Stephen Malkmus - Stephen MalkmusEx Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus' eponymous debut album sees him in outstanding form, injecting his trademark bitter jangle with a sense of playfulness that was missing from the last Pavement recordings.

captured the attention of critics and fans all over the world

Vinyl includes DVD with live footage of theåÊshow

Emigrant EP is steeped in the past while it looks to the future

There’s long been a growl festering in the West

The second album (the GRAMMY-nominated A Hero’s Death) is about that detachment

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“In fact it may be the greatest

it was perhaps the most commercially oriented release from the band

where they’re never really able to settle in one place or with one person

but it feels good

Savage’s outsize gifts as a lyricist and observer - a quality Parish calls “an emotional openness guarded by a laconic wit” - shine

out of tune harmonies