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Wednesday, August 10 2011

Gold Soundz: The 20 Essential Pavement Songs

What better way is there to mark Stephen Malkmus' past milestones and present achievements than to revisit his most memorable lines from some of the best Pavement songs?


Friday, December 19 2008

The Best Re-Issues of 2008


Saturday, December 23 2006

Best Reissues of 2006

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 20 reissues of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow and Thursday for ongoing genre top 10s with our coverage culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday.


Reviews

Friday, March 12 2010

Pavement: Quarantine the Past

This well-intentioned compilation gives short shrift to an important band's legacy.


Monday, December 8 2008

Pavement: Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition

Brighten the Corners focused in a way that showed the band not bucking the burdens of indie rock off their backs, as they did on Wowee Zowee, but setting them aside to make a great record.


Monday, July 19 2004

Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted


Sunday, January 1 1995

Pavement, Terror Twilight


Blogs

Wednesday, April 14 2010

Pavement - Reunion Tour (video / tour dates)

Indie rock's most eagerly awaited sentimental journey arrives stateside as Pavement plays two performances the next few days in southern California, with more to come…


Friday, March 12 2010

Pavement Redux: Greatest Hits That Never Were (streams)

Pavement’s best-of compilation, Quarantine the Past, is the greatest album you shouldn’t buy. It’s a (mostly) well-chosen, nicely packaged collection of terrific songs from arguably…


Thursday, January 28 2010

Pavement - Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement (new release / MP3)

Pavement Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement (Matador) Releasing: 9 March The final tracklist for the upcoming Pavement compilation on Matador has just been…


News

Sunday, September 12 2010

Pavement's crooked return: Influential '90s rockers on reunion tour

They were one of the more influential indie-rock bands back when the scenesters still called it "alternative," and two of their albums consistently rank in…


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