The opening track’s guitars have a spacey-sounding warble lilted over a marching beat and they matche the timbre of our vocalist’s verse as it shuffles in its sing-speak delivery in a tone far from ...

The title of the Jicks’ latest (which name-checks a classic D.C. hardcore album by Dag Nasty) asks us to at least consider the connection between the legacy of Malkmus and the legacy of Ian MacKaye, ...

Popular thinking goes that Stephen Malkmus recorded his best work when he was fronting indie-rock heroes Pavement. But just listen to “The Hook,” from Malkmus’ 2001 self-titled solo debut, and you’ll ...

December 22 -- Mending thousands of broken indie hearts, singer-songwriter Stephen Malkmus has emerged from the indefinitely defunct Pavement with his new band, the Jicks. Also including drummer John ...

Since 1980, Metro Times has been Detroit’s premier alternative source for news, arts, culture, music, film, food, fashion and more from a liberal point of view. More by Metro Times editorial staff ...

99% of the time, if you get an unsolicited DM from one of your musical heroes asking you for a favor, the general rule of thumb should be to assume you are being scammed and immediately block the ...