Stephen Malkmus
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Stephen Joseph Malkmus (born May 30, 1966) is an indie rock
musician and icon
, and a member of the band Pavement
. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
.
on May 30, 1966 to Mary and Stephen Malkmus, Sr.
His father was a property and casualty insurance agent. When Stephen Jr. was 8, the family moved upstate to Stockton
, where he attended Carpinteria
's Cate School
and Lodi
's Tokay High School
. As a teenager, Malkmus worked various jobs, including painting house numbers on street curbs and "flipping burgers
or whatever" at a country club
. At age 16, he spent the night in jail
after consuming alcohol, urinating in the bushes, and walking on the roof
s of several residential homes. Later, he was placed on probation
for underage drinking, and was also expelled from school "for going to a party in the woods where people were taking mushrooms. I didn’t take them, but some guy narc’d on me."
Malkmus learned the guitar by playing along to Jimi Hendrix
's recording of "Purple Haze
". During high school, he played in several Stockton-based punk bands: Bag O Bones, The Straw Dogs, and Crisis Alert. After graduation, Malkmus followed in his father's footsteps by attending the University of Virginia
, where he majored in history and was a disc jockey
for the college radio station WTJU
. During this time, Malkmus met fellow WTJU DJs David Berman (who would later front the Silver Jews
) and James McNew
(of Yo La Tengo
). In the late 1980s, he was employed as a security guard
at the Whitney Museum of American Art
in New York
, along with Berman and Bob Nastanovich
.
(aka Spiral Stairs) while he was living in Stockton during the 1980s. Their first album, Slanted & Enchanted, was released to critical acclaim, and the band continued to receive attention for subsequent releases. Pavement, and Malkmus in particular, was hailed as spearheading the underground indie movement of the 1990s. In 2001, following the 1999 dissolution of the band, Malkmus released his first self-titled solo album. He also was a member of rock group Silver Jews
along with poet/lyricist David Berman. In early 1999 Stephen Malkmus participated in a Sonic Youth
side project called Kim's Bedroom that included bassist/vocalist Kim Gordon
, guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore
, Chicago avant-garde veteran Jim O'Rourke
, and renowned Japanese drummer Ikue Mori
; they never released an album, but did play a few live shows. Malkmus is currently frontman of The Jicks
.
On May 23, 2003 in Milwaukee, while touring with his new band The Jicks, Malkmus opened the show by saying, "This is off our first record." The band then proceeded to play an evening's worth of Pavement songs, marking the second time Malkmus had played any of his previous band's songs since their 1999 breakup, the first was on April 22, 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil, where he played In The Mouth a Desert.
In 2007, Malkmus provided 3 songs to the Todd Haynes'
film I'm Not There
, based on the life of Bob Dylan
. He contributed on the songs "Ballad of a Thin Man
", "Can't Leave Her Behind" and "Maggie's Farm
". Malkmus has admitted that he was never "really a really big fan of Dylan," but noted that his involvement with the film had made him listen "to him again a little closer."
Malkmus's fourth studio album with The Jicks
, Real Emotional Trash
, was released in March 2008.
Pavement reunited in March 2010 and have since embarked on a world tour.
Following the dissolution of Pavement, Malkmus moved to Portland, Oregon
with his wife, artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins
. In 2005, Hutchins gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Lottie. The couple had their second child, called Sunday, in 2007. In 2011, before the release of Mirror Traffic
, Malkmus and his family moved to Berlin.
Malkmus is a sports fan, and is known to play golf
and tennis
; he also plays second base for the Portland-based Disjecta softball team.
-- which can be traced back to the Brighten The Corners
era—a Gibson Les Paul
Goldtop, and a Fender Stratocaster
, which was his guitar of choice during the majority of his time with Pavement. He used a Gibson SG
with Pavement during the Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
era. For the 2010 Pavement reunion tour he used his Stratocaster extensively. He has also played a Danelectro
Silvertone (Sears model dating to 1962 or 1963) for one-off solo shows.
Typically, he uses an Orange Retro 50 head through a 1970's Marshall 4x12 cabinet when playing live, though he has used various other Orange and Fender amps, including a vintage Silverface Twin Reverb during the early Pavement years, an Orange OR120 during later Pavement years, and a single channel Orange AD30 with the Jicks. Malkmus's other confirmed (though not constant) gear includes: Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
, Diamond J-Drive, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, T-Rex
Replica, Lovetone Big Cheese, Lovetone Meatball, BOSS TU-2, DigiTech Whammy
, Crowther HotCake
and Pro Co RAT
.
Note: Even though the Jicks are not credited within the title, the album Stephen Malkmus is in fact a Jicks recording. Initially, Malkmus simply wanted to call his post-Pavement band the Jicks with no mention of his name, but Matador records resisted the idea and released the album as Stephen Malkmus, although "the Jicks" is printed on the CD itself. Face the Truth is technically Stephen Malkmus's only true solo affair, though the Jicks do provide instrumentation on nearly every song.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
musician and icon
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
, and a member of the band Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme, and Jake Morris. Malkmus was the main singer and songwriter behind the influential 1990s indie rock band Pavement.-History:...
.
Early years
Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
on May 30, 1966 to Mary and Stephen Malkmus, Sr.
His father was a property and casualty insurance agent. When Stephen Jr. was 8, the family moved upstate to Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
, where he attended Carpinteria
Carpinteria, California
Carpinteria is a small oceanside city located in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California, east of Santa Barbara and northwest of Ventura. The population was 13,040 at the 2010 census, down from 14,194 at the 2000 census....
's Cate School
Cate School
The Cate School, established in 1910 by Curtis Wolsey Cate, is a four-year, coeducational, college-preparatory boarding school in Carpinteria, California, United States....
and Lodi
Lodi, California
Lodi is a city located in , in the northern portion of California's Central Valley. The population was 62,134 at the 2010 census. The California Department of Finance's population estimate as of January 1, 2011 is 62,473....
's Tokay High School
Tokay High School
Tokay High School is one of two high schools in Lodi, California, the other being Lodi High School . Tokay High School is part of the Lodi Unified School District. The school colors are purple and gold and mascot is the tiger...
. As a teenager, Malkmus worked various jobs, including painting house numbers on street curbs and "flipping burgers
Hamburger
A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
or whatever" at a country club
Country club
A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...
. At age 16, he spent the night in jail
Jail
A jail is a short-term detention facility in the United States and Canada.Jail may also refer to:In entertainment:*Jail , a 1966 Malayalam movie*Jail , a 2009 Bollywood movie...
after consuming alcohol, urinating in the bushes, and walking on the roof
Roof
A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous....
s of several residential homes. Later, he was placed on probation
Probation
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities. In a legal sense, an offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer...
for underage drinking, and was also expelled from school "for going to a party in the woods where people were taking mushrooms. I didn’t take them, but some guy narc’d on me."
Malkmus learned the guitar by playing along to Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
's recording of "Purple Haze
Purple Haze
"Purple Haze" is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It appeared on their 1967 album Are You Experienced...
". During high school, he played in several Stockton-based punk bands: Bag O Bones, The Straw Dogs, and Crisis Alert. After graduation, Malkmus followed in his father's footsteps by attending the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, where he majored in history and was a disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
for the college radio station WTJU
WTJU
WTJU is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville, Virginia and Albemarle County, Virginia, with a broadcast range of about 50 miles, as well as webcasting over the internet. WTJU is owned and operated by the University of Virginia...
. During this time, Malkmus met fellow WTJU DJs David Berman (who would later front the Silver Jews
Silver Jews
Silver Jews was an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by David Berman along with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman remained throughout and was the only constant member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berman became a regular member of the band...
) and James McNew
James McNew
James McNew has been the bass player for the rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album May I Sing With Me.He was previously a member of Christmas on their third album Vortex.[]He also has a solo side project, Dump....
(of Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...
). In the late 1980s, he was employed as a security guard
Security guard
A security guard is a person who is paid to protect property, assets, or people. Security guards are usually privately and formally employed personnel...
at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, along with Berman and Bob Nastanovich
Bob Nastanovich
Robert "Bob" Nastanovich is a member of the indie rock band, Pavement, as well as former member of 1990s bands Ectoslavia, and Pale Horse Riders...
.
Career
Malkmus formed Pavement with Scott KannbergScott Kannberg
Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg is a musician best known for being a founding member of the indie-rock band Pavement.-Career:...
(aka Spiral Stairs) while he was living in Stockton during the 1980s. Their first album, Slanted & Enchanted, was released to critical acclaim, and the band continued to receive attention for subsequent releases. Pavement, and Malkmus in particular, was hailed as spearheading the underground indie movement of the 1990s. In 2001, following the 1999 dissolution of the band, Malkmus released his first self-titled solo album. He also was a member of rock group Silver Jews
Silver Jews
Silver Jews was an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by David Berman along with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman remained throughout and was the only constant member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berman became a regular member of the band...
along with poet/lyricist David Berman. In early 1999 Stephen Malkmus participated in a Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
side project called Kim's Bedroom that included bassist/vocalist Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz...
, guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...
, Chicago avant-garde veteran Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
, and renowned Japanese drummer Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer.-Biography:Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She says she had little interest in music before hearing punk rock...
; they never released an album, but did play a few live shows. Malkmus is currently frontman of The Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme, and Jake Morris. Malkmus was the main singer and songwriter behind the influential 1990s indie rock band Pavement.-History:...
.
On May 23, 2003 in Milwaukee, while touring with his new band The Jicks, Malkmus opened the show by saying, "This is off our first record." The band then proceeded to play an evening's worth of Pavement songs, marking the second time Malkmus had played any of his previous band's songs since their 1999 breakup, the first was on April 22, 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil, where he played In The Mouth a Desert.
In 2007, Malkmus provided 3 songs to the Todd Haynes'
Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
film I'm Not There
I'm Not There
I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw...
, based on the life of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
. He contributed on the songs "Ballad of a Thin Man
Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, released on the album Highway 61 Revisited in 1965.-Meaning:"Ballad of a Thin Man" comments on a conventional "Mr. Jones", who walks into a room of intentionally bizarre circus freaks and doesn't "know what's happening".The...
", "Can't Leave Her Behind" and "Maggie's Farm
Maggie's Farm
"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year...
". Malkmus has admitted that he was never "really a really big fan of Dylan," but noted that his involvement with the film had made him listen "to him again a little closer."
Malkmus's fourth studio album with The Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme, and Jake Morris. Malkmus was the main singer and songwriter behind the influential 1990s indie rock band Pavement.-History:...
, Real Emotional Trash
Real Emotional Trash
Real Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. The album was released on March 4, 2008 by Matador Records. The album was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008...
, was released in March 2008.
Pavement reunited in March 2010 and have since embarked on a world tour.
Personal life
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
with his wife, artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Jessica Jackson Hutchins-Malkmus is an American artist based in Portland, Oregon.She is the wife of Pavement band member, Stephen Malkmus. She is a graduate of Oberlin College...
. In 2005, Hutchins gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Lottie. The couple had their second child, called Sunday, in 2007. In 2011, before the release of Mirror Traffic
Mirror Traffic
Mirror Traffic is an album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. It was released on August 23, 2011 by Matador Records. It is the first collaboration between Malkmus and producer Beck and the last Jicks album to feature drummer Janet Weiss, now a member of Wild Flag. -Critical Response:"Mirror...
, Malkmus and his family moved to Berlin.
Malkmus is a sports fan, and is known to play golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
; he also plays second base for the Portland-based Disjecta softball team.
Equipment
Stephen currently plays a 1960's Fender JazzmasterFender Jazzmaster
The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as an upmarket sibling to the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Show, it was initially marketed at jazz guitarists, but found favor among surf rock guitarists in the early 1960s...
-- which can be traced back to the Brighten The Corners
Brighten the Corners
Brighten the Corners is the fourth studio album released by Pavement. All songs were written by lead singer Stephen Malkmus, apart from "Date with Ikea" and "Passat Dream". The title is likely a reference to Ella Fitzgerald's Brighten the Corner, or its title track "Brighten the Corner Where You...
era—a Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
Goldtop, and a Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
, which was his guitar of choice during the majority of his time with Pavement. He used a Gibson SG
Gibson SG
At the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
with Pavement during the Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted and Enchanted...
era. For the 2010 Pavement reunion tour he used his Stratocaster extensively. He has also played a Danelectro
Danelectro
Danelectro is an American manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units.-History:...
Silvertone (Sears model dating to 1962 or 1963) for one-off solo shows.
Typically, he uses an Orange Retro 50 head through a 1970's Marshall 4x12 cabinet when playing live, though he has used various other Orange and Fender amps, including a vintage Silverface Twin Reverb during the early Pavement years, an Orange OR120 during later Pavement years, and a single channel Orange AD30 with the Jicks. Malkmus's other confirmed (though not constant) gear includes: Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
The Z.Vex Fuzz Factory is a fuzz box made by the American inventor and musician Zachary Vex of the Z.Vex Effects company.The Fuzz Factory is based on, yet vastly expands the tonal palette of, classic fuzztone designs from the 1960s...
, Diamond J-Drive, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, T-Rex
T-Rex Engineering
T-Rex ApS is a manufacturer of hand-made electric guitar effects pedals.-Company history:Based in the town of Vejle, Denmark, T-Rex Engineering was founded in 1996 by friends Lars Dahl-Jorgensen and Sebastian Jensen....
Replica, Lovetone Big Cheese, Lovetone Meatball, BOSS TU-2, DigiTech Whammy
Digitech Whammy
-Overview:The WH-1 Whammy pedal, the original whammy, first engineered and manufactured in 1989 by IVL Technologies and discontinued in 1993, remains the most sought-after.-Controls:...
, Crowther HotCake
Emlyn Crowther
Paul Emlyn Crowther was the drummer of Split Enz from July 1974 to November 1976.Before joining the Enz, Crowther played trumpet in an air training corp band but swapped to drums later on. Moved to Auckland in 1969 and played drums in a couple of covers bands and Alastair Riddell's band, Orb...
and Pro Co RAT
Pro Co Rat
The Pro Co "The RAT" is a guitar effects pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. The original RAT was developed in the basement of Pro Co's Kalamazoo, Michigan facility in 1978...
.
With Silver Jews
- Dime Map of the Reef (1992) 7"ep
- The Sabellion Rebellion & Old New York (1993) 7"
- The Arizona Record (1993) 12"
- Starlite WalkerStarlite WalkerStarlite Walker is the first full-length studio album by indie-rock group Silver Jews. Released in 1994 as an LP and CD on Drag City in America and Domino in Europe, Starlite Walker was recorded in late June 1994 at Easley Recordings....
(1994) - American Water (1998)
- Hot as Hell - Live 1993 (1999) CD/7" Single
- Tanglewood NumbersTanglewood NumbersTanglewood Numbers is the fifth full-length album by Silver Jews, released in 2005.Like on all of their other albums, Silver Jews' principal song writer and constant band member is David Berman...
(appears on "The Farmer's Hotel") (2005) - Lookout Mountain, Lookout SeaLookout Mountain, Lookout SeaLookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is indie-rock band Silver Jews sixth, and last, studio album, released 17 June 2008. It was recorded at Marble Valley of Lexington, Virginia and Lake Fever Productions of Nashville, Tennessee. Silver Jews records are known for featuring different casts of musicians...
(2008)
With The Jicks
- Stephen MalkmusStephen Malkmus (album)Stephen Malkmus is the debut album by the group Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. It was released by Matador Records on February 13, 2001. Malkmus had planned to create the record by himself, or through a smaller, local label, but eventually accepted the offer Matador asked, and he released it. It...
(2001) - Pig LibPig LibPig Lib is the name of the second album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. It was released March 18, 2003 on Matador Records. It peaked at #97 in the U.S. and #63 in the UK...
(2003) - Face the Truth (2005)*
- Real Emotional TrashReal Emotional TrashReal Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. The album was released on March 4, 2008 by Matador Records. The album was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008...
(2008) - Mirror Traffic (2011)
Note: Even though the Jicks are not credited within the title, the album Stephen Malkmus is in fact a Jicks recording. Initially, Malkmus simply wanted to call his post-Pavement band the Jicks with no mention of his name, but Matador records resisted the idea and released the album as Stephen Malkmus, although "the Jicks" is printed on the CD itself. Face the Truth is technically Stephen Malkmus's only true solo affair, though the Jicks do provide instrumentation on nearly every song.
Singles
- Discretion Grove (2001) - w/ "Sin Taxi" and "Leisurely Poison" (2001)
- Jenny & the Ess-Dog (2001) - w/ "Keep the Faith", "That's What Mama Said" and "Alien Boy"
- Phantasies EP (2001) - w/ "Malay Massaker"
- Jo Jo's Jacket - w/ "Polish Mule", "The Hook (live)" and "Open and Shut Cases" (2001)
- Sex Life of Robinson Crusoe, Pt. 2 (2001) - b-side available only on official site
- Us (2003)
- Dark Wave (2003) - w/ Pig Lib bonus disc b-sides
- Post-Paint Boy (2005)
- Baby C'Mon (2005) - w/ "Wow Ass Jeans"
- Kindling for the Master EP (2006) - w/ 4 remixes
- Cold Son 10" EP (2008) - w/ "Walk Into the Mirror", "Pennywhistle Thunder" and "Carl the Clod"
- Gardenia (2008) -w/ "Walk Into the Mirror"
Compilations/Collaborations
- subUrbiaSubUrbia (film)subUrbia is a 1996 comedy-drama film written by Eric Bogosian, based on his play of the same name, and directed by Richard Linklater. It follows the relationships between a few young adults as they spend their time standing on "the corner" outside a local convenience store.Bogosian based the story...
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) - "Unheard Music" (with ElasticaElasticaElastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...
) - At Home With the Groovebox (2000) - "Robyn Turns 26"
- All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 (2002) - "Good Kids Eggs"
- Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernicklel (2002) - "Blue Rash Intact (Quarantined-Hallucinations Due To Severe Allergies)"
- Under the Influence - 21 years of Flying Nun RecordsUnder the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun RecordsUnder the Influence — 21 Years of Flying Nun Records is a double album including tracks by various bands signed or related to the Flying Nun Records label....
(2002) - "Death and the MaidenDeath and the Maiden (Verlaines song)"Death and the Maiden" is a song by New Zealand rock band The Verlaines. It was released as a single in 1983 and is arguably the most popular song in their discography.The 'B' side of the record was CD, Jimmy Jazz & Me....
" - Matador At Fifteen (2004) - "It Kills (live)"
- This One's for the Fellows: A Sonic Salute to the Young Fresh Fellows (2004) - guitar on "No One Really Knows" (with The Maroons)
- Chokes! EP by SilkwormSilkworm (band)Silkworm was an indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005.The members were Tim Midgett, Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. Phelps left the band in 1994. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on Italian Platinum and It'll Be Cool...
(2007) - guitar on "Spanish Harlem IncidentSpanish Harlem Incident"Spanish Harlem Incident" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and was released on his 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan, on August 8, 1964 . The song has been described as a "a gorgeous vignette" by critics and been praised for its multilayered, poetic dimensions...
(live)" - I'm Not ThereI'm Not ThereI'm Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw...
(Music from the Motion Picture) (2007) - With [The Million Dollar Bashers]: "Ballad of a Thin ManBallad of a Thin Man"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, released on the album Highway 61 Revisited in 1965.-Meaning:"Ballad of a Thin Man" comments on a conventional "Mr. Jones", who walks into a room of intentionally bizarre circus freaks and doesn't "know what's happening".The...
" and "Maggie's FarmMaggie's Farm"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year...
"; with Lee RanaldoLee RanaldoLee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth...
: "Can't Leave Her Behind" and "What Kind of Friend is This?" (iTunes only)
Miscellaneous
- The New Yorker College Tour: University of Washington, Seattle: A Conversation with Stephen Malkmus (2006)
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Discretion Grove" | Grant Gee Grant Gee Grant Gee is a film director and cinematographer currently living in Brighton. He was born in Plymouth and studied Geography at St Catherine's College, Oxford.... |
| "Jo Jo's Jacket" | Shynola Shynola Shynola is the collective name of a group of, then, four visual artistsbased in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects,most notably a number of acclaimed music videos for several pioneering artists.... |
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| 2003 | "Dark Wave" | Scott Lyons |
| "Baby C'Mon" | Lana Kim & Andy Bruntel | |
| 2005 | "Mama" | E.J. McLeavey-Fisher |
| 2008 | "Gardenia" | Daniel Woods |
| 2002 | "Death And The Maiden" | Mitchell Hawkes |
- Cover of "Death And The Maiden" by New Zealand band 'The Verlaines'. Available on Flying Num DVD 'Very Short Films'.
External links
- Official site
- Matador Records US record label
- Domino Records UK record label
- It's a Brand New Era fan site