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Pavement‘s song ‘Harness Your Hopes’ has gone viral on TikTok once again.The track was originally released as a B-side on the CD edition of the band’s ‘Spit On A Stranger’ EP in 1999. It became an unexpected hit on Spotify in 2017, and is now Pavement’s most-streamed song of all time.‘Harness Your Hopes’ first went viral on TikTok in 2020.

Pavement, titled Pavements, will include the group’s first song in 25 years on its soundtrack.The part-documentary, part-biopic film premiered on September 3 at the Venice Film Festival, and stars Joe Keery and Jason Schwartzman. It will be released via MUBI in the spring.Accompanying the film will be an official soundtrack and that will include the first new Pavement song in 25 years.The band’s Scott Kanneberg (also known as Spiral Stairs), filmmaker Alex Ross Perry and the film’s producer and editor Robert Greene were guests on Vish Khanna‘s Kreative Kontrol podcast this week.

DIIV have performed a mesmerising cover of Pavement‘s ‘Cream Of Gold’ while appearing on SiriusXM.The band – comprised of Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman and Zachary Cole Smith – took on the 1999 track from Pavement’s fifth and final studio album ‘Twilight Terror’ while at the American broadcasting studios.DIIV transformed the song into a mesmerising, gritty, haunting track with Smith’s soft and whisper-like vocal delivery with lines like: “Time tired you’re tainted through / Wins, songs and substitutes / I dream in beige, why’d you leave me so far now?” emphasise Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus’ description of the remnants of a toxic relationship.DIIV’s most recent release was their fourth studio album ‘Frog In Boiling Water‘. In a three-star review of the LP, NME shared: “A quiet, undemanding and opaque album, ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ will appeal to a section of shoegaze fans that are keen to surrender to its impressionistic, seemingly-timeless charms.

Alex Ritman Mubi has acquired “Pavements,” Alex Ross Perry‘s unconventional documentary-musical-biopic about cult ’90s slacker band Pavement, for multiple territories following its recent world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The arthouse distributor, streamer and production company has picked up all rights to the film — soon to bow in both the New York Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival — for the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, France and Canada.

Stephen Saito In Alex Ross Perry’s exuberant tribute to Pavement, Tim Heidecker gives a succinct descriptor of what made the band a staple of college radio stations in the ‘90s: “For kids who thought everything was stupid and everything sucked, they were your band.” In an era when rock stars gave up hours doing big hair in the makeup chair to instead wear the flannel they walked in off the street with, the band, fronted by Stephen Malkmus, cultivated a fan base that cared quite a bit when they looked like they didn’t care much at all, standing out in the grunge period for their ironic detachment and a general lack of pretense that belied the sophistication of their songcraft. While passion didn’t necessarily appear to be part of Pavement’s persona, Perry feels obliged to overcompensate, declaring them to be “the world’s most important and influential band” in the opening minutes of his charmingly unabashed celebration — perhaps to curry favor with the uninitiated, but just as intent to convince the band of their own greatness.

Joe Keery and Jason Schwartzman in a new film about the band Pavement called Pavements.The film premiered today (September 3) at the Venice Film Festival and the first clip was shared exclusively today with Vanity Fair where you can watch the clip.The film was first announced in 2022 from Alex Ross Perry – the filmmaker who directed the Pavement musical Slanted! Enchanted!, which premiered in New York in 2022.Perry explained to the New Yorker at the time that the band’s label, Matador Records, reached out to him about a film collaboration in 2019. The unorthodox project was set to combine elements of biopic, tour documentary, footage from the musical and its creation, and more.Speaking to Vanity Fair ahead of the film’s premiere, Perry gave more of an insight into what fans could expect, adding: “You’re only going to get to make one Pavement movie.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It would probably annoy the Hard Quartet — which features Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Chavez/Superwolves’ Matt Sweeney, the Dirty Three’s Jim White and Bonnie Prince Billy/ Ty Segall alum Emmett Kelly — very much to be called and indie supergroup, but as the words above show, the shoe fits. The group has announced its eponymous debut album will be arriving Oct. 4 on Matador Records, and did so in supreme fashion with a video for “Rio’s Song” that almost perfectly mimics the Rolling Stones’ iconic 1981 clip for “Waiting on a Friend,” down to the same building and bar on St.

The Hard Quartet have announced their self-titled debut with the jangly new single, ‘Rio’s Song’.Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus first shared details of the project in June, after a series of synchronised posts were shared on social media.The line-up includes Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly. Today (August 21), they shared their first single, and said in a statement it was their homage to “street rock in the hot afternoon and clowning around with lifer friends in downtown New York City”.The accompanying music video was shot “guerrilla style” by director Jared Sherbert, and revisits The Rolling Stones‘ 1981 video for ‘Waiting on a Friend’, recreating it shot-for-shot.“Both Matt and Stephen individually write music that has soundtracked pivotal periods in my life,” the director told Pitchfork.

Pavement icon Stephen Malkmus‘ new band The Hard Quartet have released their debut single ‘Earth Hater’, as well as announcing their first live shows in the US and UK.The band, consisting of vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Stephen Malkmus as well as Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly, shared news of a new musical project earlier this month.They’ve just released their debut single as The Hard Quartet, titled ‘Earth Hater’, and it’s accompanied by a creative stop-motion music video directed by Eyedress.‘Earth Hater’ is a broody indie track that leans into the band members’ grunge-y college rock pasts, with a more psychedelic jam twist, as Malkmus sings a chorus of understanding and harmony: “unto others you must do what you would have them do to you“.The claymation music video acts as a warning against littering, with the band acting as guardians of the sea and getting revenge on a littering surfer by sending a trash monster after him for vengeance.Joining Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, The Hard Quartet is made up of Emmett Kelly (best known for his work in The Cairo Gang and The Double), Matt Sweeney (best known for his work with Chavez, Superwolf, and music for Red Dead Redemption 2) and Jim White (Dirty Three and Xylouris White).The members were teasing new materials separately on social media, before publicly revealing the logo and band name of The Hard Quartet.The band have also announced tour dates in Los Angeles, New York and London later this year.OCTOBER10 – Los Angeles, US – The Belasco with Papa M15 – New York, US – Webster Hall with Weak Signal22 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom with TubsYou can buy tickets for their US shows here and their UK show here.

Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus has shared details of a new musical project called The Hard Quartet.The vocalist, songwriter and guitarist shared news of the new band on his social media channels yesterday (July 16), confirming that he would soon be releasing music under a new group called The Hard Quartet.The line-up is comprised of Malkmus, as well as Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly. All members made the announcement through synchronised posts on their respective social media accounts, and the update shared their new name and logo.It comes after Malkmus had spent the past week teasing fans with the idea of new material, and hinting that the announcement of a new endeavour would be coming shortly.In a series of cryptic messages, they suggested that “a hard band is good to find” and that “a hard band name is good to find” – leading to eagle-eyed fans speculating that a new outfit would be announced.A post shared by Stephen Malkmus (@stephenmalkmus)So far, only the band itself has been announced, with the members and logo confirmed.

Gary Young, the original drummer for pioneering indie rock band Pavement who played on its revered debut album Slanted and Enchanted, died Thursday at his home in Stockton, CA. He was 70. The group shared the news on social media but did not provide other details.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Gary Young, the madcap original drummer for the pivotal indie-rock band Pavement, died Thursday, the band has confirmed. No cause of death was announced; he was 70. Singer-guitarist Stephen Malkmus wrote on social media in a brief message, “Gary Young passed on today.

Pavement, has died at the age of 70.Young’s death was confirmed by his former bandmate Stephen Malkmus today (August 18) via a social media post. Malkmus, who fronted pioneering indie-rock band Pavement with Young, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg and Mark Ibold, wrote on Twitter/X: “Gary Young passed on today. Gary’s Pavement drums were “one take and hit record”… Nailed it so well.

Pavement get an unexpected mention in the new Barbie movie.The joke is made during a montage where Kens start mansplaining to Barbies, with one referencing The Godfather and another talking about Stephen Malkmus‘ importance and how he relates to Lou Reed.The joke supposedly references director Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach’s own love of indie rock.When Pavement heard about it, they jokingly posted on their Instagram story: “We are aware of the Barbie Movie rumors and are awaiting guidance from legal but as a rule we are pro Greta.”The indie rockers then shared a photo of Stephen Malkmus in the Mattel Barbie logo, writing, “Not a sponsored post but CAN BE @barbiethemovie just DM us for venmo.”In other Barbie news, Greta Gerwig has revealed she fought to keep a scene where Barbie (Margot Robbie) tells an elderly woman on a bench that she is beautiful in the final cut.“I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone. “And the older woman on the bench is the costume designer Ann Roth.

Stephen Malkmus and the gang insist you don’t keep the address to yourself. The perennially cool 90’s alt-rockers Pavement have been embarking on a series of comeback shows over the last year, their first since the band’s first-ever reunion shows way back in 2010.If you happened to miss Pavement during their last Brooklyn mini-residency at King’s Theater in October 2022, get ready to jam out slap on a t-shirt, Cut Your Hair, and head on down to Brooklyn Steel this September. Yesterday, the “Range Life” indie-rockers announced a string of four dates at Williamsburg’s warehouse turned ultra-cool concert venue, running each night from Sep.

Pavement, the venerable indie rock band fronted by Stephen Malkmus, is getting its own feature film treatment.

Pavement have performed their ‘Perfect Sound Forever’ cut ‘Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent’ live for the first time since 1996 – watch the performance below.Released in 1991, ‘Perfect Sound Forever’ marked the third EP from the indie outfit.

Pavement brought Kurt Vile out on stage in Philadelphia on Wednesday night (October 5) to perform ‘Zurich Is Stained’. Check out footage below.Frontman Stephen Malkmus stepped back to let Vile sing lead vocals while he joined in with his guitar.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Back in the day (“the day” being the 1990s), Pavement became so typecast as a cliché-lambasting, anti-rock band that they never really got credit for what a great rock band they were — and, as their ongoing 30th-ish anniversary tour shows, still are. The stereotypical scrawny, bookish, indie vibe and image of the group’s early records had become so cemented that few seemed to notice how tight and accomplished they became after drummer Steve West joined the group in 1993. Although they always downplayed their ability to “rock out” and still do, when the band locks in on hypnotic grooves while singer-guitarist Stephen Malkmus plays solos with a Lou Reed-ish combination of soaring melodies and brittle squall (usually finishing with some self-mocking gesture), they can hold their own with virtually any rock band. On their later albums, that seasoning carried over to their songwriting, as Malkmus’ almost run-on melodies were delivered in a cleaner, sharper manner, as if he were no longer quite so embarrassed by how pretty or catchy they can be.

Jeff Miller When the iconic indie-rock forebear Pavement last reunited, for a massive tour in 2010, it was a tale of two bands, depending on when you saw them. At the beginning of the run, the lineup was tighter and mightier than ever, playing Coachella with the grit of a band determined to solidify its legacy while collecting paychecks and playing venues exponentially bigger than those it hit during its initial run.

Superorganism have dropped a new single ‘crushed.zip’ – you can listen to it below.The track is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following previous singles ‘It’s Raining’ and ‘Teenager’.“It’s a musical journey through the anxieties and isolation that can arise from being an artist, it’s ultimately delicious though”, said guitarist Harry.Singer Orono Noguchi added: “I was thinking about Kanye [West] and Elliott Smith a lot (which is most of the time). I wanted to do like a really depressing and personal song but with the most deliciously obnoxious pop packaging.