Pavement: Celebs Rumors

There are meta-movies, and then there’s Alex Ross Perry’s “Pavements.” This biography of the iconic ‘90s alt-rock group Pavement cannot even contain its self-reflexivity and inventive ambition to just the medium of cinema. Perry builds a mammoth monument to his subject in place of the genre’s hoary cliches with this multi-disciplinary hybrid film.

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.

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.

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.

It’s been five years since Alex Ross Perry’s most recent narrative feature, “Her Smell.” Despite the film earning pretty solid reviews, as have most of his narrative features, the filmmaker doesn’t seem at all interested in narrative filmmaking at this moment. In fact, he has two new films on the horizon, but both are documentaries.

Soccer Mommy has shared a Taylor Swift cover and announced new covers EP ‘Karaoke Night’.Sophie Allison’s new EP will land on September 22 via Loma Vista and also feature versions of tracks by Slowdive, R.E.M. and Pavement, alongside a recently released cover of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Soak Up The Sun’.To announce the EP, Soccer Mommy has covered Taylor Swift track ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’, and said: “I really wanted to cover this song because it’s one of my favourites from Taylor’s first album.“I listened to that record so much when I was a kid and I think it had a lot of influence on me then.”Listen to the cover and see the tracklist for ‘Karaoke Songs’ below.1. ‘Here’ (Pavement cover)2. ‘Soak Up The Sun’ (Sheryl Crow cover)3. ‘Dagger’ (Slowdive cover)4. ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’ (Taylor Swift cover)5. ‘Losing My Religion’ (R.E.M. cover)The new EP follows Allison’s most recent studio album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which arrived last summer.Last year, she also released a demo version of the song ‘Darkness Forever’, which featured a nod to Taylor Swift by dubbing it ‘Sophie’s Version’.

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.

The National in their hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced the line-up for its 2023 edition.The two-day event returns to Smale Park on September 15 and 16 and will, as ever, be headlined by the band themselves, who will play two unique headline sets. It will also play host to the likes of Patti Smith, Pavement and The Walkmen.Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, Bartees Strange, Arooj Aftab, Julia Jacklin, The Drin, Leo Pastel, Carriers, and Ballard all complete the line-up.“When we launched Homecoming in 2018, we were overwhelmed by the response from the community and by our renewed sense of connection to our hometown,” The National said in a statement [via Consequence of Sound].

“I took LSD 375 times.” These are the first words said in “Louder than You Think” by subject Gary Young — drummer, producer, drunkard, and all-around enigma, likely best known as being the original drummer for the lo-fi 90’s alternative band, Pavement. The words, accompanied by the image of Young as he appears now, are all you need to understand the kind of documentary you’re in for – one hell of a strange trip, man.

Bilbao BBK has announced more acts for its 2023 line-up.The festival has confirmed Pavement will be headlining the Spanish festival’s second day, while Roisin Murphy, Arca, Ry X, Young Fathers and Perfume Genius and many more have also joined the line-up.They join previously announced acts Phoenix, IDLES, Jamie xx, Fever Ray, Röyksopp, Avalon Emerson, Anz, HAAi, SHERELLE, M83 and DUKI. Also set to play this year are Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, 070 Shake, Dry Cleaning and The Murder Capital.The 2023 edition of Bilbao BBK will take place from July 6-8 in the Basque region of Spain.

Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry is not the type of artist who aims to find mass appeal with his work. His films, typically, aren’t the most approachable features in the world.

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 have reflected on their latest reunion, saying they feel like “a tiger let out of the cage” now they’re back on the road.The indie legends initially announced a reunion tour in 2019, which was then delayed due to COVID and eventually kicked off in Los Angeles in May, where they played their first gig in nearly 12 years.After headlining Barcelona’s Primavera Sound the following month, the band are currently on a North American headlining run, and will play a host of UK shows later this month.Speaking to the BBC about the tour, percussionist Bob Nastanovich said: “The tour’s been great so far. I’m sort of like a tiger let out of the cage.

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.

Pavement are to be honoured with some album-themed pierogi at an Ohio restaurant next week.The event will take place in Parma, Ohio. According to Pitchfork, it will see “local businesses Schnitz Ale Brewery, Rudy’s Strudel, and the Current Year Records and Tapes joining forces for the ticketed event, which will feature ‘special varieties of Pavement pierogi,’ paired beer flights to match, and a vinyl DJ set by the band’s own Bob Nastanovich.”In a statement about the event, Nastanovich said: “I’ve been thrilled and amazed by a group of Pavement enthusiasts striving to get our band to play at a local football stadium for some time.

Pavement played their first gig in nearly 12 years earlier this week – you can watch fan-shot footage and see the setlist from the Los Angeles show below.The band kicked off their long-awaited reunion tour, which was initially announced in 2019, with a warm-up show at The Fonda Theatre in LA on Monday night (May 23), marking their first live appearance together since November 2010.Ahead of the show, Pavement’s Twitter account joked that it’d “been 4,198 days since our last work incident. That changes tomorrow.”The band’s comeback set featured such songs as ‘Gold Soundz’, ‘Range Life’, ‘Cut Your Hair’ and ‘Spit On A Stranger’, while fan favourites like ‘Here’, ‘Grounded’ and ‘Summer Babe (Winter Version)’ were also aired.‘Harness Your Hopes’, a 1997 B-side that has become popular on TikTok and Spotify in recent years, was also part of the setlist.

Pavement have announced a 30th anniversary reissue of their debut album, ‘Slanted & Enchanted’.The 1992 album came out 30 years ago earlier this week via Matador Records, and comes ahead of the band’s live reunion this summer.The new reissue, set to come out on August 12, will see the original LP released on red/white/black splatter vinyl, alongside a cassette edition titled ‘Courting Shutdown Offers’, which features demo versions of the album that the band used to shop the alnum to record labels.The band’s latest reissue follows the release of ‘Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal’, a special reissue of their final studio album ‘Terror Twilight’. The band’s fifth studio LP was originally released in June 1999 and was produced by Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich.See the tracklist for the 30th anniversary edition of ‘Slanted & Enchanted’ below, and pre-order your copy here.‘SLANTED & ENCHANTED’ 1. ‘Summer Babe’ (Winter Version) 2.

Superorganism have dropped a new track called ‘It’s Raining’, featuring Stephen Malkmus – you can listen to it below.The track – which also features UK rapper Dylan Cartlidge – is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following the Stuart Price-produced ‘Teenager’.Speaking about the glitchy, hip-hop-infused new track in a press release, the band said: “We’ve been enormous fans of Stephen Malkmus forever, and we loved the idea of combining Malkmus and Scott Walker into a strange almost broken-sounding hip hop track.“We’d done a remix for Dylan Cartlidge and absolutely loved his flow; we asked him if he’d like to try a verse and he fit so naturally. With Dylan being from the north of England and Stephen in Portland, the rain theme is all the more fitting for them too.”You can listen to ‘It’s Raining’ below:‘World Wide Pop’ arrives on July 15 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the record from here and see the tracklist below:1. ‘Black Hole Baby’2. ‘World Wide Pop’3. ‘On & On’4. ‘Teenager’ (Feat. CHAI & Pi Ja Ma)5.’ It’s Raining’ (Feat. Stephen Malkmus & Dylan Cartlidge)6. ‘Flying’7. ‘Solar System’ (Feat. CHAI & Boa Constrictors)8. ‘Into The Sun’ (Feat. Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus & Pi Ja Ma)9. ‘Put Down Your Phone’10. ‘crushed.zip’11. ‘Oh Come On’12. ‘Don’t Let The Colony Collapse’13. ‘Everything Falls Apart’Superorganism will showcase ‘World Wide Pop’ on a UK headline tour this autumn, which concludes with a show at Scala in London on September 21.

Stephen Malkmus debuted two new songs at a gig in Portland at the weekend alongside one of Pavement‘s classic tracks.The singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of indie rock stalwarts Pavement, played his first gig since 2019 on Sunday (January 16) at The Alberta Abbey.Accompanied by his live band – made up of The Decemberists’ Chris Funk, Brad Truax and Jake Morris – Malkmus’s set included a performance of Pavement’s ‘Father To A Sister Of Thought’ and a cover of Wilco‘s ‘Box Full Of Letters’.He also debuted two new songs titled ‘MTV’ and ‘Making Friends’, and he played ‘Blue Arrangements’ by Silver Jews, the New York band he formed in 1989 with Bob Nastanovich and the late David Berman.The two new songs are yet to be released, but fan footage from the show has landed online – you can check out clips from the show below.A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)A post shared by Sprout (@sproutniblet)You can listen to the Portland show in full here:‘Amberjack’‘Xian Man’‘Signal Western’‘Making Friends’‘MTV’‘Brainwashed’‘Juliefuckingette’‘Shadowbanned’‘The Greatest Own In Legal History’‘Piccolo’‘Not Fade/Seeger’‘Blue Arrangements’ (Silver Jews song)‘Faces Of Ocean Rain’‘Father To A

Pavement have confirmed details of their first headline North American tour in over a decade. The band, fronted by Stephen Malkmus, previously revealed plans to tour Europe in 2022 including an appearance at Spanish festival Primavera Sound.

Pavement have confirmed plans for a live headline tour in 2022. The band, made up of Stephen Malkmus, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West, will play live across Europe and the U.K.

Pavement have announced details of their UK and European reunion tour which is set to take place in 2022.The five-piece – Stephen Malkmus, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West – first revealed their intention to reunite once again back in 2019, though their comeback shows have been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.Pavement, who last reformed in 2010, will kick off their latest reunion by headlining Primavera Sound Barcelona and Porto in June 2022 before embarking on a UK and European tour in October 2022.Beginning in Leeds on October 17, 2022, Pavement’s UK tour will take in stops in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester before four dates at London’s Roundhouse from October 22-25.You can check out

Matador Records is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pavement’s Wowee Zowee with a new picture disc. The 7" is cut into the shape of a speech bubble and includes “Sensitive Euro Man” on its A-side with “Brink of the Clouds/Candylad” on the B-side. Both tracks were on the 2006 CD Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels, but are making their vinyl debut on the 7". Hear “Sensitive Euro Man” b/w “Brink of the Clouds/Candylad” below.