 Artist: Stephen Malkmus: mp3 download Genre(s): Indie Stephen Malkmus's discography:  Stephen Malkmus Year: 2001 Tracks: 11 After Pavement announced they were departure on reprieve at the end of 1999, the status of one of America's finest indie tilt bands was a secret for the number i half of 2000. It became clearer that summertime, however, when it was revealed that both Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg were preparing solo albums. Malkmus was especially cross during that time, performing new songs with Kim's Bedroom -- a one-off grouping that also included Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Jim O'Rourke -- that spring in Holland and recording them at studios close his hometown of Portland, OR. Working with him were the Jicks, aka Portland indie tilt veterans drummer/percussionist John Moen and bassist Joanna Bolme. Moen had played with the Fastbacks, the Dharma Bums, and his have grouping, the Maroons; Bolme played with the Minders and worked as an railroad engineer at Jackpot Studios, where Pavement's Terror Twilight was demoed and parts of Malkmus' new design were recorded. Initially, Malkmus intended to release the album on his have or through a local tag, only when his previous label, Matador, received a written matter, they agreed to button it. By the fourth dimension Malkmus formally confirmed Pavement's breakup in the November 2000 issue of Spin magazine, Matador announced it was cathartic the record album -- in the beginning coroneted Swedish Reggae and and so changed to Stephen Malkmus -- in winter 2001. The Jicks made their unrecorded debut that January at New York's Bowery Ballroom and worn-out the rest of the wintertime and outpouring touring the U.K. and the U.S., including a gig at South by Southwest with labelmates Mogwai and the reunited Soft Boys. Former Pavement percussionist Bob Nastanovich acted as the Jicks' tour managing director and Elastica loss leader Justine Frischmann -- another friend of Malkmus -- linked the band as a guitarist for selected dates. On 2003's darker, trippier Fuzz Lib, the Jicks shared quotation with Malkmus, reflecting the album's more than band-like feel. 2005's Face the Truth -- on which Malkmus embraced domesticity with a whimsical feel wanting from his work since Wowee Zowee -- featured Malkmus with and without the Jicks, wHO also supported him on tour that summer. |
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