![]() Stephen, Matt Sweeney (Skunk, Chavez), David Berman (Silver Jews) and I performed a few covers, including "Sweet Child o’ Mine." Six months later we saw each other at Bingham’s funeral. Stephen and I performed together exactly once, in May 1999, forming an impromptu wedding band for the marriage of his friend Robert Bingham. ![]() ![]() There's always a line that sticks in your head, whether "out on the road with the Smashing Pumpkins" a decade and a half ago to "I know what the senator wants - what the senator wants is a blow job" on the new album. In the years since he has proven himself the best American lyricist going. I picked up Pavement’s first little EP, "Slay Tracks," at In Your Ear Records in Boston in 1989. The reviews are going to say this is the solo album that sounds the most like Pavement, but most of the time Stephen Malkmus just sounds like Stephen Malkmus - playing and singing better than ever. "No One Is (As I Are Be)" almost recalls Bobbie Gentry or Tim Hardin. (He's now made as many albums with the Jicks as he did with Pavement.) Produced by Beck in Los Angeles, the album is concise, slinky and witty - but also sad and beautiful when it wants to be. After reuniting with Pavement for a high-profile tour last year, Stephen Malkmus returns today with "Mirror Traffic," his fifth album with the Jicks.
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