who plays with the Jicks. With them he's relaxed and banters away. Ok, it's his project, but he could at least try to look interested. The rest of the band interacted well and looked as if they were having fun, Bob and Westy in particular. It was a good show once they got going, and I did find myself singing along, but it was hardly amazing. Maybe I just can't get that excited about 90s indie-rock anymore...
― Count Palmiro Vicarion (Stew), Sunday, 9 May 2010 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Sounds like SM is back to his old tricks
― iago g., Sunday, 9 May 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Count you're not the first person I've heard say that. I don't really understand how anyone could be a big enough Pavement fan to drop £25 to see them and not expect that from SM. I was more surprised at how genuine the rest of the guys were.
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually considering Kannberg's recent releases maybe not.
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Obviously I wasn't expecting Malkmus to be acting all sincere and impassioned like he's in Fugazi or something, but in most of the live footage from back in the day, the ironic tomfoolery is generally goodnatured and charming, whereas this time he seemed arrogant and sneering. I barely saw him crack a smile!
― Count Palmiro Vicarion (Stew), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Yup. I was there and thought the same thing, but mainly ruminated on how this guy is 43 years now and still has to come across at petulant. I thought reforming the band after 11 years would mean he'd be enthused and generally happy to share the spotlight, but there y'go.
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
In this (terrible) Klosterman article he doesn't seem too excited about it. So I guess add that to his usual ennui
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
You'd have to figure he's feeling a little bit cynical about it all, what with purposefully staying underground in the 90s and mocking bands who made a lot of money and all and now here he is doing this fan-service/cash-grab.
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Not that I'm complaining it was nice to see them but I guess I understand where he's coming from. But I was also laughing at him during the show, not feeling put off or anything, so perhaps we're coming from different places
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
WELL I WAS DRESSED FOR
― ksh, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
that article makes me really, really hope that they release a new album and it's all about fantasy sports
― iatee, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno if playing lollapalooza, tons of late night shows, working w/ nigel godrich can be called "purposefully staying underground in the 90s" ... for an indie band they did a lot to make it big. But I dunno, I think that people are just reading too much into his onstage demeanor -- he's always like that. I think he's kind of fun in that way.
― tylerw, Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
fair, but aren't they considered one of the first bands to choose to stay with an indie simply because they wanted to? they could've had more money elsewhere, you'd think
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Sunday, 9 May 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah, i'm sure they got major label offers, but were (rightfully) suspicious of that world -- don't think that was necessarily just a "we stay indie cuz we're indie" kind of thing. and obviously they felt like they could make a go of it on Matador. I mean, they were way more successful than a lot of major label rock bands of the 90s, right?
― tylerw, Monday, 10 May 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link