Pavement's fourth proper LP. On Brighten the Corners, the rock hero in Pavement reemerges as the dominant stereotype, making the lyrical idiosyncrasies on which critics of the band like to harp into witty window-dressing. Nowhere is this dichotomy better heard than on the electrifying opener, 'Stereo,' which rages with anthemic power-chords and a rock-star chorus ('Hey! Listen to me! I'm on the stereo'), while also pondering the longest-standing mystery in rock, the voice of Rush singer Geddy Lee ('h   [ read more ]

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WITH THE TWO 1992 PEEL SESSIONS and the 1992 Brixton Academy concert! The remastered version of their classic debut includes 48 TRACKS, 23 UNRELEASED RECORDINGS, and 8 UNRELEASED SONGS. Along with the original album and the unreleased material, you get the 'Watery Domestic' EP, the 'Trigger Cut' and 'Summer Babe' B-sides, and compilation tracks from the same period.

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Pavement's fourth proper LP. On Brighten the Corners, the rock hero in Pavement reemerges as the dominant stereotype, making the lyrical idiosyncrasies on which critics of the band like to harp into witty window-dressing. Nowhere is this dichotomy better heard than on the electrifying opener, 'Stereo,' which rages with anthemic power-chords and a rock-star chorus ('Hey! Listen to me! I'm on the stereo'), while also pondering the longest-standing mystery in rock, the voice of Rush singer Geddy Lee ('h   [ read more ]

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Tuneful without being soft, confident without being pompous, hip without being inaccesible, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was a huge leap for Pavement up the rock & roll evolution cycle. They may have gained some pop smarts, but a casual listen to the dissonant guitar solo of 'Cut Your Hair' proves that the seeds planted with 1989's first Slay Tracks EP have come to their logical fruition. Stephen Malkmus and co. created an album that neither short-changed their status as prominent indie noise-ma   [ read more ]

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Slanted & Enchanted is a left-field classic, a record that came out of nowhere to help establish a new subgenre of rock & roll. Pavement had already sketched out their sound, as well as their amateurish lo-fi aesthetic, on a series of indie singles before recording their debut, but Slanted & Enchanted is where they pulled all of their disparate sounds together into a distinctive style. At first, the primitive sound of the record is the most gripping thing about Slanted, but soon the true innov   [ read more ]

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Tuneful without being soft, confident without being pompous, hip without being inaccesible, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was a huge leap for Pavement up the rock & roll evolution cycle. They may have gained some pop smarts, but a casual listen to the dissonant guitar solo of 'Cut Your Hair' proves that the seeds planted with 1989's first Slay Tracks EP have come to their logical fruition. Stephen Malkmus and co. created an album that neither short-changed their status as prominent indie noise-ma   [ read more ]

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REISSUE. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins is the long-awaited deluxe reissue of Pavement's best-selling second album, originally released in 1994. Features: entire re-mastered original album, 11 unreleased songs, 15 never-before-heard album outtakes, 25 unreleased recordings, 8 songs recorded with original drummer Gary Young, 4 songs from a superb John Peel session, 40 tracks in total.

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Where 1997's 'Brighten the Corners' saw Stephen Malkmus and his merry band of indie rock pranksters shine a light on the band's rock-centric qualities, 'Terror Twilight' harkens back to '95s 'Wowee Zowee,' when Pavement were all about the shambolic sprawl of alternative possibility. Of course, four years later the context is entirely different -- the band's fate as rock's (commercially unsuccessful) great post-Nirvana hope is nearly sealed. And maybe that's where both the terror and the twilight come into p   [ read more ]

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With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted. Pavement never abandon their warped pop aesthetic, they simply expand it, incorporating elements of folk-rock, English music-hall, soul, jazz, country, as well as adding asides to such contemporaries as Suede ('We Dance'), Ween ('Brinx Job') and Stereolab ('Half a Canyon'). Alternating between majestic epics like 'Grounded' and ragged narrativ   [ read more ]

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Originally released in April 1995, fresh off the success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, the band recorded a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid-'80s central California hardcore bands, Wowee Zowee confused critics and alienated fans. Yet it became a fan favorite over time. The songs have a darkness that now seems appropriate and with Bryce Goggin at the mixi   [ read more ]

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