For one night only, Pavement will reunite to brighten the corners of New York City (at least) one last time next month. The group will perform a one-off show at Sony Hall on Oct. 1 to celebrate the release of filmmaker Alex Ross Perry’s new feature film, Pavement(s), which premieres …
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The past couple of years have been a very good time to be a Pavement fan. The Nineties indie rock band emerged from 12 years of hibernation in 2022 for a stellar, worldwide reunion tour that continues to this day. During their downtime, they assembled a fantastically bizarre jukebox musical …
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More than 30 summers have passed since Pavement filmed a music video for “Summer Babe,” but now they have decided to release it. The clip shows three of the group’s five members performing the song on a pier in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. In a statement, the clip’s director, Tanya Small, said …
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The annual Seattle music and arts festival Bumbershoot has locked in its 2024 performance lineup. Returning during Labor Day weekend on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, the event will feature headlining appearances from Pavement, James Blake, and Kurt Vile. Courtney Barnett, Kim Gordon, Freddie Gibbs, and Aly & AJ will …
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Soccer Mommy has covered Taylor Swift‘s 2006 track “I’m Only Me When I’m With You.” The emotive, punk-tinged rendition will appear on the musician’s forthcoming five-song covers EP, Karaoke Night, out Sept. 22 via Loma Vista. “I really wanted to cover this song because it’s one of my favorites from …
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Gary Young, the original drummer for pioneering indie-rock band Pavement, has died at the age of 70. Frontman Stephen Malkmus confirmed Young’s death on social media Thursday. “Gary Young passed on today,” he wrote. “Gary’s pavement drums were ‘one take and hit record’…. Nailed it so well.” Malkmus and guitarist …
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That absolutely bonkers Pavement jukebox musical, and the equally surreal pop-up museum, weren’t just stilly stunts to celebrate the indie band’s latest reunion tour — they were silly stunts for a new Pavement movie directed by Alex Ross Perry. Perry revealed the broader machinations in a new New Yorker piece …
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What could sum up the spirit of Pavement’s music better than seven tap-dancing Santas stepping to the guitar break from “Gold Soundz”? Or a team of theater kids giving jazz hands while they all sing “Shady Lane”? Or “AT&T” turned into a boot-scootin’ line dance, complete with cowboy hats and …
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The afternoon sun streams through the windows of the Brooklyn art space ChaShaMa. Steve Keene, possibly the world’s most prolific painter, is hard at work, even though the gallery’s hosting a retrospective of his work. Right now, he’s adding a few blond streaks to Iggy Pop’s hair on the cover …
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Pavement had so many amazing moments in their historic four-night run in Brooklyn. But one of the funniest came on Sunday night, after the legendary Nineties indie jesters took a ramshackle stab at “Spit on a Stranger.” Stephen Malkmus shrugged and told the crowd, “That was a version of that …
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