Word: pavements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pavement. Despite what everyone else is saying, this LP is actually better and much more soulful than "Slanted and Enchanted...
...While Pavement's last LP, Slanted and Enchanted, did not make them a household name, or even crack the top 40 for that matter, it was a pretty seminal event in the indie rock world. I personally think it's the best LP released to date this decade, and I probably listened to it three or four times a day for seven months after it came out. You want to get a hold of that record if you like bands like The Velvet Underground. I'm not the only person who felt this way, however: it sold many thousands...
...Pavement, the musical phenomenon you may or may not have heard of, has just released its second LP, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. This event is sort of a smaller version of the release of In Utero or Vs. earlier this fall. How would these laid-back rockers respond to the crazed success heaped upon them by the musical industry and the American public, we wondered? Would there be another "Smells Like Teen Spirit...
...heard it I was pretty disappointed. The songs just didn't seem as strong as on previous records (all of their stuff prior of Slanted is now available on a Drag City CD called Westing, By Musket and Sextant), and the whole dynamic seemed changed, for the worse. The Pavement of Crooked Rain is indeed a very different animal from past records. Until now every Pavement record was the product Malkmus and his partner Spiral Stairs, plus drumming by a crazy and amazing hippie named Gary. They played all the instruments, and in most cases there wasn't even...
...Silence Kid," a message to a shy little boy who shouldn't listen to his grandmother's advice, seems to reference almost every sub-genre of rock (classic oldies, weird early '80s experimental music from New Zealand, and more) while still maintaining its own integrity. People have always accused Pavement of being derivative, and it's true that they often should like other great bands. But that's rock'n roll, pal, take it or leave it! The final song on the album, "Fillmore Jive," is a decent successor to the Beatles' "I'm So Tired...